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Research in Northampton

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Northampton, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Northampton, Northampton General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust.

Research institutions
23
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.8k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
118k
15.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Northampton

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 Northampton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of NorthamptonUniversity 3,872 #3,852
2Northampton General HospitalHospital / health system 1,191 #19,205
3St Andrew's HealthcareHospital / health system 824 #14,203 all time
4Northampton CollegeUniversity 696 #13,200 all time
5Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustHospital / health system 335 #21,518
6Stroke AssociationNonprofit 306 #15,668 all time
7Northamptonshire County CouncilGovernment institution 205 #23,490 all time
8Psoriasis AssociationNonprofit 106 not ranked
9Moulton CollegeUniversity 98 not ranked
10Motor Neurone Disease AssociationNonprofit 63 not ranked
11IriSys (United States)Company 26 not ranked
12Berrywood HospitalHospital / health system 17 not ranked
13BLC Leather Technology CentreCompany 11 not ranked
14Texas Instruments (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
15William Ross (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
16Spinney VetsHospital / health system 9 not ranked
17British Institute of Non-Destructive TestingInstitution 6 not ranked
18PSP AssociationNonprofit 6 not ranked
19WAMITABNonprofit 2 not ranked
20Axillium Research (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
21International Alliance of ALS/MND AssociationsInstitution 1 not ranked
22Blackstar Amplification (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
23Chartered Institution of Wastes ManagementNonprofit 1 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.

University of Northampton: 49.7%Northampton General Hospital: 15.3%St Andrew's Healthcare: 10.6%Northampton College: 8.9%19 others listed: 15.6%50%largest
University of Northampton3,872 · 49.7%Northampton General Hospital1,191 · 15.3%St Andrew's Healthcare824 · 10.6%Northampton College696 · 8.9%19 others listed1,215 · 15.6%

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

Which fields of science does Northampton work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Northampton is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (20%), Psychology (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 443 fractional works · 39.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 233 fractional works · 20.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 86 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEducation: 60 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 79 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 39 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 52 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 410 fractional works · 36.2% of its workMedicine: 335 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSurgery: 56 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 67 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 199 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEngineering: 66 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 82 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthampton1,135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences23320.5%
    2. Psychology797.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting524.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities413.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance282.4%
    6. Decision Sciences110.9%
    1. Medicine33529.5%
    2. Health Professions675.9%
    3. Nursing60.5%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Engineering665.8%
    2. Computer Science464.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy312.7%
    4. Environmental Science232.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.4%
    6. Materials Science90.8%
    7. Mathematics50.4%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology252.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences252.2%
    3. Neuroscience232.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology80.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Northampton?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Gender, Mental Health, Reflective Practice, Quality of Life, Globalization and Ethical Considerations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 1.53×100 topics
  2. Risk Factors35▲ 2.8×35 topics
  3. Mental Health35▲ 2.2×30 topics
  4. Globalization32▲ 1.44×46 topics
  5. Sustainability32◆ 1.15×42 topics
  6. Quality of Life29▲ 1.76×45 topics
  7. Treatment26▲ 1.90×40 topics
  8. Gender25▲ 4.2×26 topics
  9. Public Health22▲ 1.31×36 topics
  10. Identity20▲ 2.4×25 topics
  11. Diagnosis19▲ 1.78×29 topics
  12. Global Burden18▲ 2.9×11 topics
  13. Genetics17▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. Higher Education17▲ 2.8×10 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations17▲ 4.3×15 topics
  16. Primary Care16▲ 3.7×14 topics
  17. Neuroprotection15▲ 3.9×12 topics
  18. Health15▲ 3.3×10 topics
  19. Reflective Practice14▲ 6.7×7 topics
  20. Social Justice14▲ 2.1×23 topics
  21. Complications14▲ 2.5×15 topics
  22. Resilience14▲ 2.5×9 topics
  23. Ischemic Stroke12▲ 7.2×4 topics
  24. Neoliberalism12▲ 3.1×14 topics
  25. Revascularization12▲ 7.0×3 topics
  26. Feminism12▲ 3.7×14 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes12▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Prevention Guidelines11▲ 8.9×2 topics
  29. Endovascular Therapy11▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Thrombolysis11▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Self-Regulation10▲ 5.1×6 topics
  32. Academic Achievement10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Dark Energy9▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Europe9▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Informal Learning9▲ 5.9×5 topics
  36. Cosmic Microwave Background8▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Cosmological Parameters8▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Quantum Gravity8▲ 8.4×3 topics
  39. Height8▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Wages8▲ 35×1 topic

What research is done in Northampton?

Historical Economic and …8Historical Economic and Social Studies: 8 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…7Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 7 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 7 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 5 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 5 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…4Higher Education Learning Practices: 4 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 4 fractional worksChildren's Rights and Participation: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEpidemiologySociology and Political ScienceEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 Education Systems and Policy Education 5 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 5 works
  6. 6 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 4 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 4 works
  10. 10 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%Northampton14.1% 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 26.9% in 2005.

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