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Research in Leicester

Science Explorer records 52 research institutions in Leicester, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Leicester, De Montfort University and National Centre for Earth Observation.

Research institutions
52
13 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
82k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Leicester?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LeicesterUniversity 46,488 #761
2De Montfort UniversityUniversity 12,987 #2,607
3Leicester Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system 5,412 #14,031
4University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustHospital / health system 3,840 #4,593
5Leicester General HospitalHospital / health system 2,897 #13,439
6Glenfield HospitalHospital / health system 2,454 #10,986
7Leicester CollegeUniversity 1,424 #22,896
8Guidance (United Kingdom)Company 1,044 #18,217
9NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility 772 #5,512
10National Centre for Earth ObservationResearch facility 640 #4,558
11Leicestershire Partnership NHS TrustHospital / health system 592 #19,470
12PepsiCo (United Kingdom)Company 577 #24,030
13National Space CentreArchive 409 #31,412 all time
14Mental Health Research UKNonprofit 344 #19,943
15Ulverscroft (United Kingdom)Company 344 #27,672 all time
16Leicester City CouncilGovernment institution 318 #19,891 all time
17British Psychological SocietyInstitution 279 #37,584 all time
18NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 239 #22,046 all time
19European Thermodynamics (United Kingdom)Company 151 #30,631 all time
20Paint Research AssociationInstitution 134 #29,634 all time
21Energy Technologies InstituteResearch facility 120 not ranked
22Mettler-Toledo (United Kingdom)Company 76 not ranked
23Leicester Frith HospitalHospital / health system 63 not ranked
24Children's Cancer and Leukaemia GroupNonprofit 48 not ranked
25NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 39 not ranked
26St Philip's CentreInstitution 35 not ranked
27Crown Packaging (United Kingdom)Company 26 not ranked
28Tech4i2Company 23 not ranked
29Fusion UKNonprofit 23 not ranked
30Mark Group (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
31New Walk Museum and Art GalleryArchive 18 not ranked
32Steris (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
33Caterpillar (United Kingdom)Company 15 not ranked
34Ibstock Brick (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
35Nova LaboratoriesResearch facility 13 not ranked
36Leicestershire PoliceGovernment institution 13 not ranked
37NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 11 not ranked
38Base Materials (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
39Bluefrog Design (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
40Ametek (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
41National Youth AgencyInstitution 8 not ranked
42Euro Projects (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
43Learning and Work InstituteInstitution 3 not ranked
44Magna Parva (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
45Corium Solutions (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
46Hope Against CancerNonprofit 2 not ranked
47Medieval Settlement Research GroupInstitution 2 not ranked
48New Wave InnovationResearch facility 1 not ranked
49Leicestershire Fire and Rescue ServiceGovernment institution 1 not ranked
50DarbarInstitution 1 not ranked
51Schizophrenia Research FundNonprofit 1 not ranked
52Uvasol (United Kingdom)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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 Leicester: 56.7%De Montfort University: 15.8%Leicester Royal Infirmary: 6.6%University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: 4.7%47 others listed: 16.2%57%largest
University of Leicester46k · 56.7%De Montfort University13k · 15.8%Leicester Royal Infirmary5,412 · 6.6%University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust3,840 · 4.7%47 others listed13k · 16.2%

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

What is Leicester strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Leicester is most concentrated in Nephrology, Geriatrics and Gerontology and History (4.0× the world share in Nephrology).

  1. NephrologySubfield · 82.2 works4.0×
  2. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 40.8 works3.9×
  3. HistorySubfield · 107.1 works3.5×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Leicester?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health, Public Health, Inflammation, Primary Care, Quality of Life and Diagnosis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology547▲ 1.44×136 topics
  2. Machine Learning314◆ 1.00×92 topics
  3. Deep Learning300◆ 0.91×80 topics
  4. Inflammation286▲ 1.43×81 topics
  5. Mental Health266▲ 1.88×47 topics
  6. Globalization262▲ 1.39×114 topics
  7. Public Health256▲ 1.83×65 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease247▲ 2.3×37 topics
  9. Quality of Life238▲ 1.71×57 topics
  10. Climate Change211▼ 0.81×94 topics
  11. Treatment207▲ 1.78×52 topics
  12. Diagnosis199▲ 2.2×40 topics
  13. Sustainability188▼ 0.80×93 topics
  14. Risk Factors171▲ 1.62×37 topics
  15. Management171▲ 2.3×34 topics
  16. Depression169▲ 2.0×26 topics
  17. COVID-19165▲ 1.26×33 topics
  18. Healthcare162▲ 1.50×36 topics
  19. Identity160▲ 2.3×58 topics
  20. Gender158▲ 3.0×49 topics
  21. Primary Care153▲ 4.2×15 topics
  22. Global Burden148▲ 2.9×12 topics
  23. Mortality144▲ 2.6×13 topics
  24. Heart Failure131▲ 3.1×13 topics
  25. Human Rights131▲ 1.32×58 topics
  26. Obesity126▲ 1.74×27 topics
  27. History122▲ 1.82×45 topics
  28. Guidelines121▲ 2.7×13 topics
  29. Genetics117▲ 1.74×26 topics
  30. Diabetes115▲ 2.4×21 topics
  31. Social Capital104▲ 2.0×18 topics
  32. Anxiety103▲ 2.3×12 topics
  33. Literature100▲ 1.93×49 topics
  34. Nationalism94▲ 2.1×30 topics
  35. Glycemic Control81▲ 5.5×4 topics
  36. Respiratory75▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction73▲ 3.2×7 topics
  38. COPD71▲ 11×1 topic
  39. spirometry71▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Insulin Therapy60▲ 5.2×3 topics

What research is done in Leicester?

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 71 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 42 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 36 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 32 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 31 works
  6. 6 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 29 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 29 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 28 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 28 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 27 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.