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Research in Cheltenham

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Gloucestershire and Cheltenham Festivals.

Research institutions
17
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
80k
16.0 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
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of GloucestershireUniversity 2,954 #3,064
2Cheltenham General HospitalHospital / health system 674 #13,724 all time
3Cheltenham FestivalsNonprofit 612 #18,853
4Government Communications HeadquartersGovernment institution 412 #23,237 all time
5Babcock Power (United Kingdom)Company 267 #24,648 all time
6Spirax Sarco (United Kingdom)Company 29 not ranked
7Children’s Arthritis AssociationNonprofit 19 not ranked
8Adey (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
9George Moore Community ClinicHospital / health system 10 not ranked
10WellChildNonprofit 6 not ranked
11Agrii (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
122-DTech (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
13Universities and Colleges Admissions ServiceNonprofit 2 not ranked
14Kohler (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
15Planned Environment Therapy TrustNonprofit 1 not ranked
16Higher Education Statistics AgencyInstitution 1 not ranked
17Royal Pigeon Racing AssociationInstitution 0 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 Gloucestershire: 58.9%Cheltenham General Hospital: 13.4%Cheltenham Festivals: 12.2%Government Communications Headquarters: 8.2%12 others listed: 7.2%59%largest
University of Gloucestershire2,954 · 58.9%Cheltenham General Hospital674 · 13.4%Cheltenham Festivals612 · 12.2%Government Communications Headquarters412 · 8.2%12 others listed363 · 7.2%

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

Which fields of science does Cheltenham work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Cheltenham is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 401 fractional works · 49.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 202 fractional works · 24.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEducation: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 7.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 52 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 203 fractional works · 24.8% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 10.7% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 58 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% 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 workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 148 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 118 fractional works · 14.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 66 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCheltenham818fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences49%

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. Social Sciences20224.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting597.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities526.3%
    4. Psychology516.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance263.2%
    6. Decision Sciences121.5%
    1. Computer Science8710.7%
    2. Environmental Science587.1%
    3. Engineering394.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    6. Energy30.4%
    7. Mathematics20.3%
    8. Materials Science10.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine11814.4%
    2. Health Professions253.1%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences455.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology121.5%
    3. Neuroscience60.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Cheltenham?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Identity, Gender, Machine Learning, Globalization, Big Data, Feminism and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Sustainability55▲ 2.7×55 topics
  2. Machine Learning43▲ 1.58×41 topics
  3. Climate Change36▲ 1.63×58 topics
  4. Globalization35▲ 2.2×61 topics
  5. Identity32▲ 5.4×30 topics
  6. Epidemiology30◆ 0.91×68 topics
  7. Big Data26▲ 3.2×16 topics
  8. Gender24▲ 5.4×22 topics
  9. Public Health22▲ 1.80×36 topics
  10. Social Media21▲ 1.89×20 topics
  11. Mental Health21▲ 1.82×28 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence21▲ 1.80×25 topics
  13. Biodiversity19▲ 3.0×16 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management18▲ 2.5×16 topics
  15. Risk Factors18▲ 2.0×25 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services18▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 5.8×6 topics
  18. Feminism17▲ 7.0×10 topics
  19. Colonialism16▲ 4.2×18 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior15▲ 3.0×13 topics
  21. Risk Management15▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. Literature15▲ 3.3×19 topics
  23. Ethics14▲ 3.4×16 topics
  24. Cybersecurity14▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Social Capital14▲ 3.2×14 topics
  26. Physical Activity13▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Prevention12▲ 3.6×9 topics
  28. Injury Prevention12▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Distributed Systems12▲ 8.5×5 topics
  30. Postcolonialism12▲ 9.8×10 topics
  31. Resource Management10▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Athletic Training10▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Performance Analysis10▲ 6.1×3 topics
  34. Muscle Injuries10▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Sports Injury10▲ 19×1 topic
  36. High-Intensity Interval Training10▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Resistance Training9▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Information Security8▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Physiological Demands8▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Training Load8▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Cheltenham?

Sports injuries and prev…9Sports injuries and prevention: 9 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tou…7Culinary Culture and Tourism: 7 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 7 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 6 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 5 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 5 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 5 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel…5Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 5 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 5 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 4 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineFood ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 7 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 5 works
  6. 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 5 works
  8. 8 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 5 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 4 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%Cheltenham19.2% 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 30.9% in 2022.

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