Research in Cardiff
Science Explorer records 62 research institutions in Cardiff, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University and University Hospital of Wales.
- Research institutions
- 62 10 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 103k ▲ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 21.9% 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 Cardiff?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff UniversityUniversity | 53,279 | #327 | |
| 2 | University of WalesUniversity | 26,881 | #6,530 | |
| 3 | University Hospital of WalesHospital / health system | 7,093 | #6,001 | |
| 4 | Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityUniversity | 4,061 | #2,927 | |
| 5 | Welsh GovernmentGovernment institution | 1,609 | #15,519 | |
| 6 | Cardiff and Vale University Health BoardHospital / health system | 1,256 | #11,904 | |
| 7 | Cardiff Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system | 1,207 | #11,470 all time | |
| 8 | Health Economics and Outcomes Research (United Kingdom)Company | 1,055 | #13,192 | |
| 9 | Whitchurch HospitalHospital / health system | 956 | #10,940 all time | |
| 10 | Public Health WalesHospital / health system | 859 | #12,027 | |
| 11 | National Museum WalesArchive | 757 | #20,631 | |
| 12 | Tenovus Cancer CareNonprofit | 720 | #8,864 all time | |
| 13 | Velindre Cancer CentreHospital / health system | 623 | #11,338 all time | |
| 14 | Velindre NHS TrustHospital / health system | 312 | #18,222 all time | |
| 15 | IQE (United Kingdom)Company | 245 | #22,391 all time | |
| 16 | University Dental Hospital on Cardiff UniversityHospital / health system | 237 | #32,518 all time | |
| 17 | National Health Service WalesHospital / health system | 232 | #21,160 | |
| 18 | Chapter Arts CentreArchive | 191 | #41,776 all time | |
| 19 | Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for WalesHospital / health system | 178 | #36,951 all time | |
| 20 | Natural Resources WalesResearch facility | 173 | #35,083 all time | |
| 21 | Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and MethodsResearch facility | 172 | #33,507 all time | |
| 22 | National Centre for Product Design and Development ResearchResearch facility | 110 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Midatech Pharma (United Kingdom)Company | 84 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Sport WalesInstitution | 75 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Minerva Laboratories (United Kingdom)Company | 63 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Welsh Local Government AssociationGovernment institution | 62 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Glamorgan ArchivesUniversity | 59 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Compound Semiconductor Centre (United Kingdom)Company | 49 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Cardiff CouncilGovernment institution | 42 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Cancer Research WalesNonprofit | 32 | not ranked | |
| 31 | The AD CentreResearch facility | 32 | not ranked | |
| 32 | British Biocell International (United Kingdom)Company | 24 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Cardiff Story MuseumArchive | 23 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Action in Caerau & Ely (United Kingdom)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Biocatalysts (United Kingdom)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Cardiff and Vale CollegeUniversity | 21 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Arts Council of WalesNonprofit | 19 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Project SeagrassNonprofit | 16 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Diurnal (United Kingdom)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Cutest Systems (United Kingdom)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaUniversity | 16 | not ranked | |
| 42 | TechniquestResearch facility | 15 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Cardiff West Community High SchoolUniversity | 14 | not ranked | |
| 44 | The GateInstitution | 13 | not ranked | |
| 45 | NHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipHospital / health system | 12 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Jellagen (United Kingdom)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Butetown Community CentreInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 48 | CatScI (United Kingdom)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Osteotronix (United Kingdom)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Flexicare (United Kingdom)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 51 | School Health Research NetworkNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Higher Education Funding Council for WalesNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Science made simpleInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Geolang (United Kingdom)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Wales Council for Voluntary ActionNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 56 | The Waterloo FoundationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Cardiff Tourist Information CentreInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 58 | ElrhaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 59 | National Theatre WalesInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Welsh Refugee CouncilNonprofit | 1 | 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 Cardiff strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Cardiff is most concentrated in Public Administration, Classics and History (5.8× the world share in Public Administration).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 36.6 works5.8×
- ClassicsSubfield · 31.6 works4.5×
- HistorySubfield · 147.2 works3.9×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 78.8 works2.4×
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 Cardiff?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Globalization, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Deep Learning, Nationalism and Sustainability.
- Religious Identity
- National Identity
- Health
- Clinical Trials
- Social Support
- Religion
- Neoliberalism
- Colonialism
- Genetics
- Gender
- Identity
- Depression
- COVID-19
- Healthcare
- Social Media
- Inflammation
- Climate Change
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Quality of Life
- Renewable Energy
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- History
- Nationalism
- Mortality
- Human Rights
- Economic Growth
- Ethics
- Primary Care
- Literature
- Resilience
- Ethical Considerations
- Adolescents
- Devolution
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
- Epidemiology580▲ 1.24×135 topics
- Deep Learning348▼ 0.86×82 topics
- Globalization330▲ 1.42×120 topics
- Machine Learning307▼ 0.79×87 topics
- Public Health295▲ 1.71×63 topics
- Mental Health282▲ 1.62×43 topics
- Sustainability273◆ 0.95×99 topics
- Climate Change265▼ 0.83×97 topics
- Quality of Life264▲ 1.54×58 topics
- Inflammation228◆ 0.93×81 topics
- Renewable Energy181◆ 1.06×46 topics
- Social Media176◆ 1.04×37 topics
- Risk Factors175▲ 1.34×37 topics
- Healthcare170▲ 1.28×35 topics
- Treatment170▲ 1.18×50 topics
- COVID-19170◆ 1.05×31 topics
- History163▲ 1.97×42 topics
- Depression160▲ 1.54×25 topics
- Nationalism151▲ 2.8×28 topics
- Identity144▲ 1.68×59 topics
- Mortality137▲ 2.0×13 topics
- Gender137▲ 2.1×50 topics
- Human Rights136◆ 1.11×56 topics
- Genetics135▲ 1.63×25 topics
- Economic Growth132▲ 1.31×27 topics
- Colonialism128▲ 2.3×38 topics
- Ethics126▲ 2.2×39 topics
- Neoliberalism126▲ 3.0×27 topics
- Primary Care125▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Religion119▲ 2.1×31 topics
- Literature119▲ 1.85×47 topics
- Social Support118▲ 1.79×19 topics
- Resilience115▲ 2.0×16 topics
- Clinical Trials113▲ 1.43×19 topics
- Ethical Considerations110▲ 2.7×17 topics
- Health103▲ 2.2×22 topics
- Adolescents89▲ 2.0×11 topics
- National Identity70▲ 5.2×9 topics
- Devolution52▲ 31×2 topics
- Religious Identity49▲ 6.6×6 topics
What research is done in Cardiff?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 44 works
- 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 36 works
- 3 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 35 works
- 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 33 works
- 5 Historical Studies of British Isles History 32 works
- 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 31 works
- 7 Scottish History and National Identity History 31 works
- 8 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 30 works
- 9 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 29 works
- 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 29 works
Research output over time
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