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Research in Milton Keynes

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The Open University, The Stables and Milton Keynes Hospital.

Research institutions
28
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
29k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
702k
24.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Milton Keynes

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Milton Keynes?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1The Open UniversityUniversity 25,465 #1,323
2Milton Keynes HospitalHospital / health system 1,266 #10,116
3The StablesInstitution 1,228 #8,741
4Brain Tumour ResearchNonprofit 272 #14,798 all time
5Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 191 #30,443 all time
6Bletchley Community HospitalHospital / health system 96 not ranked
7Robert Bosch (United Kingdom)Company 67 not ranked
8Technical Software ConsultingCompany 33 not ranked
9Blakelands HospitalHospital / health system 32 not ranked
10Molins (United Kingdom)Company 26 not ranked
11Canal and River TrustNonprofit 22 not ranked
12Rockwell Automation (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
13Advanced Micro Devices (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
14Clasado BioSciences (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
15Clear Communication AssociatesCompany 15 not ranked
16Transport Systems CatapultNonprofit 13 not ranked
17Computerised Information Technology (United Kingdom)Company 12 not ranked
18Institute of Translation and InterpretingNonprofit 9 not ranked
19Volkswagen Group (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
20The Parks TrustNonprofit 8 not ranked
21Sonatest (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
22European Distance and E-Learning NetworkUniversity 6 not ranked
23National House Building CouncilGovernment institution 6 not ranked
24National Energy FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
25Alps Electric (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
26Her Majesty's Government Communications CentreGovernment institution 2 not ranked
27EchoStar (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
28Nexans (United Kingdom)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

The Open University: 88.3%Milton Keynes Hospital: 4.4%The Stables: 4.3%Brain Tumour Research: 0.9%23 others listed: 2.1%88%largest
The Open University25k · 88.3%Milton Keynes Hospital1,266 · 4.4%The Stables1,228 · 4.3%Brain Tumour Research272 · 0.9%23 others listed614 · 2.1%

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

Which fields of science does Milton Keynes work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Milton Keynes is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (11%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,133 fractional works · 53.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,174 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 385 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 233 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 152 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGender Studies: 70 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 368 fractional works · 9.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 83 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 80 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 52 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 290 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 98 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 79 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 52 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 132 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 119 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 80 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 995 fractional works · 25.0% of its workComputer Science: 316 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 88 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 61 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 231 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 154 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 106 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 111 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 68 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 604 fractional works · 15.2% of its workMedicine: 435 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 153 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 107 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 244 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 92 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 71 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 61 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMilton Keynes3,976fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences54%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2,13353.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,17429.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities3689.3%
    3. Psychology2907.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1323.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1193.0%
    6. Decision Sciences491.2%
    1. Computer Science3167.9%
    2. Engineering2315.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1543.9%
    4. Environmental Science1112.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences681.7%
    6. Mathematics541.3%
    7. Materials Science320.8%
    8. Chemistry150.4%
    9. Energy120.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine43510.9%
    2. Health Professions1533.8%
    3. Nursing100.2%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology922.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences711.8%
    3. Neuroscience611.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Milton Keynes strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Milton Keynes is most concentrated in Public Administration, Computer Science Applications and History (15.1× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 29.2 works15×
  2. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 58.6 works6.6×
  3. HistorySubfield · 73.8 works6.4×
  4. Gender StudiesSubfield · 66.7 works5.1×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 94.8 works5.1×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 79 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 55 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 60 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 211 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.72× its world share, 137 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 375 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.18× its world share, 329 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 114 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.43× its world share, 266 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 1,072 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.18×329 works
  2. Psychology2.43×266 works
  3. Social Sciences2.36×1,072 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.72×137 works
  5. Health Professions1.48×140 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×114 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.31×45 works
  8. Mathematics1.10×47 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×126 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×60 works
  11. Computer Science1.04×291 works
  12. Neuroscience0.94×55 works
  13. Veterinary0.90×4 works
  14. Environmental Science0.55×98 works
  15. Medicine0.54×375 works
  16. Nursing0.50×9 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×79 works
  18. Engineering0.39×211 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×65 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×5 works
  21. Energy0.36×12 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×10 works
  23. Chemistry0.22×12 works
  24. Materials Science0.22×27 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Milton Keynes?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Identity, Nationalism, Mental Health and History.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization223▲ 2.9×106 topics
  2. Mental Health118▲ 2.1×42 topics
  3. Identity96▲ 3.3×55 topics
  4. Education95▲ 1.39×85 topics
  5. Gender93▲ 4.3×46 topics
  6. Higher Education92▲ 4.3×18 topics
  7. History85▲ 3.1×44 topics
  8. Social Media83▲ 1.51×30 topics
  9. Online Learning80▲ 2.4×17 topics
  10. Innovation79▲ 1.92×47 topics
  11. Neoliberalism79▲ 5.5×26 topics
  12. Nationalism79▲ 4.4×27 topics
  13. Human Rights71▲ 1.75×54 topics
  14. Ethics71▲ 3.5×40 topics
  15. Literature69▲ 3.2×45 topics
  16. Colonialism69▲ 3.6×37 topics
  17. Social Justice64▲ 2.7×37 topics
  18. Religion58▲ 3.2×33 topics
  19. Feminism57▲ 4.9×21 topics
  20. Student Engagement56▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Social Interaction51▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Student Perceptions48▲ 6.7×7 topics
  23. Reflective Practice46▲ 6.1×7 topics
  24. Professional Development44▲ 5.3×12 topics
  25. Politics43▲ 4.1×17 topics
  26. Informal Learning41▲ 8.1×6 topics
  27. Instructional Design39▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Learning Analytics37▲ 7.8×2 topics
  29. National Identity37▲ 8.0×6 topics
  30. Language Policy36▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Bilingual Education35▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Solar System Abundances34▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Terrestrial Planets34▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Virtual Learning Environments32▲ 8.9×3 topics
  35. Cognitive Engagement32▲ 11×2 topics
  36. MOOCs31▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Educational Data Mining31▲ 9.2×1 topic
  38. Massive Open Online Courses31▲ 9.2×1 topic
  39. Community of Inquiry30▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Social Presence30▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Milton Keynes?

Astro and Planetary Scie…30Astro and Planetary Science: 30 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…30Online Learning and Analytics: 30 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…29Online and Blended Learning: 29 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…23Planetary Science and Exploration: 23 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 20 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 18 fractional worksSocial Work Education an…17Social Work Education and Practice: 17 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 17 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 16 fractional worksDesign Education and Pra…15Design Education and Practice: 15 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsComputer Science ApplicationsEducationLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 30 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 29 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 23 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 20 works
  6. 6 Scottish History and National Identity History 18 works
  7. 7 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 17 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 17 works
  9. 9 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  10. 10 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 15 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Milton Keynes17.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 38.7% in 2007.

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