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Research in Bristol

Science Explorer records 133 research institutions in Bristol, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Bristol, University of the West of England and At Bristol.

Research institutions
133
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
152k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.4%
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 Bristol?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BristolUniversity 92,731 #173
2University of the West of EnglandUniversity 14,173 #1,995
3Bristol Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system 5,321 #20,446
4At BristolNonprofit 5,193 #3,625
5Southmead HospitalHospital / health system 4,465 #9,664
6Centre for Sustainable EnergyNonprofit 3,201 #6,577
7North Bristol NHS TrustHospital / health system 2,426 #8,124
8Bristol Robotics LaboratoryResearch facility 2,382 #7,268
9Frenchay HospitalHospital / health system 2,379 #7,024 all time
10University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 1,663 #6,565
11Bristol Royal Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system 1,588 #15,967
12University Of Bristol Dental HospitalHospital / health system 1,513 #16,323
13JiscNonprofit 1,018 #17,198
14Forestry Commission EnglandGovernment institution 964 #19,046 all time
15Victim SupportNonprofit 950 #23,590
16Feminist Archive SouthArchive 884 #21,025
17WatershedCompany 800 #12,987
18National Composites CentreInstitution 798 #16,794
19Graphic Science (United Kingdom)Company 711 #10,997 all time
20NIHR Bristol Cardiovascular Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 668 #24,192
21Equilibrium ResearchResearch facility 631 #13,228
22Bristol Eye HospitalHospital / health system 556 #26,374 all time
23Airbus (United Kingdom)Company 522 #19,767
24St Michael's HospitalHospital / health system 483 #18,744 all time
25Renal AssociationNonprofit 417 #15,121 all time
26Development InitiativesNonprofit 408 #17,141
27Bristol Institute for Transfusion SciencesResearch facility 400 #21,289 all time
28Bristol General HospitalHospital / health system 363 #20,459 all time
29NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research CentreGovernment institution 345 #10,388
30Office for StudentsInstitution 323 #26,081
31Thornbury HospitalHospital / health system 291 #30,201 all time
32Drylands ResearchInstitution 280 #17,391 all time
33Highways EnglandGovernment institution 264 #36,373 all time
34Defence Equipment and SupportGovernment institution 245 #32,948 all time
35Maxim Integrated (United Kingdom)Company 238 #35,606 all time
36Infineon Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 155 #35,615 all time
37Bristol Homeopathic HospitalHospital / health system 145 #32,486 all time
38Bristol City CouncilGovernment institution 137 #30,749 all time
39Research EnglandGovernment institution 133 #41,439 all time
40Imperial Brands (United Kingdom)Company 127 #35,821 all time
413C Research (United Kingdom)Company 126 #25,135 all time
42Proton (United Kingdom)Company 120 not ranked
43Bristol Clinical Commissioning GroupInstitution 117 not ranked
44Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical ResearchResearch facility 104 not ranked
45Western Power Distribution (United Kingdom)Company 85 not ranked
46City of Bristol CollegeUniversity 84 not ranked
47Bristol and Bath Science ParkUniversity 84 not ranked
48South Gloucestershire and Stroud CollegeUniversity 83 not ranked
49Ultrahaptics (United Kingdom)Company 75 not ranked
50Blackberry Hill HospitalHospital / health system 73 not ranked
51Land Use Consultants (United Kingdom)Company 64 not ranked
52Dantec Dynamics (United Kingdom)Company 54 not ranked
53NIHR Applied Research Collaboration WestResearch facility 54 not ranked
54Tribal GroupCompany 48 not ranked
55Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal BiologyResearch facility 46 not ranked
56British Neuroscience AssociationNonprofit 46 not ranked
57European Society for Paediatric EndocrinologyInstitution 42 not ranked
58Bristol Industrial and Research Associates (United Kingdom)Company 40 not ranked
59Hoare Lea (United Kingdom)Company 37 not ranked
60Society for EndocrinologyNonprofit 37 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 Bristol: 61.1%University of the West of England: 9.3%Bristol Royal Infirmary: 3.5%At Bristol: 3.4%56 others listed: 22.6%61%largest
University of Bristol93k · 61.1%University of the West of England14k · 9.3%Bristol Royal Infirmary5,321 · 3.5%At Bristol5,193 · 3.4%56 others listed34k · 22.6%

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

What is Bristol strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bristol is most concentrated in Public Administration, Classics and Paleontology (4.1× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 40.6 works4.1×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 40.6 works3.7×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 75.8 works3.4×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 92.8 works3.3×
  5. VeterinaryField · 79.4 works3.2×
  6. Small AnimalsSubfield · 67.7 works3.0×
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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 Bristol?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Public Health, Climate Change, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Quality of Life and Gender.

▲ 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. Epidemiology900▲ 1.23×136 topics
  2. Climate Change612▲ 1.23×118 topics
  3. Globalization570▲ 1.57×149 topics
  4. Deep Learning524▼ 0.83×83 topics
  5. Public Health484▲ 1.80×72 topics
  6. Machine Learning468▼ 0.77×91 topics
  7. Mental Health430▲ 1.58×48 topics
  8. Sustainability408◆ 0.91×120 topics
  9. Quality of Life344▲ 1.29×58 topics
  10. Inflammation331▼ 0.86×82 topics
  11. Human Rights276▲ 1.45×77 topics
  12. Risk Factors271▲ 1.33×37 topics
  13. Treatment269▲ 1.20×50 topics
  14. Neural Networks239▼ 0.84×40 topics
  15. Identity237▲ 1.76×71 topics
  16. Healthcare237◆ 1.13×39 topics
  17. Gender235▲ 2.3×54 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease228◆ 1.11×37 topics
  19. Depression219▲ 1.35×26 topics
  20. Mortality207▲ 1.93×13 topics
  21. History203▲ 1.57×54 topics
  22. Colonialism201▲ 2.3×48 topics
  23. Prevalence189▲ 2.5×15 topics
  24. Genetics188▲ 1.45×27 topics
  25. Ethics184▲ 2.1×49 topics
  26. Primary Care183▲ 2.6×15 topics
  27. Literature180▲ 1.79×59 topics
  28. Metabolic Syndrome175▲ 1.16×23 topics
  29. Nationalism175▲ 2.0×32 topics
  30. Resilience168▲ 1.89×17 topics
  31. Complications157▲ 1.70×17 topics
  32. Neoliberalism157▲ 2.4×27 topics
  33. Religion155▲ 1.77×41 topics
  34. Adolescents153▲ 2.2×11 topics
  35. Culture152▲ 1.55×35 topics
  36. Health146▲ 1.96×27 topics
  37. Ethical Considerations142▲ 2.3×21 topics
  38. Neuroscience133▲ 2.4×19 topics
  39. Psychological Impact122▲ 2.0×11 topics
  40. Feminism117▲ 2.2×26 topics

What research is done in Bristol?

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 41 works
  2. 2 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 40 works
  3. 3 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 40 works
  4. 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 39 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 37 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 37 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 37 works
  8. 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 37 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
  10. 10 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 35 works

Research output over time

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