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Research in Guildford

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Guildford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Surrey, Royal Surrey County Hospital and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
28
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1M
25.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Guildford

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 Guildford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SurreyUniversity 39,637 #505
2Royal Surrey County HospitalHospital / health system 2,385 #13,433
3Guildford HospitalHospital / health system 508 #15,828
4Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)Company 370 #20,183 all time
5Royal Surrey NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 294 #14,884
6Futura Medical (United Kingdom)Company 210 #16,416
7Farnham Road HospitalHospital / health system 176 #24,341 all time
8Cobalt InstituteNonprofit 149 #25,249 all time
9Inova Design Solutions (United Kingdom)Company 114 not ranked
10Guildford CollegeUniversity 90 not ranked
11MedPharm (United Kingdom)Company 62 not ranked
12Ericsson (United Kingdom)Company 58 not ranked
13Ai Corporation (United Kingdom)Company 51 not ranked
14Gnosys (United Kingdom)Company 30 not ranked
15Hydrogen Solar (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
16Esys (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
17Mount Alvernia HospitalHospital / health system 17 not ranked
18Modern Water (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
19Centre for Systems PhilosophyNonprofit 16 not ranked
20Surrey PoliceGovernment institution 11 not ranked
21TMO Renewables (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
22Daphne Jackson TrustNonprofit 3 not ranked
233dMD (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
24Gordon Murray Design (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
25CryoLife (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
26Boris FX (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
27Lute SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
28Avaya (United Kingdom)Company 0 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.

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 Surrey: 89.6%Royal Surrey County Hospital: 5.4%Guildford Hospital: 1.1%Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom): 0.8%23 others listed: 3.1%90%largest
University of Surrey40k · 89.6%Royal Surrey County Hospital2,385 · 5.4%Guildford Hospital508 · 1.1%Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)370 · 0.8%23 others listed1,353 · 3.1%

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

Which fields of science does Guildford work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Guildford is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (13%).

Physical Sciences: 3,027 fractional works · 45.1% of its workEngineering: 1,182 fractional works · 17.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 393 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 171 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 124 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 853 fractional works · 12.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 301 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 205 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 112 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 78 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 320 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 255 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 68 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 162 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 97 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,708 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 773 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 288 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 122 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 100 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 284 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 90 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 80 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 252 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 168 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 141 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 98 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 89 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,364 fractional works · 20.3% of its workMedicine: 1,097 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSurgery: 143 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 105 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 96 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 91 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 147 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 197 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 113 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 609 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 265 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 133 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 139 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 136 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 82 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGuildford6,708fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering1,18217.6%
    2. Computer Science85312.7%
    3. Environmental Science3204.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2553.8%
    5. Materials Science1622.4%
    6. Energy641.0%
    7. Chemistry610.9%
    8. Mathematics550.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences440.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering310.5%
  2. Social Sciences1,70825.5%
    1. Social Sciences77311.5%
    2. Psychology2844.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2523.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities1682.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1412.1%
    6. Decision Sciences891.3%
  3. Health Sciences1,36420.3%
    1. Medicine1,09716.4%
    2. Health Professions1972.9%
    3. Nursing290.4%
    4. Veterinary280.4%
    5. Dentistry120.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2653.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1392.1%
    3. Neuroscience1362.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology510.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Guildford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Guildford is most concentrated in Radiation, Signal Processing and Small Animals (3.7× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 31.0 works3.7×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 64.6 works3.5×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 23.4 works3.2×
  4. VeterinaryField · 24.8 works3.0×
  5. Speech and HearingSubfield · 27.7 works2.5×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 119 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 237 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 121 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.27× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 774 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 41 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 56 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 1,068 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 272 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 147 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.71× its world share, 229 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 179 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 977 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.04× its world share, 25 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 150 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 234 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 84 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 132 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 248 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 698 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.04×25 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy1.71×229 works
  3. Computer Science1.66×774 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.45×84 works
  5. Psychology1.36×248 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.27×27 works
  7. Neuroscience1.24×121 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.21×234 works
  9. Engineering1.18×1,068 works
  10. Health Professions1.13×179 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×132 works
  12. Energy1.02×56 works
  13. Social Sciences0.92×698 works
  14. Environmental Science0.91×272 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.86×150 works
  16. Medicine0.85×977 works
  17. Nursing0.85×25 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×237 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×43 works
  20. Materials Science0.70×147 works
  21. Mathematics0.70×50 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×13 works
  23. Chemistry0.56×53 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×41 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×119 works
  26. Dentistry0.34×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Guildford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Energy Efficiency, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Channel Estimation and Public Health.

▲ 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. Deep Learning416▲ 1.80×82 topics
  2. Epidemiology246◆ 0.92×133 topics
  3. Machine Learning242◆ 1.08×85 topics
  4. Sustainability191▲ 1.17×89 topics
  5. Neural Networks187▲ 1.81×36 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency145▲ 2.4×32 topics
  7. Globalization141◆ 1.07×98 topics
  8. Public Health136▲ 1.40×59 topics
  9. Climate Change130▼ 0.71×93 topics
  10. Environmental Impact127◆ 1.11×55 topics
  11. Mental Health118▲ 1.23×42 topics
  12. Inflammation116▼ 0.81×78 topics
  13. Quality of Life105◆ 1.09×57 topics
  14. Renewable Energy103◆ 1.06×41 topics
  15. Social Media102◆ 1.10×30 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks99▲ 2.0×14 topics
  17. Health Effects92▲ 2.3×22 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease83◆ 1.09×38 topics
  19. Healthcare83◆ 1.09×28 topics
  20. Economic Growth82▲ 1.50×25 topics
  21. Mortality79▲ 2.1×13 topics
  22. Cathode Materials60▲ 2.3×3 topics
  23. Channel Estimation60▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Wireless Communications57▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Wireless Communication56▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. MIMO Systems51▲ 9.5×3 topics
  27. 5G Networks48▲ 3.6×5 topics
  28. COVID-19 Impact46▲ 4.0×5 topics
  29. Beamforming44▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Unsupervised Learning42▲ 4.1×3 topics
  31. Convolutional Networks39▲ 4.3×3 topics
  32. Massive MIMO38▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces37▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access37▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Channel Modeling36▲ 4.5×6 topics
  36. Spectral Efficiency35▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Physical Layer Security32▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Cellular Networks30▲ 9.4×1 topic
  39. Interference Alignment30▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Nucleosynthesis28▲ 8.5×3 topics

What research is done in Guildford?

Advanced Wireless Commun…32Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 32 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Op…27Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 27 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 25 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 23 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 22 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 22 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…21Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 21 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 20 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 20 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceSignal ProcessingAerospace Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  3. 3 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  4. 4 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 23 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 22 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 20 works
  10. 10 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 20 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Guildford22.3% 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 33.1% in 2016.

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