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Research in Cranfield

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Cranfield, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Cranfield University.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
622k
29.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Cranfield

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 Cranfield?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cranfield UniversityUniversity 19,821 #775
2Aerospace Technology InstituteInstitution 798 #13,579 all time
3British Hydromechanics Research GroupNonprofit 156 #31,043 all time
4Facility for Airborne Atmospheric MeasurementsResearch facility 33 not ranked
5Cranfield Impact CentreResearch facility 24 not ranked
6It’s Fresh (United Kingdom)Company 3 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.

Cranfield University: 95.1%Aerospace Technology Institute: 3.8%British Hydromechanics Research Group: 0.7%Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements: 0.2%2 others listed: 0.1%95%largest
Cranfield University20k · 95.1%Aerospace Technology Institute798 · 3.8%British Hydromechanics Research Group156 · 0.7%Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements33 · 0.2%2 others listed27 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Cranfield work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research in Cranfield is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Environmental Science (10%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,243 fractional works · 73.7% of its workEngineering: 1,384 fractional works · 45.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 333 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 197 fractional works · 6.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 118 fractional works · 3.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 117 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 107 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 95 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 87 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 80 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 69 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 62 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 301 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 73 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 257 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 78 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 78 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 97 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 504 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 195 fractional works · 6.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 77 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 112 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 61 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 57 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 189 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 126 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 57 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 107 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 61 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCranfield3,044fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences17%

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. Engineering1,38445.5%
    2. Environmental Science3019.9%
    3. Computer Science2578.4%
    4. Materials Science973.2%
    5. Energy551.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy431.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences411.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering331.1%
    9. Chemistry210.7%
    10. Mathematics120.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1956.4%
    2. Social Sciences1123.7%
    3. Decision Sciences612.0%
    4. Psychology571.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance531.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities260.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1264.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology461.5%
    3. Neuroscience140.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Medicine612.0%
    2. Health Professions381.3%
    3. Nursing60.2%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Cranfield strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Cranfield is most concentrated in Aerospace Engineering, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Automotive Engineering (9.3× the world share in Aerospace Engineering).

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 304.3 works9.3×
  2. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 20.4 works6.1×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 89.9 works6.0×
  4. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 96.9 works6.0×
  5. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 27.2 works5.7×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 109 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.30× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 239 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.00× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.06× its world share, 1,288 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 271 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 90 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.02× its world share, 183 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering3.30×32 works
  2. Engineering3.06×1,288 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.09×57 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.02×183 works
  5. Energy2.00×52 works
  6. Environmental Science1.94×271 works
  7. Computer Science1.10×239 works
  8. Materials Science0.92×90 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×38 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×50 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×109 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.61×38 works
  13. Psychology0.60×52 works
  14. Health Professions0.49×36 works
  15. Chemistry0.43×19 works
  16. Nursing0.43×6 works
  17. Veterinary0.37×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.29×9 works
  19. Social Sciences0.29×105 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×42 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.28×23 works
  22. Neuroscience0.26×12 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×2 works
  24. Medicine0.10×55 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Cranfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Collision Avoidance, Heat Transfer, Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Emissions, Large-Eddy Simulation and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Sustainability180▲ 2.4×59 topics
  2. Deep Learning176▲ 1.67×70 topics
  3. Machine Learning150▲ 1.49×65 topics
  4. Climate Change145▲ 1.75×78 topics
  5. Renewable Energy119▲ 2.7×40 topics
  6. Environmental Impact104▲ 2.0×51 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties96▲ 3.2×33 topics
  8. Heat Transfer94▲ 6.3×16 topics
  9. Collision Avoidance91▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Neural Networks87▲ 1.86×32 topics
  11. Autonomous Vehicles84▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management74▲ 2.7×20 topics
  13. Emissions74▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Large-Eddy Simulation74▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Risk Assessment68▲ 3.4×20 topics
  16. Air Quality63▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Additive Manufacturing60▲ 6.3×7 topics
  18. Microstructure57▲ 3.6×17 topics
  19. Alternative Fuels48▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Multi-Agent Systems48▲ 8.3×5 topics
  21. Environmental Management47▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Aviation46▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Electric Propulsion45▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Circular Economy45▲ 5.4×7 topics
  25. Numerical Simulation44▲ 5.0×12 topics
  26. Aircraft Design44▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Renewable Jet Fuel44▲ 94×1 topic
  28. Air Traffic Management39▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Conflict Resolution39▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Parameter Estimation38▲ 9.9×6 topics
  31. Nonlinear Systems38▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Flight Control38▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Aerodynamics36▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Sensor Fusion36▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Turbulent Flow36▲ 10.0×4 topics
  36. Path Planning36▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Material Characterization35▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. Optimal Control34▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Adaptive Mesh Refinement34▲ 18×2 topics
  40. High-Order Schemes34▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Cranfield?

Advanced Aircraft Design…39Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 39 fractional worksAir Traffic Management a…36Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 36 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 29 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 28 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 28 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 26 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 24 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…24Digital Transformation in Industry: 24 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 23 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 21 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAerospace EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 39 works
  2. 2 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 36 works
  3. 3 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 29 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 28 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 28 works
  6. 6 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 26 works
  7. 7 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 24 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 24 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 23 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 21 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%Cranfield25.9% 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 38.0% in 2013.

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