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Research in Cambridge

Science Explorer records 213 research institutions in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Cambridge, AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) and Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Research institutions
213
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
285k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
13.9M
48.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Cambridge

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 Cambridge?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of CambridgeUniversity 220,738 #6
2AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)Company 20,057 #514
3Anglia Ruskin UniversityUniversity 7,297 #1,330
4British Antarctic SurveyGovernment institution 4,417 #2,127
5Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustFunder 3,867 #1,191
6Central Research Laboratories (United Kingdom)Company 3,585 #33,615 all time
7Wellcome Sanger InstituteNonprofit 3,497 #827
8Babraham InstituteResearch facility 2,874 #5,136
9The Welding InstituteResearch facility 1,151 #20,108
10GeoInformation (United Kingdom)Company 931 #7,610
11Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 658 #14,155
12Cambridge Crystallographic Data CentreCompany 648 #9,321 all time
13Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 611 #8,011
14Granta Design (United Kingdom)Company 591 #6,390 all time
15Upsher-Smith Laboratories (United Kingdom)Company 565 #21,916 all time
16National Institute of Agricultural BotanyResearch facility 473 #22,011
17Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)Company 391 #19,111
18ARM (United Kingdom)Company 381 #19,016 all time
19Open Knowledge (United Kingdom)Company 379 #19,445 all time
20LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)Company 371 #19,861 all time
21Cambridge Consultants (United Kingdom)Company 342 #23,551 all time
22Ida Darwin hospitalHospital / health system 325 #15,332 all time
23Costello Medical Consulting (United Kingdom)Company 295 #20,162
24Conservation Leadership ProgrammeInstitution 289 #16,095
25Scientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchInstitution 286 #18,016 all time
26GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)Company 280 #17,790 all time
27Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical SciencesResearch facility 268 #18,331 all time
28BirdLife internationalNonprofit 250 #22,199 all time
29Cambridgeshire County CouncilGovernment institution 248 #22,500 all time
30UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring CentreInstitution 242 #18,521 all time
31Cambridge Econometrics (United Kingdom)Company 238 #18,965
32Cambridge Cognition (United Kingdom)Company 230 #18,760
33Mundipharma (United Kingdom)Company 209 #24,545 all time
34Company of BiologistsNonprofit 206 #21,971
35National Cancer Registration ServiceInstitution 194 #11,874 all time
36International Union for Conservation of Nature (United Kingdom)Nonprofit 169 #26,167 all time
37Plant Integrity (United Kingdom)Company 146 #30,137 all time
38TeraView (United Kingdom)Company 125 #33,754 all time
39Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)Company 120 #34,794 all time
40Cambridge Quantum Computing (United Kingdom)Company 116 not ranked
41PHG FoundationNonprofit 115 not ranked
42Gilead Sciences (United Kingdom)Company 114 not ranked
43Plastic Logic (United Kingdom)Company 104 not ranked
44Recombinant Antibody Technology (United Kingdom)Company 101 not ranked
45Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (United Kingdom)Company 98 not ranked
46Alzheimer’s Research UKNonprofit 90 not ranked
47Woolf InstituteResearch facility 90 not ranked
48Horizon Discovery (United Kingdom)Company 87 not ranked
49Bicycle Therapeutics (United Kingdom)Company 84 not ranked
50Babraham Bioscience Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 83 not ranked
51Brookfields HospitalHospital / health system 81 not ranked
52Napp Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)Company 80 not ranked
53CMCL Innovations (United Kingdom)Company 74 not ranked
54Cambridge University Health PartnersUniversity 73 not ranked
55Global Inkjet Systems (United Kingdom)Company 63 not ranked
56Open TargetsResearch facility 61 not ranked
57Global Phasing (United Kingdom)Company 58 not ranked
58Owlstone Medical (United Kingdom)Company 57 not ranked
59Asymptote (United Kingdom)Company 56 not ranked
60Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (United Kingdom)Nonprofit 56 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 Cambridge: 78.9%AstraZeneca (United Kingdom): 7.2%Anglia Ruskin University: 2.6%British Antarctic Survey: 1.6%56 others listed: 9.7%79%largest
University of Cambridge221k · 78.9%AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)20k · 7.2%Anglia Ruskin University7,297 · 2.6%British Antarctic Survey4,417 · 1.6%56 others listed27k · 9.7%

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

Which fields of science does Cambridge work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Cambridge is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Physical Sciences: 13k fractional works · 32.7% of its workEngineering: 3,501 fractional works · 9.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 860 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 622 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 369 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 267 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 252 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 221 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 173 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 156 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 120 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 114 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 90 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 78 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2,622 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,100 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 358 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 292 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 267 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 212 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 178 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,671 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 428 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 346 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 199 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 183 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 165 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 242 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,551 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 575 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 379 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 212 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 164 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 126 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 917 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 561 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 124 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 81 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 894 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 338 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 126 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 623 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 198 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 95 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 217 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 488 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 204 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 124 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 204 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 173 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 94 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12k fractional works · 30.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,263 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,757 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1,055 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 464 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 427 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 213 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 173 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 156 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 142 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 130 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 101 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 84 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 140 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2,736 fractional works · 7.1% of its workHistory: 477 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 402 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 398 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 318 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 279 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 254 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 186 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 121 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 87 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 114 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1,472 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 490 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 404 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 302 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 192 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,013 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 783 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 151 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 718 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 210 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 118 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 96 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 89 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 371 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 172 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 77 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8,266 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMedicine: 7,252 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSurgery: 804 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 707 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 578 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 550 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 508 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 403 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 385 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 373 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 303 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 237 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 235 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 207 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 184 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 172 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 159 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 138 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 120 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 108 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 94 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 91 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 788 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 790 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 486 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 305 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 34 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6,046 fractional works · 15.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3,539 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2,114 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 615 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 234 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 199 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 274 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1,182 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 677 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 228 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 162 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 763 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 320 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 147 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 217 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 485 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 379 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCambridge38kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences21%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. Engineering3,5019.1%
    2. Computer Science2,6226.8%
    3. Environmental Science1,6714.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1,5514.0%
    5. Materials Science9172.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences8942.3%
    7. Mathematics6231.6%
    8. Chemistry4881.3%
    9. Energy2040.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering940.2%
    1. Social Sciences5,26313.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2,7367.1%
    3. Psychology1,4723.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,0132.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting7181.9%
    6. Decision Sciences3711.0%
  3. Health Sciences8,26621.5%
    1. Medicine7,25218.9%
    2. Health Professions7902.1%
    3. Nursing1110.3%
    4. Veterinary790.2%
    5. Dentistry340.1%
  4. Life Sciences6,04615.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3,5399.2%
    2. Neuroscience1,1823.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7632.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology4851.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics760.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Cambridge strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cambridge is most concentrated in Theoretical Computer Science, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science (6.2× the world share in Theoretical Computer Science).

  1. Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 35.8 works6.2×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 110.8 works5.5×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 255.1 works4.9×
  4. Structural BiologySubfield · 25.7 works4.8×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 386.8 works4.1×
  6. HistorySubfield · 402.0 works3.7×
  7. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 22.6 works3.3×
  8. Religious studiesSubfield · 174.2 works3.1×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 660 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 3,037 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 428 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 1,009 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 68 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 82 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 436 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 2,298 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 723 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 181 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 3,154 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 1,420 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 812 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 548 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.82× its world share, 1,369 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 706 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 6,397 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 99 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.46× its world share, 67 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.50× its world share, 2,445 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 652 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 321 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 951 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 1,264 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 4,705 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.50×2,445 works
  2. Neuroscience1.84×1,009 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.82×1,369 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.68×3,037 works
  5. Veterinary1.46×67 works
  6. Mathematics1.38×548 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.36×723 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×951 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×428 works
  10. Psychology1.23×1,264 works
  11. Social Sciences1.10×4,705 works
  12. Medicine0.98×6,397 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.98×321 works
  14. Computer Science0.87×2,298 works
  15. Environmental Science0.84×1,420 works
  16. Chemistry0.82×436 works
  17. Health Professions0.79×706 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.69×82 works
  19. Materials Science0.69×812 works
  20. Engineering0.62×3,154 works
  21. Nursing0.60×99 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×652 works
  23. Energy0.58×181 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×68 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×660 works
  26. Dentistry0.18×30 works

Which keywords describe research in Cambridge?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Colonialism, History, Gender and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,480◆ 0.97×138 topics
  2. Climate Change1,270▲ 1.22×122 topics
  3. Machine Learning1,192◆ 0.93×92 topics
  4. Globalization1,113▲ 1.47×150 topics
  5. Deep Learning1,014▼ 0.76×82 topics
  6. Inflammation720◆ 0.88×82 topics
  7. Sustainability700▼ 0.74×127 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress599◆ 0.95×59 topics
  9. Public Health598◆ 1.07×73 topics
  10. Human Rights592▲ 1.50×80 topics
  11. History572▲ 2.1×61 topics
  12. Colonialism543▲ 3.0×47 topics
  13. Mental Health522◆ 0.95×46 topics
  14. Identity514▲ 1.85×73 topics
  15. Neural Networks506▼ 0.85×40 topics
  16. Gender499▲ 2.4×53 topics
  17. Quality of Life474▼ 0.85×58 topics
  18. Cancer453◆ 0.88×58 topics
  19. Big Data434▲ 1.18×31 topics
  20. Ethics433▲ 2.2×57 topics
  21. Literature433▲ 2.1×60 topics
  22. Nationalism427▲ 2.5×33 topics
  23. Religion420▲ 2.4×42 topics
  24. Genetics403▲ 1.48×27 topics
  25. Gene Expression382▲ 1.59×20 topics
  26. Culture377▲ 1.88×35 topics
  27. Neoliberalism355▲ 2.6×29 topics
  28. Philosophy326▲ 1.91×44 topics
  29. International Law291▲ 2.4×28 topics
  30. Society279▲ 3.8×24 topics
  31. Feminism257▲ 2.3×26 topics
  32. Monetary Policy229▲ 2.5×12 topics
  33. Economic Evaluation202▲ 4.5×4 topics
  34. Theology201▲ 5.7×6 topics
  35. Holocene174▲ 4.1×3 topics
  36. Medicine162▲ 5.0×11 topics
  37. Late Antiquity158▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Demography137▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Ancient Rome126▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Greek Literature126▲ 10×1 topic

What research is done in Cambridge?

Classical Antiquity Stud…119Classical Antiquity Studies: 119 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…103Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 103 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 97 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 94 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 90 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 88 fractional worksTopic Modeling86Topic Modeling: 86 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…86Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 86 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 79 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 78 fractional works
AnthropologyEconomics and EconometricsReligious studiesCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 119 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 103 works
  3. 3 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 97 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 94 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 90 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 88 works
  7. 7 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 86 works
  8. 8 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 86 works
  9. 9 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 79 works
  10. 10 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 78 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 counting20%40%Cambridge21.6% 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 38.4% in 2016.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Cambridge (UK) for research?

Science Explorer records 213 research institutions in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Cambridge, AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) and Wellcome Sanger Institute.

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