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Research in Hull

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Hull, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Hull and Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Research institutions
13
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
28k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
634k
22.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Hull

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 Hull?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of HullUniversity 28,340 #1,870
2Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system 843 #20,093
3Hull CollegeUniversity 247 #22,478 all time
4Hull City CouncilGovernment institution 240 #22,807 all time
5Andritz (United Kingdom)Company 64 not ranked
6Technostics (United Kingdom)Company 27 not ranked
7Spire Hull and East Riding HospitalHospital / health system 23 not ranked
8Hymers CollegeUniversity 18 not ranked
9Hull History CentreArchive 8 not ranked
10Rofin (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
11Feonic Technology (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
12Freedom Festival Arts TrustNonprofit 2 not ranked
13Holmes Halls Processors (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 Hull: 95.0%Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: 2.8%Hull College: 0.8%Hull City Council: 0.8%8 others listed: 0.5%95%largest
University of Hull28k · 95.0%Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust843 · 2.8%Hull College247 · 0.8%Hull City Council240 · 0.8%8 others listed150 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Hull work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Hull is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 956 fractional works · 35.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 460 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 182 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 94 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 59 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 144 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 130 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 56 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 97 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 93 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 69 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 818 fractional works · 30.4% of its workMedicine: 668 fractional works · 24.8% of its workSurgery: 93 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 71 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 56 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 130 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 89 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 738 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 256 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 158 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 101 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 62 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 181 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 80 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHull2,693fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences35%

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 Sciences46017.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities1445.3%
    3. Psychology1304.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting973.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance933.4%
    6. Decision Sciences321.2%
    1. Medicine66824.8%
    2. Health Professions1304.8%
    3. Nursing170.6%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Engineering2569.5%
    2. Environmental Science1585.9%
    3. Computer Science1013.7%
    4. Materials Science622.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences471.7%
    6. Chemistry431.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy321.2%
    8. Energy261.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering90.3%
    10. Mathematics50.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology803.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences391.5%
    3. Neuroscience381.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology200.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hull strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hull is most concentrated in History and Literature and Literary Theory (4.1× the world share in History).

  1. HistorySubfield · 32.0 works4.1×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 36.2 works2.8×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 93 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 236 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 140 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 120 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 586 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.79× its world share, 124 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 117 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 409 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions1.88×120 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.79×124 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×87 works
  4. Psychology1.59×117 works
  5. Social Sciences1.34×409 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.28×30 works
  7. Medicine1.26×586 works
  8. Environmental Science1.17×140 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.16×90 works
  10. Energy1.12×25 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×42 works
  12. Chemistry1.09×41 works
  13. Nursing1.03×12 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.95×8 works
  15. Neuroscience0.86×34 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×17 works
  17. Materials Science0.69×58 works
  18. Engineering0.65×236 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.55×29 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×66 works
  21. Computer Science0.50×93 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×4 works
  23. Veterinary0.42×1 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×36 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×2 works
  26. Mathematics0.13×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Hull?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Identity, Gender, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Climate Change and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology128▲ 1.19×112 topics
  2. Globalization87▲ 1.64×75 topics
  3. Climate Change84◆ 1.14×79 topics
  4. Sustainability69◆ 1.05×60 topics
  5. Quality of Life68▲ 1.74×49 topics
  6. Machine Learning67▼ 0.75×66 topics
  7. Mental Health67▲ 1.73×39 topics
  8. Inflammation63◆ 1.11×76 topics
  9. Public Health59▲ 1.50×47 topics
  10. Identity58▲ 3.0×45 topics
  11. Renewable Energy58▲ 1.49×42 topics
  12. Human Rights53▲ 1.93×49 topics
  13. Risk Factors52▲ 1.75×34 topics
  14. Gender52▲ 3.6×34 topics
  15. Treatment45▲ 1.37×41 topics
  16. Diagnosis41▲ 1.63×33 topics
  17. Healthcare40▲ 1.31×23 topics
  18. Colonialism39▲ 3.0×32 topics
  19. Literature38▲ 2.5×36 topics
  20. Primary Care38▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. History37▲ 1.98×33 topics
  22. Nationalism36▲ 3.0×22 topics
  23. Management36▲ 1.67×30 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations34▲ 3.7×18 topics
  25. Health29▲ 2.7×13 topics
  26. Self-Assembly26▲ 2.9×11 topics
  27. Medical Education24▲ 3.4×12 topics
  28. Inequality24▲ 3.9×9 topics
  29. International Relations22▲ 3.4×14 topics
  30. Violence20▲ 5.2×12 topics
  31. Immunology19▲ 6.6×2 topics
  32. Supramolecular Chemistry18▲ 7.8×3 topics
  33. Health Care Costs17▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. End-of-Life16▲ 6.9×2 topics
  35. Europe16▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Trade16▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Height16▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Wages16▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Advance Care Planning16▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Family Perspectives16▲ 10×1 topic

What research is done in Hull?

Historical Economic and …15Historical Economic and Social Studies: 15 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…13Complex Systems and Decision Making: 13 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 13 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 9 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 9 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 9 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 8 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Io…8Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 8 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 8 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 8 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsManagement Science and Operations ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  2. 2 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 13 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 9 works
  6. 6 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 8 works
  8. 8 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 8 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 8 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works

Research output over time

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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%Hull17.7% 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 31.2% in 2015.

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