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Research in Bradford

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Bradford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Bradford and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
19
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
498k
20.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bradford

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 Bradford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BradfordUniversity 21,202 #2,760
2Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 921 #9,292
3Bradford College, EnglandUniversity 156 #29,102 all time
4Kelda Group (United Kingdom)Company 141 #32,085 all time
5City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilGovernment institution 85 not ranked
6Careers EuropeCompany 85 not ranked
7Cygnet Hospital WykeHospital / health system 29 not ranked
8Klinger (United Kingdom)Company 19 not ranked
9BorgWarner (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
10NHS Bradford Districts Clinical Commissioning GroupHospital / health system 12 not ranked
11Morrisons (United Kingdom)Company 11 not ranked
12Peace MuseumArchive 11 not ranked
13Dispomedical (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
14Bradford Museums and GalleriesArchive 2 not ranked
15NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Yorkshire and HumberResearch facility 2 not ranked
16CPH Innovations (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
17Science and Information OrganizationInstitution 1 not ranked
18Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare (United Kingdom)Company 0 not ranked
19CrystecPharma (United Kingdom)Company 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.

University of Bradford: 93.4%Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 4.1%Bradford College, England: 0.7%Kelda Group (United Kingdom): 0.6%13 others listed: 1.2%93%largest
University of Bradford21k · 93.4%Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust921 · 4.1%Bradford College, England156 · 0.7%Kelda Group (United Kingdom)141 · 0.6%13 others listed277 · 1.2%

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

Which fields of science does Bradford work in?

In 2022-now, 31% of research in Bradford is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Engineering (13%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 765 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMedicine: 562 fractional works · 22.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 68 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 180 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 113 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 757 fractional works · 30.8% of its workEngineering: 318 fractional works · 12.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 55 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 166 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 92 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 743 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 294 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 114 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 117 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 108 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 95 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 68 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 85 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArcheology: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 190 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 103 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBradford2,455fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences30%

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. Medicine56222.9%
    2. Health Professions1807.3%
    3. Nursing130.5%
    4. Dentistry90.4%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Engineering31812.9%
    2. Computer Science1666.8%
    3. Environmental Science923.8%
    4. Materials Science512.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences361.5%
    6. Chemistry291.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy261.0%
    8. Energy220.9%
    9. Mathematics120.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.2%
    1. Social Sciences29412.0%
    2. Psychology1174.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1084.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance953.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities853.4%
    6. Decision Sciences441.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1034.2%
    2. Neuroscience361.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences321.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bradford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bradford is most concentrated in Geriatrics and Gerontology and Archeology (9.5× the world share in Geriatrics and Gerontology).

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 22.2 works9.5×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 24.9 works3.8×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 142 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 291 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.80× its world share, 160 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 487 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.25× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 95 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 261 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.80×160 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.89×88 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.78×37 works
  4. Psychology1.50×99 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.37×95 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.25×78 works
  7. Medicine1.17×487 works
  8. Nursing1.14×12 works
  9. Energy0.98×20 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×7 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.96×33 works
  12. Social Sciences0.96×261 works
  13. Engineering0.90×291 works
  14. Neuroscience0.87×30 works
  15. Computer Science0.84×142 works
  16. Dentistry0.80×8 works
  17. Environmental Science0.77×82 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×87 works
  19. Chemistry0.75×25 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.67×5 works
  21. Materials Science0.59×45 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.44×21 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×10 works
  24. Mathematics0.36×9 works
  25. Veterinary0.36×1 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×28 works

Which keywords describe research in Bradford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Healthcare and IoT Security.

▲ 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. Epidemiology109◆ 1.11×106 topics
  2. Machine Learning106▲ 1.30×71 topics
  3. Public Health87▲ 2.4×46 topics
  4. Deep Learning80◆ 0.95×65 topics
  5. Mental Health59▲ 1.68×35 topics
  6. Sustainability59◆ 0.98×63 topics
  7. Healthcare51▲ 1.81×26 topics
  8. Renewable Energy50▲ 1.39×37 topics
  9. Quality of Life48▲ 1.37×47 topics
  10. Inflammation48◆ 0.92×69 topics
  11. Environmental Impact44◆ 1.05×41 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence41▲ 1.18×30 topics
  13. Depression40▲ 1.87×20 topics
  14. Primary Care40▲ 4.4×14 topics
  15. Big Data39▲ 1.66×20 topics
  16. COVID-1939▲ 1.22×23 topics
  17. Human Rights38▲ 1.52×34 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management37▲ 1.69×17 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage34▲ 2.6×16 topics
  20. Security34▲ 2.1×24 topics
  21. Aging34▲ 2.5×16 topics
  22. Economic Growth33▲ 1.63×23 topics
  23. Internet of Things32▲ 1.54×17 topics
  24. Mortality30▲ 2.1×13 topics
  25. Physical Activity29▲ 2.5×11 topics
  26. IoT Security29▲ 3.8×3 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations28▲ 3.3×14 topics
  28. Quality Improvement24▲ 5.1×8 topics
  29. Medical Education21▲ 3.2×12 topics
  30. Evidence-Based Practice21▲ 6.4×7 topics
  31. Conflict20▲ 5.1×9 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management20▲ 4.1×6 topics
  33. Behavior Change19▲ 5.2×4 topics
  34. Elderly Patients19▲ 4.5×4 topics
  35. Long-Term Care19▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Quality of Care19▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Health Services15▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Nursing Home14▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Person-Centered Care14▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Inappropriate Medication Use14▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Bradford?

Network Security and Int…14Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 14 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…13Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 13 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 12 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 11 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 11 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 11 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 10 fractional worksRadiology practices and …9Radiology practices and education: 9 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 9 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 9 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsGeneral Health ProfessionsGeriatrics and GerontologyPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 14 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 13 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 12 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  5. 5 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 11 works
  6. 6 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 10 works
  8. 8 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  10. 10 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 9 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%Bradford20.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.2% in 2019.

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