City · United Kingdom
Research in Manchester
Science Explorer records 114 research institutions in Manchester, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.
- Research institutions
- 114 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 206k ▲ 8% 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 Manchester?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of ManchesterUniversity | 138,463 | #87 | |
| 2 | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUniversity | 17,292 | #863 | |
| 3 | Manchester Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system | 6,987 | #10,367 | |
| 4 | Manchester Academic Health Science CentreHospital / health system | 4,677 | #1,460 | |
| 5 | The Christie HospitalHospital / health system | 3,264 | #20,079 | |
| 6 | Manchester University NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 3,228 | #3,812 | |
| 7 | Cancer Research UK Manchester InstituteResearch facility | 2,616 | #7,717 | |
| 8 | Wythenshawe HospitalHospital / health system | 2,559 | #12,394 | |
| 9 | Royal Manchester Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 2,541 | #10,752 | |
| 10 | The Christie NHS Foundation TrustFunder | 2,156 | #4,787 | |
| 11 | Withington Community HospitalHospital / health system | 1,724 | #8,840 all time | |
| 12 | University Dental Hospital of ManchesterHospital / health system | 1,713 | #19,622 | |
| 13 | Manchester School of ArchitectureUniversity | 1,430 | #11,902 | |
| 14 | St Mary's HospitalHospital / health system | 1,412 | #17,939 | |
| 15 | National Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceGovernment institution | 1,224 | #10,820 | |
| 16 | North Manchester General HospitalHospital / health system | 1,203 | #25,823 | |
| 17 | Manchester CollegeUniversity | 1,174 | #16,718 | |
| 18 | Manchester Royal Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 906 | #24,479 | |
| 19 | English Institute of SportGovernment institution | 900 | #15,234 | |
| 20 | NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility | 870 | #6,460 | |
| 21 | Manchester AirportInstitution | 691 | #21,156 | |
| 22 | Henry Royce InstituteUniversity | 683 | #2,522 | |
| 23 | Health Education North WestHospital / health system | 658 | #22,354 | |
| 24 | CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of ExcellenceResearch facility | 650 | #3,929 | |
| 25 | Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix ResearchResearch facility | 559 | #9,056 | |
| 26 | Epistem (United Kingdom)Company | 554 | #25,106 | |
| 27 | Co-operative CollegeNonprofit | 482 | #27,329 | |
| 28 | British Mycological SocietyNonprofit | 481 | #39,432 all time | |
| 29 | Medicines Evaluation UnitInstitution | 402 | #20,344 all time | |
| 30 | National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)Company | 346 | #13,672 all time | |
| 31 | Trafford General HospitalHospital / health system | 323 | #30,270 all time | |
| 32 | Cellular Therapeutics (United Kingdom)Company | 322 | #17,186 | |
| 33 | Manchester City Football ClubInstitution | 306 | #19,924 | |
| 34 | Greater Manchester PoliceGovernment institution | 302 | #23,542 | |
| 35 | Woodlands HospitalHospital / health system | 242 | #20,414 all time | |
| 36 | Galen Research (United Kingdom)Company | 182 | #30,602 all time | |
| 37 | The Textile InstituteResearch facility | 167 | #35,798 all time | |
| 38 | Protein Technologies (United Kingdom)Company | 153 | #17,525 all time | |
| 39 | Nordson (United Kingdom)Company | 150 | #34,577 all time | |
| 40 | Royal Northern College of MusicUniversity | 143 | #36,805 all time | |
| 41 | Manchester Grammar SchoolUniversity | 127 | #42,183 all time | |
| 42 | LGBT FoundationNonprofit | 105 | not ranked | |
| 43 | C4X Discovery (United Kingdom)Company | 81 | not ranked | |
| 44 | International Centre for Advanced Materials (United Kingdom)Company | 80 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Her Majesty's Inspectorate of ProbationGovernment institution | 71 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Avecia (United Kingdom)Company | 69 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Centre on Dynamics of EthnicityNonprofit | 68 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Manchester City CouncilGovernment institution | 66 | not ranked | |
| 49 | British CyclingNonprofit | 66 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Honeywell (United Kingdom)Company | 62 | not ranked | |
| 51 | BGT Materials (United Kingdom)Company | 54 | not ranked | |
| 52 | People's History MuseumArchive | 50 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Concept Life Sciences (United Kingdom)Company | 47 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Industrial Tomography Systems (United Kingdom)Company | 47 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Kellogg's (United Kingdom)Company | 43 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Motac Neuroscience (United Kingdom)Company | 40 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Spectrum Brands (United Kingdom)Company | 39 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Chiesi (United Kingdom)Company | 36 | not ranked | |
| 59 | TDL Sensors (United Kingdom)Company | 35 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Greater Manchester Combined AuthorityGovernment institution | 27 | 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 Manchester138k · 67.4%Manchester Metropolitan University17k · 8.4%Manchester Royal Infirmary6,987 · 3.4%Manchester Academic Health Science Centre4,677 · 2.3%56 others listed38k · 18.5%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Manchester strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Manchester is most concentrated in Public Administration, Music and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (3.0× the world share in Public Administration).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 42.6 works3.0×
- MusicSubfield · 61.0 works2.8×
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 169.6 works2.5×
- MuseologySubfield · 80.2 works2.5×
- Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 116.2 works2.4×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 89.8 works2.4×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 67.5 works2.4×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 93.2 works2.3×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Manchester?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Mental Health, Neoliberalism, Public Health and Treatment.
- Autoantibodies
- Nationalism
- Resilience
- Anxiety
- Ethical Considerations
- Colonialism
- Genetics
- Mortality
- Healthcare
- Gender
- Neoliberalism
- Diagnosis
- Clinical Trials
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Deep Learning
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Identity
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Chemotherapy
- Management
- Human Rights
- Immunotherapy
- Primary Care
- Global Burden
- Social Support
- Ethics
- Radiotherapy
- Prevention
- Health Disparities
▲ 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
- Epidemiology1,361▲ 1.31×136 topics
- Globalization716▲ 1.38×144 topics
- Inflammation673▲ 1.23×83 topics
- Machine Learning638▼ 0.74×93 topics
- Quality of Life599▲ 1.58×59 topics
- Mental Health568▲ 1.47×46 topics
- Deep Learning547▼ 0.61×84 topics
- Sustainability521▼ 0.81×114 topics
- Public Health484▲ 1.26×68 topics
- Climate Change451▼ 0.64×112 topics
- Treatment442▲ 1.38×51 topics
- Risk Factors391▲ 1.35×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress364▼ 0.84×63 topics
- Depression359▲ 1.55×26 topics
- Identity328▲ 1.71×69 topics
- Clinical Trials325▲ 1.84×19 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease323◆ 1.10×39 topics
- Diagnosis322▲ 1.31×40 topics
- Chemotherapy307▲ 1.66×25 topics
- Neoliberalism304▲ 3.2×27 topics
- Management298▲ 1.44×36 topics
- Gender294▲ 2.1×52 topics
- Human Rights292◆ 1.08×68 topics
- Healthcare286◆ 0.96×35 topics
- Immunotherapy270▲ 1.44×19 topics
- Mortality262▲ 1.72×13 topics
- Primary Care261▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Genetics259▲ 1.40×27 topics
- Global Burden259▲ 1.83×12 topics
- Colonialism247▲ 1.98×47 topics
- Social Support228▲ 1.56×20 topics
- Ethical Considerations218▲ 2.4×20 topics
- Ethics217▲ 1.71×47 topics
- Anxiety210▲ 1.68×12 topics
- Radiotherapy209▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Resilience207▲ 1.64×18 topics
- Prevention207▲ 1.88×16 topics
- Nationalism198▲ 1.63×32 topics
- Health Disparities182▲ 2.6×9 topics
- Autoantibodies182▲ 3.0×8 topics
What research is done in Manchester?
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyEconomics and EconometricsRheumatology3 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 84 works
- 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 82 works
- 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 79 works
- 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 68 works
- 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 65 works
- 6 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 61 works
- 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 58 works
- 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 57 works
- 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 52 works
- 10 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 52 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.