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Research in Lincoln

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Lincoln, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Lincoln, Applied Materials (United Kingdom) and Bishop Grosseteste University.

Research institutions
14
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
164k
15.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lincoln

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 Lincoln?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LincolnUniversity 8,085 #873
2Lincoln County HospitalHospital / health system 604 #21,893
3Bishop Grosseteste UniversityUniversity 581 #13,128
4Applied Materials (United Kingdom)Company 421 #10,980
5Lincolnshire County CouncilGovernment institution 211 #24,190 all time
6Dynex Semiconductor (United Kingdom)Company 193 #33,946 all time
7Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 145 #32,010 all time
8Frontier Agriculture (United Kingdom)Company 90 not ranked
9Richardson Electronics (United Kingdom)Company 77 not ranked
10PCA EngineersCompany 53 not ranked
11Orders of St John Care TrustNonprofit 19 not ranked
12Institute of Environmental Management and AssessmentNonprofit 6 not ranked
13Crop Intellect (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
14Media Archive for Central EnglandArchive 3 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 Lincoln: 77.1%Lincoln County Hospital: 5.8%Bishop Grosseteste University: 5.5%Applied Materials (United Kingdom): 4.0%10 others listed: 7.6%77%largest
University of Lincoln8,085 · 77.1%Lincoln County Hospital604 · 5.8%Bishop Grosseteste University581 · 5.5%Applied Materials (United Kingdom)421 · 4.0%10 others listed801 · 7.6%

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

Which fields of science does Lincoln work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Lincoln is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (11%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,275 fractional works · 43.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 595 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 231 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 86 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 77 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 256 fractional works · 8.7% of its workHistory: 56 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 202 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 75 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 68 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 108 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 89 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 62 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 835 fractional works · 28.6% of its workEngineering: 327 fractional works · 11.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 72 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 138 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 135 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 71 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 455 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMedicine: 306 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 113 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 72 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 356 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 146 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 63 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 113 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 71 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 52 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLincoln2,921fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences1,27543.6%
    1. Social Sciences59520.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities2568.7%
    3. Psychology2026.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1083.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance893.0%
    6. Decision Sciences260.9%
    1. Engineering32711.2%
    2. Environmental Science1384.7%
    3. Computer Science1354.6%
    4. Materials Science712.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy401.4%
    6. Chemistry371.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences331.1%
    8. Energy240.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering160.5%
    10. Mathematics130.5%
    1. Medicine30610.5%
    2. Health Professions1133.9%
    3. Veterinary190.7%
    4. Nursing120.4%
    5. Dentistry50.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1465.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1133.9%
    3. Neuroscience712.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lincoln strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lincoln is most concentrated in Classics, History and Religious studies (13.0× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 20.0 works13×
  2. HistorySubfield · 52.1 works6.3×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 22.8 works5.3×
← 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: 1.09× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.46× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 119 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 288 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 120 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 265 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.32× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.00× its world share, 224 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 94 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 83 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 172 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 540 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.32×15 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.00×224 works
  3. Psychology2.18×172 works
  4. Social Sciences1.65×540 works
  5. Neuroscience1.54×64 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.50×83 works
  7. Health Professions1.48×101 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.46×13 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×94 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.09×134 works
  11. Environmental Science0.93×120 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.88×22 works
  13. Chemistry0.85×34 works
  14. Energy0.82×19 works
  15. Nursing0.82×10 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×30 works
  17. Engineering0.74×288 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×100 works
  19. Materials Science0.69×62 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×16 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.63×36 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×6 works
  23. Computer Science0.59×119 works
  24. Medicine0.53×265 works
  25. Mathematics0.41×12 works
  26. Dentistry0.35×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Lincoln?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Globalization, Gender, Social Cognition, Mental Health, Identity, Literature and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Globalization123▲ 2.1×91 topics
  2. Deep Learning100◆ 0.99×68 topics
  3. Mental Health95▲ 2.3×39 topics
  4. Religion93▲ 6.9×28 topics
  5. Climate Change91◆ 1.15×91 topics
  6. Sustainability87▲ 1.21×87 topics
  7. Machine Learning82▼ 0.84×66 topics
  8. Identity72▲ 3.4×50 topics
  9. Gender70▲ 4.5×36 topics
  10. Literature57▲ 3.5×32 topics
  11. Public Health56▲ 1.32×52 topics
  12. History53▲ 2.6×34 topics
  13. Social Cognition51▲ 9.7×8 topics
  14. Nationalism49▲ 3.7×28 topics
  15. Colonialism44▲ 3.2×33 topics
  16. Well-being42▲ 3.7×14 topics
  17. Social Justice40▲ 2.3×33 topics
  18. Culture39▲ 2.6×22 topics
  19. Neoliberalism37▲ 3.5×19 topics
  20. Health36▲ 3.1×16 topics
  21. Democracy35▲ 3.4×19 topics
  22. Race29▲ 8.4×15 topics
  23. Genomic Analysis28▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Society27▲ 4.9×12 topics
  25. Community Development27▲ 5.1×6 topics
  26. Oxytocin26▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Civil Society26▲ 8.2×7 topics
  28. Genetic Structure26▲ 12×3 topics
  29. NGOs25▲ 9.2×4 topics
  30. Secularism25▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Animal-Assisted Therapy24▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Dog Domestication24▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Humanitarianism24▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Spirituality24▲ 8.2×5 topics
  35. Plant Disease Detection23▲ 7.4×1 topic
  36. Smart Farming23▲ 6.7×1 topic
  37. International Aid22▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Social Services21▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Faith-Based Organizations21▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Welfare21▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Lincoln?

Smart Agriculture and AI: 21 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 20 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…20Religion, Society, and Development: 20 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …14Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 14 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 12 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 12 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…11Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 11 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 10 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 9 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 9 fractional works
Plant ScienceGeneticsSociology and Political ScienceHealth6 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 21 works
  2. 2 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 20 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  4. 4 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 14 works
  5. 5 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 12 works
  7. 7 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 11 works
  8. 8 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 10 works
  9. 9 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 9 works
  10. 10 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 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%Lincoln17.1% 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 33.6% in 2016.

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