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Research in Exeter

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in Exeter, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Exeter, Met Office and Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
30
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
59k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
26.5%
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 Exeter?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ExeterUniversity 47,171 #177
2Met OfficeGovernment institution 6,905 #1,866
3Royal Devon and Exeter HospitalHospital / health system 1,884 #13,409
4Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 1,160 #11,061
5Exeter Primary CareHospital / health system 420 #32,178 all time
6Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic CentreHospital / health system 299 #32,093 all time
7Exeter HospitalHospital / health system 293 #17,951 all time
8South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustInstitution 254 #35,330 all time
9Devon Partnership NHS TrustHospital / health system 217 #31,920 all time
10Heavitree HospitalHospital / health system 208 #25,681 all time
11NIHR Exeter Clinical Research FacilityResearch facility 174 #29,971 all time
12Devon County CouncilGovernment institution 111 not ranked
13Wellcome Centre of Cultures and Environments of HealthResearch facility 46 not ranked
14RegenNonprofit 41 not ranked
15Exercise Science ConsultingInstitution 22 not ranked
16Simpleware (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
17NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West PeninsulaResearch facility 16 not ranked
18Devon & Exeter InstitutionNonprofit 15 not ranked
19Electricity Storage Network (United Kingdom)Company 12 not ranked
20Exeter City CouncilGovernment institution 10 not ranked
21Bill Harvey Associates (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
22Franklyn Community HospitalHospital / health system 7 not ranked
23Ashwoods Automotive (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
24eCow Devon (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
25Royal Albert Memorial MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
26Certus Technology (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
27Scimar Engineering LtdCompany 3 not ranked
28Choc Edge (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
29Gale & Snowden Architects (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
30The Bill Douglas Cinema MuseumArchive 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.

University of Exeter: 79.5%Met Office: 11.6%Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital: 3.2%Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust: 2.0%26 others listed: 3.7%80%largest
University of Exeter47k · 79.5%Met Office6,905 · 11.6%Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital1,884 · 3.2%Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust1,160 · 2.0%26 others listed2,202 · 3.7%

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

What is Exeter strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Exeter is most concentrated in Classics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change (7.5× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 43.2 works7.5×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 263.4 works6.2×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 382.9 works5.2×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 71.3 works4.8×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 125.0 works4.6×
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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 Exeter?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrological Cycle, Globalization, Data Assimilation and Extreme Events.

▲ 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. Climate Change809▲ 3.1×101 topics
  2. Epidemiology375◆ 0.98×134 topics
  3. Globalization307▲ 1.61×111 topics
  4. Global Warming280▲ 7.1×14 topics
  5. Sustainability246◆ 1.04×96 topics
  6. Public Health215▲ 1.53×62 topics
  7. Remote Sensing199▲ 1.67×39 topics
  8. Mental Health191▲ 1.34×43 topics
  9. Ocean Circulation169▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Environmental Impact167◆ 1.01×58 topics
  11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions162▲ 6.1×8 topics
  12. Renewable Energy160◆ 1.15×45 topics
  13. History155▲ 2.3×50 topics
  14. Biodiversity144▲ 1.99×35 topics
  15. Hydrological Cycle142▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Gender142▲ 2.7×49 topics
  17. Identity140▲ 1.99×63 topics
  18. Human Rights137▲ 1.38×59 topics
  19. Colonialism137▲ 3.0×45 topics
  20. Nationalism131▲ 2.9×32 topics
  21. Data Assimilation130▲ 8.5×4 topics
  22. Extreme Events127▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Conservation122▲ 2.9×23 topics
  24. Climate Modeling121▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Precipitation Extremes121▲ 18×1 topic
  26. Religion119▲ 2.6×35 topics
  27. Ethics114▲ 2.4×43 topics
  28. Literature114▲ 2.2×48 topics
  29. Boundary Layer106▲ 8.9×4 topics
  30. Probabilistic Forecasting101▲ 5.4×3 topics
  31. Population Dynamics101▲ 4.1×13 topics
  32. Invasive Species100▲ 2.4×20 topics
  33. Ensemble Kalman Filter97▲ 9.9×2 topics
  34. Convective Parameterization92▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Mesoscale Modeling92▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Feminism86▲ 3.1×22 topics
  37. Neuroscience85▲ 3.0×16 topics
  38. Evolution83▲ 3.5×19 topics
  39. Satellite Observations64▲ 6.8×3 topics
  40. Natural Selection54▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Exeter?

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 121 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 92 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 40 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 39 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 39 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 36 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 36 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 34 works
  9. 9 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 32 works
  10. 10 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 31 works

Research output over time

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