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Research in Durham

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Durham, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Durham University and Geospatial Research (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
19
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
57k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.3%
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 Durham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Durham UniversityUniversity 54,474 #271
2University Hospital of North DurhamHospital / health system 625 #29,704 all time
3Quaternary Research AssociationInstitution 483 #4,604 all time
4Geospatial Research (United Kingdom)Company 449 #15,559
5Durham County CouncilInstitution 194 #38,717 all time
6Lanchester Road HospitalHospital / health system 170 #40,781 all time
7New College DurhamUniversity 162 #41,954 all time
8Northumbrian Water Group (United Kingdom)Company 51 not ranked
9High Force Research (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
10British Society for Middle Eastern StudiesInstitution 15 not ranked
11Essex and Suffolk Water (United Kingdom)Company 15 not ranked
12Chester le Street Community HospitalHospital / health system 11 not ranked
13Durham CathedralInstitution 7 not ranked
14Beamish MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
15The Bowes MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
16British Sociological AssociationNonprofit 3 not ranked
17Teikyo University of Japan in DurhamUniversity 2 not ranked
18Durham Dales Health FederationHospital / health system 2 not ranked
19Palaeontological AssociationNonprofit 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.

Durham University: 96.1%University Hospital of North Durham: 1.1%Quaternary Research Association: 0.9%Geospatial Research (United Kingdom): 0.8%15 others listed: 1.2%96%largest
Durham University54k · 96.1%University Hospital of North Durham625 · 1.1%Quaternary Research Association483 · 0.9%Geospatial Research (United Kingdom)449 · 0.8%15 others listed665 · 1.2%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Durham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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
  1. Globalization319▲ 2.1×116 topics
  2. Climate Change306▲ 1.49×98 topics
  3. History207▲ 3.9×45 topics
  4. Human Rights189▲ 2.4×60 topics
  5. Religion175▲ 4.8×36 topics
  6. Sustainability173◆ 0.93×90 topics
  7. Mental Health168▲ 1.51×42 topics
  8. Nationalism159▲ 4.5×31 topics
  9. Ethics152▲ 4.2×42 topics
  10. Gender152▲ 3.7×48 topics
  11. Identity151▲ 2.7×56 topics
  12. Colonialism145▲ 4.0×41 topics
  13. Culture139▲ 3.5×26 topics
  14. Remote Sensing136▲ 1.45×36 topics
  15. Philosophy134▲ 4.0×33 topics
  16. Innovation126▲ 1.58×42 topics
  17. Neoliberalism121▲ 4.4×25 topics
  18. Literature119▲ 2.9×46 topics
  19. Cultural Identity118▲ 3.0×29 topics
  20. Society104▲ 7.1×18 topics
  21. Theology103▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Dark Matter97▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Feminism90▲ 4.2×22 topics
  24. Black Holes85▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Democracy80▲ 3.0×20 topics
  26. Social History78▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Church History75▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Politics72▲ 3.5×17 topics
  29. Emotion70▲ 4.5×11 topics
  30. Medicine70▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Global Governance69▲ 4.0×17 topics
  32. Archaeology66▲ 6.4×10 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism62▲ 7.5×8 topics
  34. Particle Physics60▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Reformation57▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Calvinism55▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Religious Controversy55▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Biopolitics54▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Cosmology53▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Quantum Gravity49▲ 7.9×4 topics

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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