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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of BristolUniversity | 92,731 | #173 | |
| 2 | University of the West of EnglandUniversity | 14,173 | #1,995 | |
| 3 | Bristol Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system | 5,321 | #20,446 | |
| 4 | At BristolNonprofit | 5,193 | #3,625 | |
| 5 | Southmead HospitalHospital / health system | 4,465 | #9,664 | |
| 6 | Centre for Sustainable EnergyNonprofit | 3,201 | #6,577 | |
| 7 | North Bristol NHS TrustHospital / health system | 2,426 | #8,124 | |
| 8 | Bristol Robotics LaboratoryResearch facility | 2,382 | #7,268 | |
| 9 | Frenchay HospitalHospital / health system | 2,379 | #7,024 all time | |
| 10 | University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 1,663 | #6,565 | |
| 11 | Bristol Royal Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system | 1,588 | #15,967 | |
| 12 | University Of Bristol Dental HospitalHospital / health system | 1,513 | #16,323 | |
| 13 | JiscNonprofit | 1,018 | #17,198 | |
| 14 | Forestry Commission EnglandGovernment institution | 964 | #19,046 all time | |
| 15 | Victim SupportNonprofit | 950 | #23,590 | |
| 16 | Feminist Archive SouthArchive | 884 | #21,025 | |
| 17 | WatershedCompany | 800 | #12,987 | |
| 18 | National Composites CentreInstitution | 798 | #16,794 | |
| 19 | Graphic Science (United Kingdom)Company | 711 | #10,997 all time | |
| 20 | NIHR Bristol Cardiovascular Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution | 668 | #24,192 | |
| 21 | Equilibrium ResearchResearch facility | 631 | #13,228 | |
| 22 | Bristol Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 556 | #26,374 all time | |
| 23 | Airbus (United Kingdom)Company | 522 | #19,767 | |
| 24 | St Michael's HospitalHospital / health system | 483 | #18,744 all time | |
| 25 | Renal AssociationNonprofit | 417 | #15,121 all time | |
| 26 | Development InitiativesNonprofit | 408 | #17,141 | |
| 27 | Bristol Institute for Transfusion SciencesResearch facility | 400 | #21,289 all time | |
| 28 | Bristol General HospitalHospital / health system | 363 | #20,459 all time | |
| 29 | NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research CentreGovernment institution | 345 | #10,388 | |
| 30 | Office for StudentsInstitution | 323 | #26,081 | |
| 31 | Thornbury HospitalHospital / health system | 291 | #30,201 all time | |
| 32 | Drylands ResearchInstitution | 280 | #17,391 all time | |
| 33 | Highways EnglandGovernment institution | 264 | #36,373 all time | |
| 34 | Defence Equipment and SupportGovernment institution | 245 | #32,948 all time | |
| 35 | Maxim Integrated (United Kingdom)Company | 238 | #35,606 all time | |
| 36 | Infineon Technologies (United Kingdom)Company | 155 | #35,615 all time | |
| 37 | Bristol Homeopathic HospitalHospital / health system | 145 | #32,486 all time | |
| 38 | Bristol City CouncilGovernment institution | 137 | #30,749 all time | |
| 39 | Research EnglandGovernment institution | 133 | #41,439 all time | |
| 40 | Imperial Brands (United Kingdom)Company | 127 | #35,821 all time | |
| 41 | 3C Research (United Kingdom)Company | 126 | #25,135 all time | |
| 42 | Proton (United Kingdom)Company | 120 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Bristol Clinical Commissioning GroupInstitution | 117 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical ResearchResearch facility | 104 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Western Power Distribution (United Kingdom)Company | 85 | not ranked | |
| 46 | City of Bristol CollegeUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Bristol and Bath Science ParkUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 48 | South Gloucestershire and Stroud CollegeUniversity | 83 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Ultrahaptics (United Kingdom)Company | 75 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Blackberry Hill HospitalHospital / health system | 73 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Land Use Consultants (United Kingdom)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Dantec Dynamics (United Kingdom)Company | 54 | not ranked | |
| 53 | NIHR Applied Research Collaboration WestResearch facility | 54 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Tribal GroupCompany | 48 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal BiologyResearch facility | 46 | not ranked | |
| 56 | British Neuroscience AssociationNonprofit | 46 | not ranked | |
| 57 | European Society for Paediatric EndocrinologyInstitution | 42 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Bristol Industrial and Research Associates (United Kingdom)Company | 40 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Hoare Lea (United Kingdom)Company | 37 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Society 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.
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).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 40.6 works4.1×
- ClassicsSubfield · 40.6 works3.7×
- PaleontologySubfield · 75.8 works3.4×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 92.8 works3.3×
- VeterinaryField · 79.4 works3.2×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 67.7 works3.0×
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.
- Feminism
- Neuroscience
- Health
- Adolescents
- Neoliberalism
- Resilience
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Primary Care
- Genetics
- Colonialism
- Mortality
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Healthcare
- Neural Networks
- Risk Factors
- Inflammation
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Quality of Life
- Human Rights
- Treatment
- Identity
- Gender
- Depression
- History
- Prevalence
- Ethics
- Literature
- Nationalism
- Complications
- Religion
- Culture
- Ethical Considerations
- Psychological Impact
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
- Epidemiology900▲ 1.23×136 topics
- Climate Change612▲ 1.23×118 topics
- Globalization570▲ 1.57×149 topics
- Deep Learning524▼ 0.83×83 topics
- Public Health484▲ 1.80×72 topics
- Machine Learning468▼ 0.77×91 topics
- Mental Health430▲ 1.58×48 topics
- Sustainability408◆ 0.91×120 topics
- Quality of Life344▲ 1.29×58 topics
- Inflammation331▼ 0.86×82 topics
- Human Rights276▲ 1.45×77 topics
- Risk Factors271▲ 1.33×37 topics
- Treatment269▲ 1.20×50 topics
- Neural Networks239▼ 0.84×40 topics
- Identity237▲ 1.76×71 topics
- Healthcare237◆ 1.13×39 topics
- Gender235▲ 2.3×54 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease228◆ 1.11×37 topics
- Depression219▲ 1.35×26 topics
- Mortality207▲ 1.93×13 topics
- History203▲ 1.57×54 topics
- Colonialism201▲ 2.3×48 topics
- Prevalence189▲ 2.5×15 topics
- Genetics188▲ 1.45×27 topics
- Ethics184▲ 2.1×49 topics
- Primary Care183▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Literature180▲ 1.79×59 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome175▲ 1.16×23 topics
- Nationalism175▲ 2.0×32 topics
- Resilience168▲ 1.89×17 topics
- Complications157▲ 1.70×17 topics
- Neoliberalism157▲ 2.4×27 topics
- Religion155▲ 1.77×41 topics
- Adolescents153▲ 2.2×11 topics
- Culture152▲ 1.55×35 topics
- Health146▲ 1.96×27 topics
- Ethical Considerations142▲ 2.3×21 topics
- Neuroscience133▲ 2.4×19 topics
- Psychological Impact122▲ 2.0×11 topics
- Feminism117▲ 2.2×26 topics
What research is done in Bristol?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 41 works
- 2 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 40 works
- 3 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 40 works
- 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 39 works
- 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 37 works
- 6 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 37 works
- 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 37 works
- 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 37 works
- 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
- 10 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 35 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.