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Research in Bedford

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Bedford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bedford Hospital and Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.

Research institutions
17
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
111k
21.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bedford

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Bedford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bedford CollegeUniversity 2,093 #11,483 all time
2Bedford HospitalHospital / health system 615 #21,340
3Chartered Society of PhysiotherapyInstitution 335 #24,817 all time
4Bedford Hospital NHS TrustHospital / health system 245 #22,246
5Aircraft Research AssociationCompany 140 #32,950 all time
6Richard Carter and Associates (United Kingdom)Company 67 not ranked
7Hybrid Air Vehicles (United Kingdom)Company 49 not ranked
8British Society of Soil ScienceNonprofit 32 not ranked
9Fujifilm (United Kingdom)Company 28 not ranked
10Mologic (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
11SMART Group (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
12Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
13Blue Bear (United Kingdom)Company 11 not ranked
14Fives Landis (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
15Stella Mann College of Performing ArtsUniversity 2 not ranked
16Putnoe Medical CentreHospital / health system 1 not ranked
17British Society For ParasitologyNonprofit 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

Bedford College: 56.9%Bedford Hospital: 16.7%Chartered Society of Physiotherapy: 9.1%Bedford Hospital NHS Trust: 6.7%12 others listed: 10.6%57%largest
Bedford College2,093 · 56.9%Bedford Hospital615 · 16.7%Chartered Society of Physiotherapy335 · 9.1%Bedford Hospital NHS Trust245 · 6.7%12 others listed390 · 10.6%

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

Which fields of science does Bedford work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Bedford is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 196 fractional works · 53.9% of its workMedicine: 174 fractional works · 48.0% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBedford363fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17448.0%
    2. Health Professions164.5%
    3. Dentistry31.0%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences4011.0%
    2. Psychology184.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities102.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.1%
    5. Decision Sciences30.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.8%
    1. Engineering308.2%
    2. Computer Science82.3%
    3. Environmental Science71.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    5. Mathematics30.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    7. Materials Science20.4%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.6%
    2. Neuroscience72.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bedford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bedford is most concentrated in Surgery (4.9× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.7 works4.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.44× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.44×145 works
  2. Health Professions1.78×14 works
  3. Dentistry1.58×2 works
  4. Psychology1.58×15 works
  5. Neuroscience1.17×6 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.01×9 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.96×3 works
  8. Social Sciences0.88×34 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×14 works
  10. Nursing0.87×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.69×2 works
  13. Engineering0.60×28 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×3 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.41×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.38×6 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×5 works
  18. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.36×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.31×8 works
  24. Energy0.25×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.07×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Bedford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, Mortality, Surgical Management, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Quality of Life.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology29▲ 2.0×79 topics
  2. Quality of Life13▲ 2.4×35 topics
  3. Risk Factors12▲ 3.1×21 topics
  4. Diagnosis12▲ 3.4×23 topics
  5. Treatment11▲ 2.5×31 topics
  6. Mortality11▲ 5.1×12 topics
  7. Complications10▲ 5.8×15 topics
  8. Inflammation10▲ 1.33×37 topics
  9. Guidelines10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  10. Surgical Management9▲ 6.1×16 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.1×23 topics
  12. Management8▲ 2.8×14 topics
  13. Public Health8▲ 1.43×22 topics
  14. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  15. Prevention6▲ 4.2×10 topics
  16. Diabetes6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  17. Higher Education6▲ 3.1×12 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.0×10 topics
  19. Surgery5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  20. Global Burden5▲ 2.5×11 topics
  21. Medical Education5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  23. Echocardiography5▲ 4.7×6 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 4.1×7 topics
  25. Heart Failure5▲ 2.9×8 topics
  26. Reconstruction5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  27. Prognosis5▲ 3.9×6 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  29. Biomechanics4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  31. Postoperative Complications4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  32. Elderly Patients4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  33. Functional Recovery4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  34. Revascularization3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  35. Reflective Practice3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Anatomy3▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Management Guidelines3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Orthostatic Hypotension3▲ 41×1 topic

What research is done in Bedford?

Cardiovascular Syncope a…3Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…2Education Systems and Policy: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Operations an…2Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…2Resilience and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEducationEmergency Medical Services4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Education Systems and Policy Education 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  8. 8 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bedford9.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.9% in 2006.

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