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Research in Ipswich

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Ipswich, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Suffolk, Textron Systems (United Kingdom) and For farmers (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
13
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.1k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
102k
14.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ipswich

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 Ipswich?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1BT ResearchResearch facility 2,132 #19,703
2University of SuffolkUniversity 1,606 #4,351
3Textron Systems (United Kingdom)Company 1,203 #11,993
4For farmers (United Kingdom)Company 308 #18,031
5St Clement's HospitalHospital / health system 201 #25,575 all time
6Suffolk New CollegeUniversity 134 #30,190 all time
7Royal Hospital SchoolUniversity 53 not ranked
8The Lindsay Leg Club FoundationNonprofit 40 not ranked
9Hubbard Products (United Kingdom)Company 25 not ranked
10Flowgroup (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
11Material Change (United KIngdom)Company 2 not ranked
12Dominic Barker TrustNonprofit 1 not ranked
13Coddenham Astronomical ObservatoryResearch facility 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.

BT Research: 37.3%University of Suffolk: 28.1%Textron Systems (United Kingdom): 21.1%For farmers (United Kingdom): 5.4%9 others listed: 8.1%37%largest
BT Research2,132 · 37.3%University of Suffolk1,606 · 28.1%Textron Systems (United Kingdom)1,203 · 21.1%For farmers (United Kingdom)308 · 5.4%9 others listed460 · 8.1%

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

Which fields of science does Ipswich work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Ipswich is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (19%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 382 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 191 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 68 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEducation: 35 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 64 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 35 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 275 fractional works · 27.8% of its workMedicine: 210 fractional works · 21.2% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 236 fractional works · 23.9% of its workEngineering: 90 fractional works · 9.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 90 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoftware: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 96 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 48 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIpswich989fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences19119.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities646.5%
    3. Psychology596.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting353.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance202.0%
    6. Decision Sciences121.2%
    1. Medicine21021.2%
    2. Health Professions545.5%
    3. Nursing50.5%
    4. Veterinary40.4%
    5. Dentistry20.2%
    1. Engineering909.1%
    2. Computer Science909.1%
    3. Environmental Science303.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy60.7%
    6. Materials Science30.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    8. Mathematics30.3%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences484.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.2%
    3. Neuroscience202.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ipswich strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ipswich is most concentrated in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (10.3× the world share in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine).

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 22.7 works10×
← 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: 1.05× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 184 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.76× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.25× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 170 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.76×3 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.25×56 works
  3. Health Professions2.17×49 works
  4. Psychology2.01×53 works
  5. Social Sciences1.55×170 works
  6. Neuroscience1.18×17 works
  7. Computer Science1.16×78 works
  8. Medicine1.11×184 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.11×9 works
  10. Nursing1.10×5 works
  11. Chemical Engineering1.09×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.05×43 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×28 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×16 works
  15. Engineering0.64×83 works
  16. Environmental Science0.57×24 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.49×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×19 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×4 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.26×5 works
  23. Energy0.13×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.11×3 works
  26. Chemistry0.06×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Ipswich?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, High-Intensity Interval Training, Injury Prevention, Resistance Training, Performance Analysis, Physiological Demands and Training Load.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 1.38×101 topics
  2. Mental Health33▲ 2.3×38 topics
  3. Globalization30▲ 1.52×64 topics
  4. Sustainability28◆ 1.15×64 topics
  5. Risk Factors24▲ 2.2×30 topics
  6. Public Health22▲ 1.55×43 topics
  7. Qualitative Research20▲ 2.4×21 topics
  8. Social Media18▲ 1.35×26 topics
  9. Identity16▲ 2.3×40 topics
  10. High-Intensity Interval Training15▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Performance Analysis14▲ 7.0×3 topics
  12. Leadership14▲ 3.0×23 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis14▲ 2.4×17 topics
  14. Injury Prevention14▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Resistance Training14▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Physiological Demands13▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Training Load13▲ 21×1 topic
  18. Socio-Technical Systems12▲ 50×3 topics
  19. Prevalence12▲ 3.0×15 topics
  20. Psychological Impact12▲ 3.8×9 topics
  21. Athletic Training12▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Gut Microbiota12▲ 3.4×6 topics
  23. Smart Home11▲ 7.1×3 topics
  24. Amino Acids11▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis11▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. End-User Software Engineering11▲ 332×1 topic
  27. Meta-design11▲ 332×1 topic
  28. Social Inequality11▲ 4.1×11 topics
  29. Probiotics10▲ 4.3×6 topics
  30. Muscle Injuries10▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Sports Injury10▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Heat Stress10▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Intestinal Barrier10▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Antibiotic Alternatives9▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Poultry Production9▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Hearing Loss8▲ 7.3×4 topics
  37. Optical Fiber8▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Rhetoric8▲ 7.6×6 topics
  39. Coherent Detection7▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Digital Signal Processing7▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Ipswich?

Sports Performance and Training: 12 fractional worksSpreadsheets and End-User Computing: 11 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…10Sports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…9Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 9 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 6 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and S…4Speech Recognition and Synthesis: 4 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 4 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 4 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSoftwareAnimal Science and ZoologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Spreadsheets and End-User Computing Software 11 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 9 works
  5. 5 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 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%Ipswich19.4% 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 35.2% in 1997.

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