Research in Glasgow
Science Explorer records 115 research institutions in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Research institutions
- 115 13 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 192k ◆ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 5.1M 26.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 22.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Glasgow?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Glasgow work in?
In 2022-now, 39% of research in Glasgow is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (14%).
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
- Physical Sciences10k38.6%
- Engineering4,42517.0%
- Computer Science1,9147.3%
- Environmental Science1,0243.9%
- Physics and Astronomy8663.3%
- Materials Science6522.5%
- Chemistry3401.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3021.2%
- Mathematics2551.0%
- Energy1930.7%
- Chemical Engineering790.3%
- Social Sciences7,56229.0%
- Social Sciences3,66714.1%
- Arts and Humanities1,2434.8%
- Psychology9893.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting6882.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance6542.5%
- Decision Sciences3211.2%
- Health Sciences6,01723.1%
- Medicine4,95919.0%
- Health Professions8203.1%
- Nursing850.3%
- Dentistry810.3%
- Veterinary710.3%
- Life Sciences2,4109.3%
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.
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary1.93×60 works
- Arts and Humanities1.65×1,100 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.50×767 works
- Decision Sciences1.28×286 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×603 works
- Psychology1.22×859 works
- Health Professions1.21×735 works
- Neuroscience1.18×441 works
- Engineering1.16×4,007 works
- Social Sciences1.11×3,239 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.98×226 works
- Medicine0.98×4,358 works
- Computer Science0.94×1,678 works
- Chemical Engineering0.88×71 works
- Mathematics0.85×230 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.85×629 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×1,036 works
- Chemistry0.81×291 works
- Energy0.80×169 works
- Environmental Science0.78×894 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×266 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×59 works
- Materials Science0.69×559 works
- Nursing0.66×74 works
- Dentistry0.63×70 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×338 works
Which keywords describe research in Glasgow?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Public Health, Climate Change, Sustainability and Renewable Energy.
- Union of 1707
- Cosmopolitanism
- Empire
- Health Disparities
- Primary Care
- Mortality
- Neoliberalism
- Big Data
- Colonialism
- Nationalism
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- History
- Identity
- Neural Networks
- Mental Health
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Renewable Energy
- Quality of Life
- Environmental Impact
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Healthcare
- Human Rights
- Gender
- Literature
- Economic Growth
- Depression
- Ethics
- Biosensors
- Heart Failure
- National Identity
- Cultural Politics
- Scotland
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
- Epidemiology1,138◆ 1.10×135 topics
- Deep Learning818◆ 0.91×84 topics
- Machine Learning785◆ 0.91×95 topics
- Globalization730▲ 1.43×147 topics
- Climate Change616◆ 0.87×113 topics
- Sustainability589◆ 0.93×117 topics
- Inflammation529◆ 0.96×81 topics
- Public Health529▲ 1.39×67 topics
- Renewable Energy472▲ 1.25×54 topics
- Mental Health463▲ 1.24×48 topics
- Quality of Life392◆ 1.04×60 topics
- Neural Networks392◆ 0.98×41 topics
- Environmental Impact357▼ 0.80×66 topics
- Identity344▲ 1.82×72 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease336◆ 1.13×39 topics
- History330▲ 1.82×56 topics
- Healthcare317◆ 1.07×35 topics
- Treatment295◆ 0.93×52 topics
- Human Rights293◆ 1.10×80 topics
- Risk Factors289◆ 1.01×37 topics
- Gender284▲ 2.0×52 topics
- Nationalism277▲ 2.4×34 topics
- Literature273▲ 1.91×59 topics
- Colonialism259▲ 2.1×46 topics
- Economic Growth254▲ 1.20×31 topics
- Big Data252◆ 1.01×33 topics
- Depression250◆ 1.09×26 topics
- Neoliberalism243▲ 2.6×28 topics
- Ethics240▲ 1.82×54 topics
- Mortality218▲ 1.48×13 topics
- Biosensors216▲ 1.68×12 topics
- Primary Care195▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Heart Failure186▲ 1.60×14 topics
- Health Disparities171▲ 2.5×9 topics
- National Identity164▲ 5.5×9 topics
- Empire118▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Cultural Politics115▲ 6.6×9 topics
- Cosmopolitanism110▲ 3.9×9 topics
- Scotland86▲ 43×1 topic
- Union of 170786▲ 43×1 topic
What research is done in Glasgow?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Scottish History and National Identity History 74 works
- 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 68 works
- 3 Health disparities and outcomes Health 65 works
- 4 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 62 works
- 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 56 works
- 6 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 44 works
- 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 42 works
- 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 42 works
- 9 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
- 10 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 41 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.1% in 2016.
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