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Research in Liverpool

Science Explorer records 69 research institutions in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Research institutions
69
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
128k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.8%
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 Liverpool?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LiverpoolUniversity 85,526 #202
2Liverpool John Moores UniversityUniversity 15,188 #1,263
3Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineFunder 4,724 #2,646
4Royal Liverpool University HospitalHospital / health system 3,601 #9,564
5Liverpool Hope UniversityUniversity 2,820 #9,521
6Liverpool CollegeUniversity 2,015 #14,632
7Alder Hey Children's HospitalHospital / health system 1,434 #16,474
8Aintree University HospitalHospital / health system 1,385 #21,534
9Walton CentreHospital / health system 1,179 #12,534
10Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 1,088 #10,658
11Liverpool Heart and Chest HospitalHospital / health system 1,022 #6,619
12Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS TrustHospital / health system 836 #14,693 all time
13MerseytravelGovernment institution 824 #18,982
14Liverpool Women's HospitalHospital / health system 819 #17,042
15Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 774 #6,672
16Broadgreen HospitalHospital / health system 751 #16,352 all time
17British Oceanographic Data CentreResearch facility 718 #7,420 all time
18Mersey Care NHS TrustHospital / health system 523 #18,000
19Liverpool Community Health NHS TrustHospital / health system 308 #29,362 all time
20National Museums LiverpoolArchive 264 #31,477 all time
21Pain Relief FoundationNonprofit 238 #22,660 all time
22Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 234 #19,821
23Ashworth HospitalHospital / health system 215 #39,326 all time
24RiversideInstitution 209 #19,819 all time
25Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of LiverpoolHospital / health system 192 #15,843 all time
26Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS TrustHospital / health system 186 #31,346 all time
27Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute LiverpoolResearch facility 155 #23,313 all time
28City of Liverpool CollegeUniversity 145 #36,721 all time
29Huntington's Disease AssociationNonprofit 137 #27,067 all time
30Mossley Hill HospitalHospital / health system 107 not ranked
31Liverpool City CouncilGovernment institution 101 not ranked
32Roy Castle Lung Cancer FoundationNonprofit 77 not ranked
33Rathbone HospitalHospital / health system 52 not ranked
34Integrated Radiological Services (United Kingdom)Company 44 not ranked
35The Liverpool Institute for Performing ArtsUniversity 44 not ranked
36Liverpool Medical InstitutionInstitution 43 not ranked
37Federation of Small BusinessesNonprofit 43 not ranked
38Innovative Vector Control ConsortiumNonprofit 38 not ranked
39BluecoatUniversity 37 not ranked
40Renovo (United Kingdom)Company 36 not ranked
41NIHR Liverpool Pancreatic Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 30 not ranked
42Sea Level Research (United Kingdom)Company 29 not ranked
43The ReaderInstitution 24 not ranked
44Evgen Pharma (United Kingdom)Company 15 not ranked
45Absynth Biologics (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
46Gencoa (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
47Beckers (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
48Brunswick International Freight Terminal (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
49Wellcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Centre for Global Health ResearchResearch facility 7 not ranked
50Red Ninja (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
51Clock View HospitalHospital / health system 5 not ranked
52Karm Research Group (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
53Focus Innovation (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
54S. Norton (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
55NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West CoastResearch facility 3 not ranked
56Foundation for Art and Creative TechnologyInstitution 2 not ranked
57Autism InitiativesNonprofit 2 not ranked
58CGA Simulations (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
59Constructive Thinking Studio (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
60Onteca (United Kingdom)Company 2 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 Liverpool: 66.7%Liverpool John Moores University: 11.8%Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: 3.7%Royal Liverpool University Hospital: 2.8%56 others listed: 15.0%67%largest
University of Liverpool86k · 66.7%Liverpool John Moores University15k · 11.8%Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine4,724 · 3.7%Royal Liverpool University Hospital3,601 · 2.8%56 others listed19k · 15.0%

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

What is Liverpool strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Liverpool is most concentrated in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (9.7× the world share in Equine).

  1. EquineSubfield · 21.3 works9.7×
  2. VeterinaryField · 102.5 works4.5×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 81.2 works3.9×
  4. VirologySubfield · 32.5 works3.3×
  5. ClassicsSubfield · 28.7 works2.9×
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 497.0 works2.8×
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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 Liverpool?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Inflammation, Treatment and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,191▲ 1.79×133 topics
  2. Deep Learning481▼ 0.84×83 topics
  3. Machine Learning452▼ 0.82×90 topics
  4. Inflammation434▲ 1.24×82 topics
  5. Public Health422▲ 1.73×64 topics
  6. Mental Health396▲ 1.60×46 topics
  7. Climate Change349▼ 0.77×106 topics
  8. Treatment340▲ 1.67×52 topics
  9. Quality of Life331▲ 1.36×57 topics
  10. Globalization329◆ 1.00×124 topics
  11. Risk Factors318▲ 1.72×37 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease270▲ 1.45×38 topics
  13. Diagnosis263▲ 1.68×41 topics
  14. COVID-19252◆ 1.09×30 topics
  15. Guidelines248▲ 3.2×13 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress232▼ 0.84×59 topics
  17. Global Burden214▲ 2.4×12 topics
  18. Identity207▲ 1.69×62 topics
  19. Depression201▲ 1.36×25 topics
  20. Obesity195▲ 1.53×27 topics
  21. Gender176▲ 1.93×47 topics
  22. Genetics167▲ 1.42×27 topics
  23. Mortality164▲ 1.69×13 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation164▲ 8.1×2 topics
  25. Primary Care160▲ 2.5×15 topics
  26. Vaccine Development151▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Pathogenesis149▲ 1.74×24 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines147▲ 1.60×14 topics
  29. Anticoagulant Therapy145▲ 7.0×4 topics
  30. Atrial Fibrillation143▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Prevalence140▲ 2.0×15 topics
  32. Anxiety140▲ 1.75×12 topics
  33. Stroke Prevention138▲ 6.9×2 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations136▲ 2.4×19 topics
  35. Heart Failure136▲ 1.87×14 topics
  36. Vaccine133▲ 1.94×11 topics
  37. Adolescents128▲ 2.0×10 topics
  38. Risk Stratification128▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Thromboembolism128▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Neoliberalism126▲ 2.1×26 topics

What research is done in Liverpool?

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 128 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 51 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 48 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 44 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 44 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 42 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 40 works
  8. 8 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 36 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 35 works

Research output over time

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