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Research in Loughborough

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Loughborough University, Intelligent Energy (United Kingdom) and Loughborough College.

Research institutions
14
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Loughborough?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Loughborough UniversityUniversity 42,556 #874
2Loughborough CollegeUniversity 629 #26,098
3Intelligent Energy (United Kingdom)Company 324 #16,570
4Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human FactorsNonprofit 157 #33,171 all time
5Loughborough HospitalHospital / health system 32 not ranked
6Beacon Energy (United Kingdom)Company 30 not ranked
7Cenex (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
8Nemaura Pharma (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
9Fully Distributed Systems (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
10M Wright and Sons (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
11VBC Group (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
123DX-Ray (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
13Charnwood ArtsInstitution 1 not ranked
14Britwind (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.

Loughborough University: 97.2%Loughborough College: 1.4%Intelligent Energy (United Kingdom): 0.7%Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors: 0.4%9 others listed: 0.2%97%largest
Loughborough University43k · 97.2%Loughborough College629 · 1.4%Intelligent Energy (United Kingdom)324 · 0.7%Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors157 · 0.4%9 others listed103 · 0.2%

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What is Loughborough strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Loughborough is most concentrated in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Gender Studies and Automotive Engineering (6.4× the world share in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine).

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 83.3 works6.4×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 81.2 works4.4×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 113.4 works4.2×
  4. CommunicationSubfield · 38.3 works2.8×
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Which keywords describe research in Loughborough?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Globalization, Deep Learning, Gender, Social Media, Identity, High-Intensity Interval Training and Resistance Training.

▲ 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. Sustainability201▲ 1.64×81 topics
  2. Deep Learning190◆ 1.10×80 topics
  3. Globalization157▲ 1.59×99 topics
  4. Machine Learning139▼ 0.84×81 topics
  5. Epidemiology134▼ 0.67×95 topics
  6. Social Media130▲ 1.80×30 topics
  7. Climate Change123◆ 0.90×85 topics
  8. Renewable Energy109▲ 1.50×41 topics
  9. Public Health102▲ 1.40×47 topics
  10. Identity99▲ 2.7×39 topics
  11. Gender94▲ 3.4×33 topics
  12. Neural Networks94▲ 1.20×36 topics
  13. Mental Health85◆ 1.14×39 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency75▲ 1.58×31 topics
  15. Social Capital66▲ 2.5×16 topics
  16. Physical Activity65▲ 2.6×12 topics
  17. Neoliberalism65▲ 3.6×21 topics
  18. Additive Manufacturing57▲ 3.7×8 topics
  19. Model Predictive Control57▲ 4.3×6 topics
  20. Electric Vehicles56▲ 3.8×4 topics
  21. Well-being54▲ 2.8×12 topics
  22. High-Intensity Interval Training52▲ 9.7×2 topics
  23. Resistance Training51▲ 11×2 topics
  24. 3D Printing50▲ 4.3×5 topics
  25. Injury Prevention47▲ 7.6×5 topics
  26. Materials44▲ 3.7×6 topics
  27. Community Development43▲ 4.5×7 topics
  28. Masculinity39▲ 9.2×3 topics
  29. Physiological Demands38▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Training Load38▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Ceramics37▲ 4.8×4 topics
  32. Urban Regeneration37▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Mega Events36▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Sport Tourism36▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Sport35▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Athletic Training34▲ 7.4×3 topics
  37. Fan Culture34▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Femininity34▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Muscle Injuries33▲ 10.0×1 topic
  40. Sports Injury33▲ 10.0×1 topic

What research is done in Loughborough?

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 38 works
  2. 2 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  3. 3 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 34 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 33 works
  5. 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 33 works
  6. 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 29 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 24 works
  8. 8 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 23 works
  9. 9 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Statistics and Probability 18 works
  10. 10 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 17 works

Research output over time

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