Research in Glasgow
Science Explorer records 134 research institutions in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Research institutions
- 134 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 192k ▲ 10% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 22.3% 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 Glasgow?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of GlasgowUniversity | 85,514 | #160 | |
| 2 | University of StrathclydeUniversity | 46,684 | #439 | |
| 3 | Glasgow Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system | 8,814 | #12,400 | |
| 4 | Glasgow Caledonian UniversityUniversity | 8,331 | #3,606 | |
| 5 | Western InfirmaryHospital / health system | 6,258 | #1,963 all time | |
| 6 | Royal Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system | 4,792 | #10,917 | |
| 7 | Southern General HospitalHospital / health system | 2,589 | #6,834 all time | |
| 8 | Glasgow LifeNonprofit | 2,497 | #21,968 | |
| 9 | Stobhill HospitalHospital / health system | 1,869 | #8,797 all time | |
| 10 | NHS Greater Glasgow and ClydeHospital / health system | 1,708 | #10,354 | |
| 11 | Cancer Research UK Scotland InstituteResearch facility | 1,668 | #6,380 | |
| 12 | Queen Elizabeth University HospitalHospital / health system | 1,589 | #7,135 | |
| 13 | Gartnavel General HospitalHospital / health system | 1,573 | #25,501 | |
| 14 | Scottish Universities Environmental Research CentreResearch facility | 1,144 | #10,391 | |
| 15 | Institute of NanotechnologyNonprofit | 1,137 | #4,397 | |
| 16 | MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences UnitResearch facility | 957 | #12,992 | |
| 17 | Glasgow Victoria InfirmaryHospital / health system | 854 | #17,524 all time | |
| 18 | Turing InstituteResearch facility | 852 | #5,462 | |
| 19 | Beatson West of Scotland Cancer CentreHospital / health system | 848 | #12,450 | |
| 20 | Glasgow School of ArtUniversity | 839 | #20,921 | |
| 21 | City of Glasgow CollegeUniversity | 814 | #20,765 | |
| 22 | Princess Royal Maternity HospitalHospital / health system | 765 | #15,948 all time | |
| 23 | MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchGovernment institution | 672 | #5,891 | |
| 24 | Wellcome Centre for Molecular ParasitologyResearch facility | 664 | #6,634 all time | |
| 25 | Ruchill HospitalHospital / health system | 649 | #15,149 all time | |
| 26 | Scottish Universities Physics AllianceUniversity | 603 | #7,732 | |
| 27 | Energy Technology CentreInstitution | 508 | #26,349 all time | |
| 28 | The Robertson TrustNonprofit | 463 | #15,218 all time | |
| 29 | Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandUniversity | 452 | #20,889 | |
| 30 | Glasgow Centre for Population HealthHospital / health system | 450 | #10,495 all time | |
| 31 | Scottish EnterpriseGovernment institution | 427 | #12,299 all time | |
| 32 | Canniesburn HospitalHospital / health system | 401 | #23,883 all time | |
| 33 | Thales (United Kingdom)Company | 388 | #24,334 | |
| 34 | CREATe CentreResearch facility | 331 | #17,999 | |
| 35 | Health Protection ScotlandGovernment institution | 306 | #16,604 all time | |
| 36 | Scottish Power (United Kingdom)Company | 275 | #34,208 all time | |
| 37 | The HunterianArchive | 229 | #24,197 all time | |
| 38 | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowUniversity | 218 | #24,495 all time | |
| 39 | Industrial Systems and Control (United Kingdom)Company | 205 | #38,061 all time | |
| 40 | Belvidere HospitalHospital / health system | 177 | #20,910 all time | |
| 41 | Kelvin Nanotechnology (United Kingdom)Company | 167 | #18,562 all time | |
| 42 | Economic History SocietyNonprofit | 162 | #39,221 all time | |
| 43 | Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in ScotlandInstitution | 131 | #41,819 all time | |
| 44 | Urban Big Data CentreResearch facility | 114 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Fintry Development TrustNonprofit | 114 | not ranked | |
| 46 | DNV (United Kingdom)Company | 109 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Glasgow City CouncilGovernment institution | 106 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Dimensional Imaging (United Kingdom)Company | 102 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Institute for Research and Innovation in Social ServicesInstitution | 91 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Fraunhofer Centre for Applied PhotonicsResearch facility | 91 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Taylor McKenzie (United Kingdom)Company | 84 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Centre for Youth & Criminal JusticeNonprofit | 77 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Barr and Stroud (United Kingdom)Company | 67 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Midland Valley Exploration (United Kingdom)Company | 66 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Gold Standard Simulations (United Kingdom)Company | 65 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Fraunhofer UK ResearchNonprofit | 56 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Scottish School of Primary CareUniversity | 53 | not ranked | |
| 58 | M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom)Company | 47 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Compound Semiconductor Technologies (United Kingdom)Company | 46 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Kuehne + Nagel (United Kingdom)Company | 46 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Glasgow strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Glasgow is most concentrated in History, Public Administration and Classics (3.6× the world share in History).
- HistorySubfield · 264.2 works3.6×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 42.2 works3.4×
- ClassicsSubfield · 39.2 works2.9×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 27.9 works2.4×
- BiophysicsSubfield · 63.3 works2.4×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 59.1 works2.4×
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 Glasgow?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Public Health, Sustainability, Renewable Energy and Climate Change.
- Union of 1707
- Cultural Politics
- Empire
- Health Outcomes
- Health Disparities
- Primary Care
- Biosensors
- Neoliberalism
- Economic Growth
- Nationalism
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Identity
- Quality of Life
- Mental Health
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Renewable Energy
- Neural Networks
- Environmental Impact
- History
- Healthcare
- Human Rights
- Gender
- Literature
- Colonialism
- Ethics
- Mortality
- Religion
- National Identity
- Health Equity
- Cosmopolitanism
- Scotland
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
- Epidemiology981◆ 1.08×134 topics
- Deep Learning720◆ 0.91×84 topics
- Machine Learning684◆ 0.91×95 topics
- Globalization642▲ 1.42×143 topics
- Climate Change540◆ 0.87×108 topics
- Sustainability529◆ 0.94×111 topics
- Inflammation465◆ 0.97×80 topics
- Public Health464▲ 1.39×64 topics
- Renewable Energy422▲ 1.27×52 topics
- Mental Health411▲ 1.22×46 topics
- Neural Networks353◆ 1.00×41 topics
- Quality of Life338◆ 1.02×59 topics
- Environmental Impact320▼ 0.82×64 topics
- Identity305▲ 1.82×71 topics
- History290▲ 1.79×54 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease288◆ 1.13×39 topics
- Healthcare284◆ 1.09×35 topics
- Treatment258◆ 0.92×52 topics
- Human Rights257◆ 1.08×74 topics
- Risk Factors252◆ 1.00×37 topics
- Gender252▲ 2.0×51 topics
- Nationalism248▲ 2.3×34 topics
- Literature237▲ 1.90×57 topics
- Economic Growth236▲ 1.21×30 topics
- Colonialism228▲ 2.1×46 topics
- Neoliberalism216▲ 2.6×28 topics
- Ethics205▲ 1.85×53 topics
- Biosensors200▲ 1.69×12 topics
- Mortality198▲ 1.49×13 topics
- Primary Care176▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Religion171▲ 1.56×38 topics
- Health Disparities152▲ 2.5×9 topics
- National Identity141▲ 5.4×8 topics
- Health Outcomes140▲ 2.2×8 topics
- Health Equity136▲ 2.2×6 topics
- Empire101▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Cosmopolitanism100▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Cultural Politics98▲ 6.5×8 topics
- Scotland74▲ 40×1 topic
- Union of 170774▲ 40×1 topic
What research is done in Glasgow?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Scottish History and National IdentityHistory 74 works
- 2 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 68 works
- 3 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 65 works
- 4 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 62 works
- 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 56 works
- 6 Virtual Reality Applications and ImpactsHuman-Computer Interaction 44 works
- 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 42 works
- 8 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 42 works
- 9 Smart Grid Energy ManagementElectrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
- 10 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 41 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.