City · United Kingdom
Research in Birmingham
Science Explorer records 117 research institutions in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Birmingham, Aston University and Birmingham City University.
- Research institutions
- 117 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 169k ▲ 9% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.5% 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 Birmingham?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of BirminghamUniversity | 98,551 | #150 | |
| 2 | Aston UniversityUniversity | 18,987 | #1,025 | |
| 3 | Birmingham City UniversityUniversity | 7,228 | #2,703 | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital BirminghamHospital / health system | 6,191 | #7,086 | |
| 5 | Birmingham City HospitalHospital / health system | 4,269 | #22,996 | |
| 6 | Birmingham Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 3,633 | #14,550 | |
| 7 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 2,988 | #4,079 | |
| 8 | Heartlands HospitalHospital / health system | 1,946 | #16,659 | |
| 9 | Birmingham Women's HospitalHospital / health system | 1,755 | #24,293 | |
| 10 | NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research CentreResearch facility | 1,396 | #8,535 | |
| 11 | Royal Orthopaedic HospitalHospital / health system | 1,353 | #18,751 | |
| 12 | The Edgbaston HospitalHospital / health system | 1,295 | #17,827 | |
| 13 | Birmingham General HospitalHospital / health system | 1,269 | #10,060 all time | |
| 14 | Perinatal InstituteNonprofit | 1,251 | #17,788 | |
| 15 | Selly Oak HospitalHospital / health system | 1,154 | #18,204 all time | |
| 16 | Birmingham Dental HospitalHospital / health system | 1,064 | #17,702 | |
| 17 | Heart of England NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 1,059 | #13,233 all time | |
| 18 | Birmingham and Midland Eye CentreHospital / health system | 925 | #19,506 all time | |
| 19 | University College BirminghamUniversity | 902 | #7,773 | |
| 20 | Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 842 | #10,888 | |
| 21 | Birmingham Research ParkArchive | 737 | #17,906 all time | |
| 22 | West Midlands DeaneryHospital / health system | 721 | #21,095 | |
| 23 | The Priory HospitalHospital / health system | 687 | #24,492 | |
| 24 | Bournville CollegeUniversity | 674 | #26,001 all time | |
| 25 | Goodyear (United Kingdom)Company | 638 | #15,495 | |
| 26 | Birmingham Accident HospitalHospital / health system | 636 | #10,539 all time | |
| 27 | Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials UnitResearch facility | 579 | #13,831 | |
| 28 | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 573 | #20,660 | |
| 29 | Newman UniversityUniversity | 552 | #20,535 | |
| 30 | PAREXEL International (United Kingdom)Company | 538 | #20,322 | |
| 31 | Good Hope HospitalHospital / health system | 519 | #22,949 all time | |
| 32 | NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility | 451 | #5,834 | |
| 33 | Air Liquide (United Kingdom)Company | 436 | #16,029 all time | |
| 34 | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS TrustHospital / health system | 362 | #22,788 | |
| 35 | The Queen's FoundationUniversity | 358 | #32,257 all time | |
| 36 | West Midlands PoliceGovernment institution | 297 | #29,087 all time | |
| 37 | West Heath HospitalHospital / health system | 293 | #27,880 all time | |
| 38 | NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution | 259 | #14,678 all time | |
| 39 | British Dietetic AssociationNonprofit | 215 | #39,385 all time | |
| 40 | Centre for Research in Early ChildhoodNonprofit | 204 | #38,578 all time | |
| 41 | Titanium Metals Corporation (United Kingdom)Company | 194 | #19,208 all time | |
| 42 | Moseley Hall HospitalHospital / health system | 153 | #40,014 all time | |
| 43 | Birmingham City CouncilGovernment institution | 134 | #36,557 all time | |
| 44 | Institute of Materials FinishingUniversity | 121 | #38,463 all time | |
| 45 | SAIC Motor (United Kingdom)Company | 114 | not ranked | |
| 46 | PPG Industries (United Kingdom)Company | 83 | not ranked | |
| 47 | British Society for Antimicrobial ChemotherapyInstitution | 82 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Birmingham Repertory TheatreInstitution | 73 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Brooklands HospitalHospital / health system | 62 | not ranked | |
| 50 | The McMinn CentreHospital / health system | 40 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Salts Healthcare (United Kingdom)Company | 37 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Birmingham Metropolitan CollegeUniversity | 36 | not ranked | |
| 53 | WoodbrookeUniversity | 34 | not ranked | |
| 54 | South and City College BirminghamUniversity | 26 | not ranked | |
| 55 | British Association of Social WorkersInstitution | 25 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Westbourne CentreHospital / health system | 24 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Alcoa (United Kingdom)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Nolan Associates (United Kingdom)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Phil Jones Associates (United Kingdom)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Adelan (United Kingdom)Company | 18 | 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 Birmingham99k · 58.3%Aston University19k · 11.2%Birmingham City University7,228 · 4.3%Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham6,191 · 3.7%56 others listed38k · 22.6%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Birmingham strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Birmingham is most concentrated in Pharmacy, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics and Classics (4.6× the world share in Pharmacy).
- PharmacySubfield · 87.0 works4.6×
- Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 24.7 works2.9×
- ClassicsSubfield · 36.1 works2.8×
- MusicSubfield · 48.5 works2.8×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 30.8 works2.7×
- HistorySubfield · 165.9 works2.4×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Birmingham?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Mental Health, Treatment, Public Health and Primary Care.
- Healthcare Quality
- Feminism
- Clinical Guidelines
- Prevalence
- Literature
- Colonialism
- Religion
- Complications
- Chemotherapy
- History
- Primary Care
- Identity
- Mortality
- Diagnosis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Treatment
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Risk Factors
- Healthcare
- Gender
- Management
- Human Rights
- Genetics
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Meta-Analysis
- Neoliberalism
- Nationalism
- Global Burden
- Ethics
- Ethical Considerations
- Quality Improvement
▲ 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
- Epidemiology1,184▲ 1.40×137 topics
- Globalization576▲ 1.38×140 topics
- Machine Learning548▼ 0.78×91 topics
- Deep Learning542▼ 0.74×82 topics
- Inflammation530▲ 1.19×83 topics
- Sustainability467◆ 0.90×107 topics
- Quality of Life459▲ 1.49×57 topics
- Mental Health440▲ 1.40×44 topics
- Public Health416▲ 1.34×66 topics
- Treatment390▲ 1.51×52 topics
- Risk Factors333▲ 1.42×37 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease302▲ 1.27×39 topics
- Healthcare296▲ 1.23×37 topics
- Diagnosis288▲ 1.45×41 topics
- Gender272▲ 2.4×51 topics
- Mortality265▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Management264▲ 1.57×37 topics
- Identity259▲ 1.67×67 topics
- Human Rights256▲ 1.17×70 topics
- Primary Care248▲ 3.1×15 topics
- Genetics234▲ 1.56×27 topics
- History214▲ 1.43×54 topics
- Clinical Trials208▲ 1.46×19 topics
- Chemotherapy208▲ 1.39×25 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines197▲ 1.70×14 topics
- Complications194▲ 1.81×17 topics
- Meta-Analysis191▲ 1.52×20 topics
- Religion188▲ 1.86×38 topics
- Neoliberalism186▲ 2.4×26 topics
- Colonialism184▲ 1.82×47 topics
- Nationalism184▲ 1.86×31 topics
- Literature182▲ 1.57×55 topics
- Global Burden179▲ 1.56×12 topics
- Prevalence168▲ 1.94×15 topics
- Ethics167▲ 1.62×49 topics
- Clinical Guidelines158▲ 2.5×9 topics
- Ethical Considerations158▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Feminism143▲ 2.4×24 topics
- Quality Improvement121▲ 2.9×8 topics
- Healthcare Quality100▲ 4.6×5 topics
What research is done in Birmingham?
Economics and EconometricsPharmacyHealth InformaticsElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 64 works
- 2 Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesPharmacy 63 works
- 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 48 works
- 4 Optical Network TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 42 works
- 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 42 works
- 6 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 41 works
- 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 40 works
- 8 Air Quality and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 39 works
- 9 Liver Disease and TransplantationHepatology 39 works
- 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 38 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.