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Research in Bedford

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Bedford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Bedford Hospital NHS Trust and Bedford Hospital.

Research institutions
18
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.5%
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 Bedford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bedford CollegeUniversity 2,093 #5,300 all time
2Silsoe Research InstituteResearch facility 1,409 #13,521 all time
3Bedford HospitalHospital / health system 615 #27,547
4Chartered Society of PhysiotherapyInstitution 335 #30,927 all time
5Bedford Hospital NHS TrustHospital / health system 245 #27,227
6Aircraft Research AssociationCompany 140 #33,359 all time
7Richard Carter and Associates (United Kingdom)Company 67 not ranked
8Hybrid Air Vehicles (United Kingdom)Company 49 not ranked
9British Society of Soil ScienceNonprofit 32 not ranked
10Fujifilm (United Kingdom)Company 28 not ranked
11Mologic (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
12SMART Group (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
13Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
14Blue Bear (United Kingdom)Company 11 not ranked
15Fives Landis (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
16Stella Mann College of Performing ArtsUniversity 2 not ranked
17Putnoe Medical CentreHospital / health system 1 not ranked
18British Society For ParasitologyNonprofit 0 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.

Bedford College: 41.1%Silsoe Research Institute: 27.7%Bedford Hospital: 12.1%Chartered Society of Physiotherapy: 6.6%13 others listed: 12.5%41%largest
Bedford College2,093 · 41.1%Silsoe Research Institute1,409 · 27.7%Bedford Hospital615 · 12.1%Chartered Society of Physiotherapy335 · 6.6%13 others listed635 · 12.5%

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

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 predictsmore →

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 Bedford?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Complications, Mortality, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Risk Factors 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology23▲ 1.90×71 topics
  2. Quality of Life11▲ 2.4×32 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 3.6×22 topics
  4. Risk Factors10▲ 3.0×19 topics
  5. Complications10▲ 6.3×15 topics
  6. Treatment10▲ 2.6×28 topics
  7. Guidelines10▲ 6.7×12 topics
  8. Mortality10▲ 5.3×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management8▲ 6.5×15 topics
  10. Inflammation8▲ 1.27×34 topics
  11. Management7▲ 3.0×13 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.0×22 topics
  13. Higher Education6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.4×10 topics
  15. Rehabilitation6▲ 4.6×9 topics
  16. Diabetes6▲ 3.7×9 topics
  17. Prevention6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  18. Surgery5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  21. Anxiety4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Prognosis4▲ 4.2×5 topics
  23. Echocardiography4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. Medical Education4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  25. Reconstruction4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  26. Student Engagement4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  27. Postoperative Complications4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 3.3×9 topics
  29. Elderly Patients4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Biomechanics4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  31. Pain Management3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Functional Recovery3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Lifelong Learning3▲ 4.9×6 topics
  34. Reflective Practice3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Management Guidelines3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Orthostatic Hypotension3▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Syncope3▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Risk2▲ 9.8×1 topic
  40. Perioperative2▲ 9.8×1 topic

What research is done in Bedford?

  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.