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Research in Inverness

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Inverness, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of the Highlands and Islands and NHS Highland.

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
16.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Inverness

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 Inverness?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the Highlands and IslandsUniversity 1,163 #7,742
2NHS HighlandHospital / health system 495 #16,085
3Highlands and Islands EnterpriseGovernment institution 84 not ranked
4Highland CouncilGovernment institution 22 not ranked
5Cromarty Firth Fishery BoardInstitution 7 not ranked
6Highland Biosciences (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
7High Life HighlandNonprofit 1 not ranked
8Cromarty History SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
9Crofting CommissionGovernment institution 1 not ranked
10Scottish Avalanche Information ServiceGovernment institution 1 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 the Highlands and Islands: 65.3%NHS Highland: 27.8%Highlands and Islands Enterprise: 4.7%Highland Council: 1.2%6 others listed: 1.0%65%largest
University of the Highlands and Islands1,163 · 65.3%NHS Highland495 · 27.8%Highlands and Islands Enterprise84 · 4.7%Highland Council22 · 1.2%6 others listed18 · 1.0%

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

Which fields of science does Inverness work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Inverness is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Social Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 247 fractional works · 44.3% of its workMedicine: 205 fractional works · 36.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 151 fractional works · 27.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 69 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 19.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 50 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInverness557fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences27%

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. Medicine20536.8%
    2. Health Professions335.9%
    3. Dentistry50.8%
    4. Nursing30.5%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences6912.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities427.5%
    3. Psychology295.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.7%
    6. Decision Sciences20.3%
    1. Environmental Science6511.6%
    2. Engineering183.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences152.8%
    4. Computer Science30.5%
    5. Chemistry20.4%
    6. Energy20.4%
    7. Materials Science20.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology203.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences193.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.2%
    4. Neuroscience40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Inverness strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Inverness is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (21.2× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 25.7 works21×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 46.0 works8.8×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 184 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.56× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.56×37 works
  2. Environmental Science2.28×56 works
  3. Health Professions2.23×29 works
  4. Medicine1.93×184 works
  5. Psychology1.76×27 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×12 works
  7. Dentistry1.59×4 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×6 works
  9. Veterinary1.20×1 works
  10. Nursing1.17×3 works
  11. Social Sciences1.01×64 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×16 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×16 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×6 works
  16. Energy0.46×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.41×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.40×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.33×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.29×2 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×4 works
  22. Engineering0.22×16 works
  23. Materials Science0.09×2 works
  24. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  25. Computer Science0.06×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Inverness?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resuscitation, Survival Rates, Hypothermia, Cardiac Arrest, Out-of-Hospital, Climate Change, Catheter Ablation and Arrhythmias.

▲ 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. Climate Change37▲ 2.4×62 topics
  2. Epidemiology27▲ 1.23×85 topics
  3. Resuscitation25▲ 33×3 topics
  4. Survival Rates24▲ 44×2 topics
  5. Hypothermia23▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Cardiac Arrest23▲ 75×1 topic
  7. Out-of-Hospital23▲ 75×1 topic
  8. Public Health20▲ 2.4×32 topics
  9. Catheter Ablation18▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Mental Health16▲ 2.1×26 topics
  11. Guidelines16▲ 6.1×12 topics
  12. Arrhythmias16▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Quality of Life14▲ 1.77×33 topics
  14. Nationalism13▲ 5.2×9 topics
  15. Atrial Fibrillation13▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Echocardiography12▲ 7.7×7 topics
  17. History12▲ 3.0×9 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  19. National Identity10▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations10▲ 5.4×13 topics
  21. Colonialism10▲ 3.7×10 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy10▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Electroanatomic Mapping10▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Radiofrequency Ablation10▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Ventricular Tachycardia10▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Empire9▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Primary Care9▲ 4.5×11 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy9▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Stroke Prevention9▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Risk Stratification9▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Thromboembolism9▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Constrictive Pericarditis8▲ 85×1 topic
  33. Pericarditis8▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Ion Channels7▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Scotland7▲ 164×1 topic
  39. Union of 17077▲ 164×1 topic
  40. Genetic Testing7▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Inverness?

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…22Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 22 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …9Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 9 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…9Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 7 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 6 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …5Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 5 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 4 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHistoryBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 22 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Scottish History and National Identity History 6 works
  6. 6 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Inverness14.2% 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 34.7% in 2016.

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