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Research in Durham

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Durham, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Durham University and Geospatial Research (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
18
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
57k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5M
26.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Durham

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 Durham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Durham UniversityUniversity 57,069 #239
2Quaternary Research AssociationInstitution 483 #21,517 all time
3Geospatial Research (United Kingdom)Company 449 #7,674
4Durham County CouncilInstitution 194 #27,179 all time
5Lanchester Road HospitalHospital / health system 170 #27,992 all time
6New College DurhamUniversity 162 #30,267 all time
7Northumbrian Water Group (United Kingdom)Company 51 not ranked
8High Force Research (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
9British Society for Middle Eastern StudiesInstitution 15 not ranked
10Essex and Suffolk Water (United Kingdom)Company 15 not ranked
11Chester le Street Community HospitalHospital / health system 11 not ranked
12Durham CathedralInstitution 7 not ranked
13The Bowes MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
14Beamish MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
15British Sociological AssociationNonprofit 3 not ranked
16Teikyo University of Japan in DurhamUniversity 2 not ranked
17Durham Dales Health FederationHospital / health system 2 not ranked
18Palaeontological AssociationNonprofit 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.

Durham University: 97.3%Quaternary Research Association: 0.8%Geospatial Research (United Kingdom): 0.8%Durham County Council: 0.3%14 others listed: 0.8%97%largest
Durham University57k · 97.3%Quaternary Research Association483 · 0.8%Geospatial Research (United Kingdom)449 · 0.8%Durham County Council194 · 0.3%14 others listed471 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does Durham work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Durham is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,147 fractional works · 47.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,928 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 682 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 331 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 183 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 164 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 86 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,042 fractional works · 12.1% of its workHistory: 188 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 169 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 135 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 134 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 115 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClassics: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 438 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 139 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 132 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 354 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 271 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 169 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,391 fractional works · 39.2% of its workEngineering: 807 fractional works · 9.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 219 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 683 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 232 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 188 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 141 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 589 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 215 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 411 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 365 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 117 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 212 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 153 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 568 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 401 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 172 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 147 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 543 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 199 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 103 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 170 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 137 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDurham8,649fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences48%

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 Sciences4,14747.9%
    1. Social Sciences1,92822.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,04212.1%
    3. Psychology4385.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3544.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2713.1%
    6. Decision Sciences1141.3%
    1. Engineering8079.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy6837.9%
    3. Computer Science5896.8%
    4. Environmental Science4114.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3654.2%
    6. Mathematics2122.5%
    7. Materials Science1531.8%
    8. Chemistry1131.3%
    9. Energy440.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.2%
    1. Medicine4014.6%
    2. Health Professions1471.7%
    3. Nursing120.1%
    4. Veterinary50.1%
    5. Dentistry30.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1992.3%
    2. Neuroscience1702.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1471.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Durham strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Durham is most concentrated in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and Instrumentation (10.7× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 48.6 works11×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 124.0 works11×
  3. InstrumentationSubfield · 27.6 works7.2×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 92.1 works7.2×
  5. HistorySubfield · 170.7 works7.0×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 164.4 works6.9×
  7. AnthropologySubfield · 146.6 works6.8×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 130 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 179 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 144 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 97 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 514 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 309 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 721 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 342 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 134 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 190 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.50× its world share, 591 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 129 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 342 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.26× its world share, 935 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 319 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 102 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 250 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 384 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 1,703 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.26×935 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.50×591 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.59×309 works
  4. Mathematics2.12×190 works
  5. Social Sciences1.77×1,703 works
  6. Psychology1.65×384 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×250 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.39×102 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×319 works
  10. Neuroscience1.17×144 works
  11. Environmental Science0.91×342 works
  12. Computer Science0.87×514 works
  13. Chemistry0.82×97 works
  14. Health Professions0.64×129 works
  15. Engineering0.63×721 works
  16. Energy0.55×39 works
  17. Materials Science0.51×134 works
  18. Veterinary0.47×5 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.45×12 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×179 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×130 works
  22. Nursing0.31×12 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×7 works
  24. Medicine0.23×342 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×16 works
  26. Dentistry0.07×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Durham?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, History, Religion, Climate Change, Nationalism, Ethics, Gender and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Climate Change362▲ 1.54×100 topics
  2. Globalization361▲ 2.1×122 topics
  3. History232▲ 3.9×45 topics
  4. Deep Learning222▼ 0.75×79 topics
  5. Machine Learning219▼ 0.76×83 topics
  6. Human Rights215▲ 2.4×66 topics
  7. Religion199▲ 5.0×36 topics
  8. Sustainability192◆ 0.91×93 topics
  9. Mental Health189▲ 1.53×43 topics
  10. Identity179▲ 2.9×58 topics
  11. Ethics178▲ 4.1×45 topics
  12. Gender174▲ 3.7×48 topics
  13. Nationalism172▲ 4.4×31 topics
  14. Colonialism165▲ 4.0×42 topics
  15. Remote Sensing164▲ 1.56×38 topics
  16. Culture152▲ 3.4×26 topics
  17. Philosophy149▲ 3.9×34 topics
  18. Literature141▲ 3.0×47 topics
  19. Neoliberalism136▲ 4.4×25 topics
  20. Cultural Identity127▲ 3.0×30 topics
  21. Social Justice115▲ 2.2×42 topics
  22. Dark Matter114▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Society113▲ 6.9×18 topics
  24. Feminism108▲ 4.3×22 topics
  25. Theology107▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Black Holes100▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Social History81▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Church History80▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Emotion80▲ 4.4×12 topics
  30. Medicine80▲ 11×8 topics
  31. Particle Physics69▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Archaeology69▲ 6.2×11 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism68▲ 7.2×9 topics
  34. Cosmology66▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Holocene61▲ 6.4×3 topics
  36. Biopolitics60▲ 9.0×6 topics
  37. Reformation58▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Early Modern Europe56▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Star Formation56▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Calvinism56▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Durham?

Reformation and Early Mo…55Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 55 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…46Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 46 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 41 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 40 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 39 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 36 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 36 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…35History of Science and Medicine: 35 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 34 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 32 fractional works
HistoryNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtmospheric ScienceReligious studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 55 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 46 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 41 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 40 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 39 works
  6. 6 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 36 works
  7. 7 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 36 works
  8. 8 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 35 works
  9. 9 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 34 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 32 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%Durham22.0% 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 36.2% in 2016.

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