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Research in Bath

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in Bath, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Bath, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust and Bath Spa University.

Research institutions
30
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Bath?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BathUniversity 36,128 #529
2Royal United HospitalHospital / health system 2,386 #14,924
3Bath Spa UniversityUniversity 1,987 #11,855
4Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic DiseasesHospital / health system 864 #12,502 all time
5St Martins HospitalHospital / health system 547 #27,479
6Royal United Hospital Bath NHS TrustHospital / health system 514 #9,865
7UKOLNInstitution 364 #20,837 all time
8Bath CollegeUniversity 285 #28,852 all time
9BuroHappold (United Kingdom)Company 213 #34,956 all time
10DesignabilityNonprofit 167 #38,019 all time
11Bath Institute for Rheumatic DiseasesNonprofit 153 #26,011 all time
12Bath and North East Somerset CouncilGovernment institution 83 not ranked
13The Royal Photographic SocietyFunder 58 not ranked
14Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning GroupHospital / health system 53 not ranked
15The Research Institute for the Care of Older PeopleInstitution 46 not ranked
16Altran (United Kingdom)Company 26 not ranked
17Oldfield SurgeryHospital / health system 17 not ranked
18Bath Royal Literary and Scientific InstitutionInstitution 16 not ranked
19Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (United Kingdom)Company 11 not ranked
20Metroeconomica (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
21EduservNonprofit 9 not ranked
22Centre for Window and Cladding TechnologyResearch facility 5 not ranked
23Bath Social and Development ResearchNonprofit 5 not ranked
24Saint Gregory's Catholic CollegeUniversity 4 not ranked
25Bath LabsResearch facility 3 not ranked
26YTL (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
27British Bobsleigh and Skeleton AssociationGovernment institution 2 not ranked
28American Museum and GardensArchive 1 not ranked
29Gallomanor (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
30Alfred Gillett TrustNonprofit 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Bath: 82.2%Royal United Hospital: 5.4%Bath Spa University: 4.5%Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases: 2.0%26 others listed: 5.9%82%largest
University of Bath36k · 82.2%Royal United Hospital2,386 · 5.4%Bath Spa University1,987 · 4.5%Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases864 · 2.0%26 others listed2,595 · 5.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Bath strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bath is most concentrated in Mathematical Physics, Applied Psychology and Gender Studies (3.9× the world share in Mathematical Physics).

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 35.5 works3.9×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 32.0 works3.9×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 75.3 works3.6×
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 73.4 works2.6×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Bath?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Public Health, Catalysis, Neoliberalism, Climate Change and Sustainability.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology214◆ 0.93×122 topics
  2. Globalization209▲ 1.84×97 topics
  3. Mental Health155▲ 1.82×40 topics
  4. Public Health137▲ 1.62×56 topics
  5. Climate Change136◆ 0.88×81 topics
  6. Sustainability130◆ 0.92×79 topics
  7. Machine Learning127▼ 0.67×76 topics
  8. Environmental Impact103◆ 1.05×49 topics
  9. Catalysis90▲ 2.3×28 topics
  10. Social Media80◆ 0.97×28 topics
  11. Depression76▲ 1.50×24 topics
  12. Treatment75◆ 1.06×47 topics
  13. Neoliberalism72▲ 3.5×21 topics
  14. Corporate Governance71▲ 1.67×20 topics
  15. Social Justice68▲ 1.99×31 topics
  16. Resilience67▲ 2.4×15 topics
  17. Economic Growth65▲ 1.32×24 topics
  18. Gender62▲ 1.97×35 topics
  19. Higher Education61▲ 1.94×19 topics
  20. Heat Transfer59▲ 2.1×14 topics
  21. Social Capital58▲ 1.90×17 topics
  22. Well-being50▲ 2.3×14 topics
  23. Adolescents50▲ 2.3×8 topics
  24. Global Governance46▲ 3.5×14 topics
  25. Emotion Regulation45▲ 2.5×9 topics
  26. Large-Eddy Simulation40▲ 3.6×5 topics
  27. Income Inequality40▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Gender Inequality39▲ 4.9×6 topics
  29. Global Trade38▲ 3.4×7 topics
  30. Intersectionality37▲ 3.6×10 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders36▲ 4.7×4 topics
  32. Institutional Theory33▲ 5.9×3 topics
  33. Environmental Attitudes31▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Organometallic Chemistry31▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Market Dynamics30▲ 6.6×3 topics
  36. Social Policy29▲ 5.3×4 topics
  37. Public Health Governance26▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Health Inequities26▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Corporate Political Activity25▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Health In All Policies25▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Bath?

  1. 1 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 25 works
  2. 2 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 20 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 19 works
  4. 4 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 18 works
  6. 6 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 17 works
  8. 8 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 16 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 16 works

Research output over time

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