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Research in Bristol

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Bristol, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are King University.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.7k
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
11.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bristol

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 Bristol?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1King UniversityUniversity 2,634 #1,390
2Bristol Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 109 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.

Which fields of science does Bristol work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Bristol is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Computer Science (13%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 295 fractional works · 35.6% of its workMedicine: 168 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 74 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 60 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 50 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOral Surgery: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrthodontics: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPeriodontics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 261 fractional works · 31.5% of its workComputer Science: 109 fractional works · 13.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 50 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 63 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 197 fractional works · 23.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 40 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 76 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBristol830fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences24%

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. Medicine16820.2%
    2. Health Professions748.9%
    3. Dentistry506.1%
    4. Nursing30.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science10913.1%
    2. Engineering637.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy232.8%
    4. Materials Science202.4%
    5. Mathematics161.9%
    6. Environmental Science151.8%
    7. Chemistry70.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.5%
    9. Energy40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences819.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities404.8%
    3. Psychology283.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance232.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting161.9%
    6. Decision Sciences81.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology475.7%
    2. Neuroscience151.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology70.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bristol strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bristol is most concentrated in Dentistry and Philosophy (12.9× the world share in Dentistry).

  1. DentistryField · 42.6 works13×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 28.5 works9.8×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 79 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 12.90× its world share, 43 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.82× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry12.90×43 works
  2. Health Professions3.82×68 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.94×38 works
  4. Computer Science1.50×79 works
  5. Mathematics1.48×12 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×20 works
  7. Neuroscience1.14×12 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.11×17 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×39 works
  10. Medicine1.05×137 works
  11. Psychology1.05×22 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.98×6 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×6 works
  14. Social Sciences0.78×67 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×15 works
  16. Materials Science0.65×15 works
  17. Chemistry0.58×6 works
  18. Nursing0.54×2 works
  19. Engineering0.51×52 works
  20. Energy0.47×3 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.46×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×3 works
  24. Environmental Science0.32×11 works
  25. Veterinary0.12×0 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Bristol?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Religion, Philosophy, History, Social Support, Aging, Elderly and Ethics.

▲ 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. Quality of Life51▲ 4.3×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning51▲ 1.78×63 topics
  3. Epidemiology41▲ 1.23×88 topics
  4. Mental Health38▲ 3.2×28 topics
  5. History37▲ 6.4×15 topics
  6. Healthcare37▲ 3.9×17 topics
  7. Religion35▲ 9.1×11 topics
  8. Philosophy35▲ 9.4×8 topics
  9. Social Support33▲ 7.3×14 topics
  10. Aging33▲ 7.2×14 topics
  11. Identity31▲ 5.2×14 topics
  12. Neural Networks31▲ 2.5×27 topics
  13. Ethics30▲ 7.2×11 topics
  14. Elderly29▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Phenomenology28▲ 32×4 topics
  16. Cultural Studies28▲ 9.1×4 topics
  17. Palliative Care28▲ 22×3 topics
  18. End-of-Life Care27▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Medical Ethics27▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Interpretation27▲ 87×2 topics
  21. Narrative27▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Caregiving27▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Hermeneutics27▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Machine Learning27◆ 0.98×57 topics
  25. Psychological Trauma27▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Retirement27▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Community Living27▲ 79×1 topic
  28. Healthcare Legislation27▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Patient Rights27▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Societal Impact27▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Inflammation25▲ 1.42×64 topics
  32. Artificial Intelligence22▲ 1.82×23 topics
  33. Bone Regeneration13▲ 13×2 topics
  34. China9▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Neural Machine Translation8▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Statistical Machine Translation8▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Dental Implants8▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Osteoporosis8▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Peri-implant Diseases8▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Periodontal Disease8▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Bristol?

Hermeneutics and Narrati…27Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 27 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…27Health, Medicine and Society: 27 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…27Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 27 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 7 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 6 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 6 fractional worksTopic Modeling6Topic Modeling: 6 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 5 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 5 fractional works
PhilosophyGeneral Health ProfessionsArtificial IntelligenceOral Surgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 27 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 27 works
  3. 3 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 27 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 7 works
  6. 6 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 6 works
  7. 7 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 6 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 5 works
  10. 10 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 5 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Bristol18.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.3% in 2023.

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