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Research in Egham

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Egham, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Royal Holloway University of London.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
21k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
553k
25.8 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
Egham

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 Egham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Royal Holloway University of LondonUniversity 21,376 #684
22iC (United Kingdom)Company 27 not ranked
3Spectris (United Kingdom)Company 13 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.

Which fields of science does Egham work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Egham is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,631 fractional works · 59.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 769 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 298 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 168 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 374 fractional works · 13.7% of its workHistory: 81 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 69 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 53 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 187 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 61 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 57 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 149 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 112 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 80 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 729 fractional works · 26.7% of its workComputer Science: 280 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 115 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 121 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 93 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 93 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 78 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 195 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 76 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 58 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 177 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEgham2,733fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences60%

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 Sciences1,63159.7%
    1. Social Sciences76928.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities37413.7%
    3. Psychology1876.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1495.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1124.1%
    6. Decision Sciences411.5%
    1. Computer Science28010.3%
    2. Engineering1214.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences933.4%
    4. Environmental Science933.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy782.8%
    6. Mathematics391.4%
    7. Materials Science110.4%
    8. Energy60.2%
    9. Chemistry50.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences762.8%
    2. Neuroscience582.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology552.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    1. Medicine1204.4%
    2. Health Professions542.0%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Egham strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Egham is most concentrated in Classics, Music and History (16.1× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 23.5 works16×
  2. MusicSubfield · 22.5 works11×
  3. HistorySubfield · 77.3 works9.8×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 30.9 works8.2×
  5. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 25.4 works6.2×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 41.9 works6.1×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 250 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.59× its world share, 326 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.73× its world share, 137 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 108 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 163 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 707 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.59×326 works
  2. Social Sciences2.27×707 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.19×85 works
  4. Psychology2.18×163 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×108 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.73×137 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.51×36 works
  8. Computer Science1.31×250 works
  9. Neuroscience1.28×51 works
  10. Mathematics1.24×36 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.21×66 works
  12. Health Professions0.77×50 works
  13. Environmental Science0.63×77 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×68 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×51 works
  16. Veterinary0.39×1 works
  17. Engineering0.30×110 works
  18. Energy0.26×6 works
  19. Medicine0.23×108 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×5 works
  21. Nursing0.17×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.13×5 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.12×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.11×9 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Egham?

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

▲ 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. Globalization180▲ 3.4×94 topics
  2. Identity106▲ 5.4×55 topics
  3. Gender105▲ 7.2×46 topics
  4. Climate Change99▲ 1.33×84 topics
  5. Machine Learning94◆ 1.03×67 topics
  6. History92▲ 4.8×38 topics
  7. Literature91▲ 6.1×43 topics
  8. Deep Learning80▼ 0.85×67 topics
  9. Nationalism76▲ 6.2×31 topics
  10. Colonialism75▲ 5.8×40 topics
  11. Ethics74▲ 5.4×40 topics
  12. Mental Health74▲ 1.88×35 topics
  13. Culture72▲ 5.0×24 topics
  14. Human Rights63▲ 2.2×50 topics
  15. Religion62▲ 4.9×31 topics
  16. Social Media54▲ 1.42×30 topics
  17. Feminism54▲ 6.7×21 topics
  18. Philosophy52▲ 4.3×29 topics
  19. Neoliberalism46▲ 4.7×22 topics
  20. Democracy43▲ 4.5×20 topics
  21. Social Movements39▲ 4.8×16 topics
  22. International Relations37▲ 5.5×22 topics
  23. Society36▲ 7.0×15 topics
  24. Cultural Studies34▲ 3.3×19 topics
  25. Emotion33▲ 5.8×12 topics
  26. International Law32▲ 3.8×15 topics
  27. Politics32▲ 4.4×14 topics
  28. Market Dynamics29▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Race26▲ 8.1×16 topics
  30. Postcolonialism26▲ 6.6×16 topics
  31. Public Opinion25▲ 7.7×5 topics
  32. Social History24▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Diplomacy23▲ 8.9×7 topics
  34. Institutional Theory23▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. National Identity23▲ 7.2×8 topics
  36. Empire22▲ 9.5×6 topics
  37. Biopolitics22▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Occupation22▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Aesthetics21▲ 9.8×9 topics
  40. Anthropocene21▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Egham?

Management and Organizat…16Management and Organizational Studies: 16 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…15Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 15 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 14 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 12 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 12 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 12 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 12 fractional worksPlant and animal studies11Plant and animal studies: 11 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 11 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 11 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementHistory and Philosophy of ScienceAtmospheric ScienceGeography, Planning and Development6 others

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

  1. 1 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 16 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 15 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 14 works
  4. 4 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 12 works
  5. 5 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 12 works
  6. 6 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 12 works
  7. 7 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  9. 9 Medieval Literature and History Classics 11 works
  10. 10 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Egham20.5% 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 2009.

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