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Research in Colchester

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Colchester, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research and East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
20
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
29k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
712k
24.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Colchester

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 Colchester?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of EssexUniversity 25,838 #1,132
2Institute for Social and Economic ResearchResearch facility 1,152 #9,905
3Colchester HospitalHospital / health system 800 #21,638
4Oaks HospitalHospital / health system 344 #17,119
5East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 307 #16,732
6Colchester InstituteUniversity 254 #20,666 all time
7Essex County HospitalHospital / health system 156 #31,881 all time
8UK Data ArchiveArchive 76 not ranked
9Care UK (United Kingdom)Company 64 not ranked
10The Sixth Form College ColchesterUniversity 38 not ranked
11UK Data ServiceArchive 28 not ranked
12Colchester + Ipswich MuseumsArchive 7 not ranked
13Understanding SocietyResearch facility 6 not ranked
14Essex Wildlife TrustNonprofit 4 not ranked
15British Machine Vision AssociationNonprofit 2 not ranked
16UK Council on DeafnessGovernment institution 2 not ranked
17European Consortium for Political ResearchNonprofit 2 not ranked
18Fluxus Technology (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
19European Second Language AssociationInstitution 1 not ranked
20Cardiocity (United Kingdom)Company 1 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 Essex: 88.8%Institute for Social and Economic Research: 4.0%Colchester Hospital: 2.8%Oaks Hospital: 1.2%16 others listed: 3.3%89%largest
University of Essex26k · 88.8%Institute for Social and Economic Research1,152 · 4.0%Colchester Hospital800 · 2.8%Oaks Hospital344 · 1.2%16 others listed949 · 3.3%

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

Which fields of science does Colchester work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Colchester is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (12%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,342 fractional works · 53.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,090 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 404 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 250 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 74 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 327 fractional works · 7.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 110 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 326 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 213 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFinance: 77 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 261 fractional works · 6.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 78 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 57 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 239 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHistory: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 99 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 64 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 990 fractional works · 22.6% of its workComputer Science: 417 fractional works · 9.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 146 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 283 fractional works · 6.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 105 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 149 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 703 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMedicine: 517 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 61 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 172 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 122 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 343 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNeuroscience: 150 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 125 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 101 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 79 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKColchester4,378fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences2,34253.5%
    1. Social Sciences1,09024.9%
    2. Psychology3277.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3267.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2616.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities2395.5%
    6. Decision Sciences992.3%
    1. Computer Science4179.5%
    2. Engineering2836.5%
    3. Environmental Science1493.4%
    4. Mathematics501.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy370.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences200.5%
    7. Energy170.4%
    8. Materials Science90.2%
    9. Chemistry80.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine51711.8%
    2. Health Professions1723.9%
    3. Nursing60.1%
    4. Dentistry50.1%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Neuroscience1503.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1012.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences791.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology110.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Colchester strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Colchester is most concentrated in Finance, Cognitive Neuroscience and Gender Studies (6.2× the world share in Finance).

  1. FinanceSubfield · 73.0 works6.2×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 112.3 works4.0×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 55.6 works4.0×
  4. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 225.3 works3.9×
  5. HistorySubfield · 46.7 works3.8×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 133 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 369 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 257 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 48 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 157 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 428 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 210 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.91× its world share, 239 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.68× its world share, 306 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 292 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 976 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.68×306 works
  2. Psychology2.46×292 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.30×86 works
  4. Neuroscience2.11×133 works
  5. Social Sciences1.99×976 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.91×239 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.88×210 works
  8. Health Professions1.54×157 works
  9. Computer Science1.22×369 works
  10. Mathematics1.06×48 works
  11. Environmental Science0.67×128 works
  12. Medicine0.57×428 works
  13. Engineering0.44×257 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×84 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×70 works
  16. Veterinary0.38×2 works
  17. Energy0.36×13 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.35×30 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×18 works
  20. Nursing0.27×5 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×10 works
  22. Dentistry0.26×5 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.10×6 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.06×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.05×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Colchester?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Monetary Policy, Human Rights, Economic Growth, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Democracy and Economic Policy.

▲ 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. Globalization227▲ 2.6×113 topics
  2. Deep Learning203▲ 1.34×74 topics
  3. Machine Learning148◆ 1.02×79 topics
  4. Mental Health144▲ 2.3×41 topics
  5. Human Rights138▲ 3.1×54 topics
  6. Epidemiology133▼ 0.76×113 topics
  7. Economic Growth121▲ 3.4×25 topics
  8. Public Health120▲ 1.89×55 topics
  9. Climate Change105◆ 0.88×92 topics
  10. Neural Networks98▲ 1.46×39 topics
  11. Monetary Policy91▲ 8.8×11 topics
  12. Social Media86▲ 1.41×27 topics
  13. Democracy80▲ 5.2×24 topics
  14. Corporate Governance78▲ 2.4×26 topics
  15. Gender76▲ 3.2×44 topics
  16. Neoliberalism71▲ 4.5×26 topics
  17. History70▲ 2.3×43 topics
  18. Social Capital68▲ 3.0×15 topics
  19. Ethics67▲ 3.0×37 topics
  20. Identity66▲ 2.1×56 topics
  21. Labor Market63▲ 5.1×14 topics
  22. Economic Policy59▲ 27×8 topics
  23. Political Economy57▲ 5.1×16 topics
  24. Colonialism56▲ 2.7×40 topics
  25. Nationalism53▲ 2.7×26 topics
  26. Global Governance52▲ 5.0×18 topics
  27. Public Opinion51▲ 9.7×6 topics
  28. Health Disparities50▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. International Law48▲ 3.5×21 topics
  30. Income Inequality48▲ 7.8×7 topics
  31. Governance48▲ 3.4×18 topics
  32. Emotion44▲ 4.9×12 topics
  33. Inequality44▲ 4.5×17 topics
  34. International Relations43▲ 4.0×17 topics
  35. Motor Imagery37▲ 6.8×2 topics
  36. Violence35▲ 5.5×11 topics
  37. Social Policy35▲ 8.8×5 topics
  38. Gender Inequality34▲ 5.7×6 topics
  39. Unemployment33▲ 9.4×3 topics
  40. Liquidity32▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Colchester?

Political and Economic h…26Political and Economic history of UK and US: 26 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…23EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 23 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 22 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 20 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 19 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 19 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 18 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…17Social Policy and Reform Studies: 17 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 14 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCognitive NeuroscienceGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth4 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  2. 2 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 23 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 22 works
  4. 4 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  5. 5 Health disparities and outcomes Health 19 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 19 works
  7. 7 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 18 works
  8. 8 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  10. 10 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 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%Colchester20.3% 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 34.5% in 2008.

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