Research in London
Science Explorer records 45 research institutions in London. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are BMJ Group (United Kingdom), NHS England and MRC Centre for Environment and Health.
- Research institutions
- 45 3 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 10k ▲ 114% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 14.6% 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?
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.
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 General Health Professions, Emergency Medical Services and Health Professions (26.8× the world share in General Health Professions).
- General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 1,249.8 works27×
- Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 122.0 works20×
- Health ProfessionsField · 1,453.4 works16×
- PharmacySubfield · 40.3 works13×
- Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 72.6 works9.6×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 57.0 works6.9×
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: Public Health, Primary Care, NHS, COVID-19, Healthcare Workers, Health Inequalities, Workforce Planning and doctors' strikes.
- Global Trade
- Infectious Diseases
- Rural Health
- Health Outcomes
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Conflict
- Violence
- Health
- Advocacy
- Clinical Trials
- Community Health
- Quality Improvement
- Ethical Considerations
- Government
- Patient Care
- Healthcare
- Ethnic Minorities
- Health Inequalities
- COVID-19
- Primary Care
- Public Health
- NHS
- Healthcare Workers
- Workforce Planning
- doctors' strikes
- Mortality
- Policy
- Reform
- Health Equity
- Global Health
- Social Determinants
- Training
- Pediatrics
- Health Workforce
- Health Policy
- Peacebuilding
- Iraq
- Physician Migration
- Academic Medicine
- Medical Ethics
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
- Public Health1,230▲ 25×51 topics
- Primary Care1,031▲ 81×14 topics
- NHS804▲ 1660×2 topics
- COVID-19683▲ 15×22 topics
- Healthcare Workers653▲ 79×5 topics
- Health Inequalities619▲ 153×4 topics
- Workforce Planning612▲ 516×2 topics
- Ethnic Minorities612▲ 963×1 topic
- doctors' strikes612▲ 1575×1 topic
- Healthcare273▲ 7.2×23 topics
- Mortality218▲ 11×11 topics
- Patient Care204▲ 51×4 topics
- Policy197▲ 27×3 topics
- Government192▲ 549×1 topic
- Reform192▲ 88×1 topic
- Ethical Considerations140▲ 12×14 topics
- Health Equity134▲ 15×5 topics
- Quality Improvement130▲ 20×8 topics
- Global Health123▲ 24×7 topics
- Community Health114▲ 21×4 topics
- Social Determinants114▲ 16×4 topics
- Clinical Trials114▲ 5.0×14 topics
- Training108▲ 15×4 topics
- Advocacy106▲ 107×1 topic
- Pediatrics106▲ 107×1 topic
- Health104▲ 7.6×10 topics
- Health Workforce101▲ 71×2 topics
- Violence99▲ 20×4 topics
- Health Policy98▲ 18×5 topics
- Conflict92▲ 17×6 topics
- Peacebuilding91▲ 41×3 topics
- Democratic Republic of Congo91▲ 162×1 topic
- Iraq91▲ 162×1 topic
- Health Outcomes89▲ 9.6×8 topics
- Physician Migration89▲ 91×1 topic
- Rural Health89▲ 91×1 topic
- Academic Medicine82▲ 31×3 topics
- Infectious Diseases79▲ 7.1×8 topics
- Medical Ethics78▲ 17×7 topics
- Global Trade76▲ 11×4 topics
What research is done in London?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 612 works
- 2 Health Services Management and Policy General Health Professions 192 works
- 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 106 works
- 4 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 91 works
- 5 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 89 works
- 6 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 73 works
- 7 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 57 works
- 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 45 works
- 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 43 works
- 10 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 42 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.