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Research in London

Science Explorer records 1,938 research institutions in London, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University College London, Imperial College London and King's College London.

Research institutions
1,938
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5M
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.0%
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 London?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University College LondonUniversity 187,711 #21
2Imperial College LondonUniversity 133,934 #44
3King's College LondonUniversity 91,233 #90
4Queen Mary University of LondonUniversity 52,204 #270
5London School of Economics and Political ScienceUniversity 38,364 #702
6University of LondonUniversity 34,340 #2,168
7Brunel University of LondonUniversity 25,650 #1,180
8London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUniversity 20,284 #806
9Birkbeck, University of LondonUniversity 19,113 #2,250
10City, University of LondonUniversity 19,042 #2,235
11King's College HospitalHospital / health system 17,712 #3,377
12Hammersmith HospitalHospital / health system 17,349 #4,407
13St Thomas' HospitalHospital / health system 16,775 #3,381
14Medical Research CouncilGovernment institution 15,845 #1,273
15Guy's HospitalHospital / health system 15,718 #4,186
16St Bartholomew's HospitalHospital / health system 14,159 #8,723
17St George's, University of LondonUniversity 13,253 #2,008
18Royal London HospitalHospital / health system 12,451 #5,272
19The Royal Free HospitalHospital / health system 12,033 #3,521
20Middlesex UniversityUniversity 10,115 #3,588
21National Physical LaboratoryResearch facility 10,002 #2,609
22University of WestminsterUniversity 9,870 #3,670
23Institute of Cancer ResearchUniversity 9,668 #2,220
24University of GreenwichUniversity 9,602 #1,656
25Goldsmiths University of LondonUniversity 9,533 #4,058
26Natural History MuseumArchive 9,515 #3,395
27Charing Cross HospitalHospital / health system 8,715 #9,852
28London South Bank UniversityUniversity 8,005 #4,204
29Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 7,911 #1,320
30National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryHospital / health system 7,887 #1,770
31Royal Brompton HospitalHospital / health system 7,816 #8,748
32Great Ormond Street HospitalHospital / health system 7,813 #2,969
33Royal Veterinary CollegeUniversity 7,657 #3,795
34King's College SchoolUniversity 7,612 #3,347
35St George's HospitalHospital / health system 7,604 #14,249
36London Metropolitan UniversityUniversity 7,264 #4,333
37Wellcome TrustNonprofit 6,940 #4,363
38University of East LondonUniversity 6,937 #3,207
39Kingston UniversityUniversity 6,883 #3,316
40SOAS University of LondonUniversity 6,525 #6,685
41Chelsea and Westminster HospitalHospital / health system 6,344 #7,944
42Academy of Medical SciencesNonprofit 6,286 #6,471
43The Honourable Society of Lincoln's InnInstitution 6,253 #25,926
44University College HospitalHospital / health system 6,196 #3,779
45Centre for Economic Policy ResearchNonprofit 6,152 #4,427
46Faculty of Public HealthNonprofit 5,925 #4,681
47University of RoehamptonUniversity 5,854 #7,165
48Royal Marsden HospitalHospital / health system 5,786 #6,296
49Cancer Research UKNonprofit 5,609 #2,451
50Royal Botanic Gardens, KewArchive 5,087 #5,406
51Unilever (United Kingdom)Company 5,027 #10,060
52GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)Company 4,981 #6,861
53British MuseumArchive 4,867 #5,887
54Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 4,844 #4,350
55Imperial College Healthcare NHS TrustHospital / health system 4,815 #2,563
56London Postgraduate Medical and Dental EducationUniversity 4,627 #1,408 all time
57Public Health EnglandGovernment institution 4,535 #4,421
58Barts Health NHS TrustHospital / health system 4,458 #2,872
59Northwick Park HospitalHospital / health system 4,410 #18,034
60London Business SchoolUniversity 4,283 #9,402

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 College London: 18.1%Imperial College London: 12.9%King's College London: 8.8%Queen Mary University of London: 5.0%56 others listed: 55.2%18%largest
University College London188k · 18.1%Imperial College London134k · 12.9%King's College London91k · 8.8%Queen Mary University of London52k · 5.0%56 others listed572k · 55.2%

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

What is London strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in London is most concentrated in Space and Planetary Science, Music and General Psychology (2.9× the world share in Space and Planetary Science).

  1. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 108.4 works2.9×
  2. MusicSubfield · 392.6 works2.6×
  3. General PsychologySubfield · 49.7 works2.6×
  4. FinanceSubfield · 1,444.0 works2.6×
  5. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 85.3 works2.4×
  6. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 2,221.3 works2.4×
  7. Public AdministrationSubfield · 237.0 works2.4×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in London?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Globalization, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Inflammation, Treatment and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11k▲ 1.51×140 topics
  2. Globalization5,053▲ 1.38×185 topics
  3. Machine Learning4,858▼ 0.80×96 topics
  4. Public Health4,854▲ 1.79×77 topics
  5. Deep Learning4,695▼ 0.74×85 topics
  6. Inflammation4,670▲ 1.20×83 topics
  7. Quality of Life4,371▲ 1.63×61 topics
  8. Mental Health4,317▲ 1.58×48 topics
  9. Climate Change3,926▼ 0.78×132 topics
  10. Treatment3,618▲ 1.60×52 topics
  11. Sustainability3,401▼ 0.75×140 topics
  12. Risk Factors3,038▲ 1.48×37 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress2,977◆ 0.98×63 topics
  14. COVID-192,807◆ 1.10×34 topics
  15. Depression2,762▲ 1.69×26 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease2,662▲ 1.29×39 topics
  17. Diagnosis2,615▲ 1.51×41 topics
  18. Healthcare2,529▲ 1.20×43 topics
  19. Human Rights2,443▲ 1.27×91 topics
  20. Genetics2,331▲ 1.79×27 topics
  21. Mortality2,204▲ 2.0×13 topics
  22. Economic Growth2,085▲ 1.32×37 topics
  23. Primary Care2,058▲ 2.9×15 topics
  24. Identity1,985▲ 1.46×79 topics
  25. Management1,973▲ 1.35×40 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome1,959▲ 1.29×24 topics
  27. Clinical Trials1,924▲ 1.54×19 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders1,829▲ 1.73×20 topics
  29. Biomarkers1,820▲ 1.43×18 topics
  30. Global Burden1,791▲ 1.79×12 topics
  31. Gender1,705▲ 1.69×58 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations1,683▲ 2.6×21 topics
  33. Anxiety1,682▲ 1.91×12 topics
  34. Neoliberalism1,677▲ 2.5×30 topics
  35. Colonialism1,628▲ 1.84×52 topics
  36. Ethics1,600▲ 1.78×61 topics
  37. Prevalence1,582▲ 2.1×15 topics
  38. Nationalism1,546▲ 1.80×34 topics
  39. Health Disparities1,316▲ 2.7×9 topics
  40. Health Equity1,272▲ 2.5×6 topics

What research is done in London?

Health Systems, Economic…600Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 600 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…480Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 480 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 474 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …442Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 442 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 440 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 383 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 359 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…359Climate Change and Health Impacts: 359 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 352 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 350 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 600 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 480 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 474 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 442 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 440 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 383 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 359 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 359 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and TraumaClinical Psychology 352 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 350 works

Research output over time

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