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Research in Norwich

Science Explorer records 48 research institutions in Norwich, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park and Sainsbury Laboratory.

Research institutions
48
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
55k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.8%
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 Norwich?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of East AngliaUniversity 32,635 #842
2John Innes CentreResearch facility 5,919 #4,808
3Norwich Research ParkArchive 5,034 #2,772
4Norfolk and Norwich University HospitalHospital / health system 3,332 #9,424
5Quadram InstituteResearch facility 2,217 #5,661
6Sainsbury LaboratoryResearch facility 1,185 #4,178
7Tyndall CentreInstitution 857 #6,320
8Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 815 #13,938
9St Michaels HospitalHospital / health system 754 #21,639
10Earlham InstituteResearch facility 332 #10,059
11Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 331 #20,352
12City College NorwichUniversity 157 #24,589 all time
13Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS TrustHospital / health system 121 #41,850 all time
14Norfolk Museums ServiceArchive 115 not ranked
15Norfolk County CouncilGovernment institution 99 not ranked
16Norwich University of the ArtsUniversity 94 not ranked
17Little Plumstead HospitalHospital / health system 80 not ranked
18Norwich Community HospitalHospital / health system 73 not ranked
19Hellesdon HospitalHospital / health system 72 not ranked
20National Centre for WritingInstitution 61 not ranked
21Julian HospitalHospital / health system 43 not ranked
22The Julian CentreInstitution 41 not ranked
23World Horse WelfareNonprofit 19 not ranked
24Colman HospitalHospital / health system 19 not ranked
25Public Media AllianceNonprofit 17 not ranked
26Kelling HospitalHospital / health system 11 not ranked
27Plant Bioscience Limited (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
28British Biophysical SocietyUniversity 9 not ranked
29Acteon (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
30Norwich BioScience InstitutesResearch facility 7 not ranked
31Intelligent Fingerprinting (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
32North Norfolk Clinical Commissioning GroupInstitution 6 not ranked
33Bernard Matthews (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
34Procarta Biosystems (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
35Active NorfolkInstitution 5 not ranked
36British Beet Research OrganisationResearch facility 4 not ranked
37Norfolk Record OfficeGovernment institution 4 not ranked
38Specialist Vehicle Research and Development (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
39Curious Directive (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
40Easton & Otley CollegeUniversity 4 not ranked
41British Society for Matrix BiologyNonprofit 3 not ranked
42Norfolk Archaeological TrustNonprofit 2 not ranked
43Equipmake (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
44Future Transport SystemsInstitution 1 not ranked
45History of Advertising TrustInstitution 1 not ranked
46Zoological Society of East AngliaNonprofit 1 not ranked
47Horton Levi (United Kingdom)Company 0 not ranked
48Lambda Films (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.

University of East Anglia: 59.9%John Innes Centre: 10.9%Norwich Research Park: 9.2%Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital: 6.1%42 others listed: 13.9%60%largest
University of East Anglia33k · 59.9%John Innes Centre5,919 · 10.9%Norwich Research Park5,034 · 9.2%Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital3,332 · 6.1%42 others listed7,604 · 13.9%

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

What is Norwich strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Norwich is most concentrated in Classics, History and History and Philosophy of Science (8.2× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 28.6 works8.2×
  2. HistorySubfield · 67.6 works3.6×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 29.9 works3.3×
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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 Norwich?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Globalization, Microbiome, Literature, Mental Health, Plant Immunity and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology307▲ 1.33×126 topics
  2. Climate Change276▲ 1.76×93 topics
  3. Globalization183▲ 1.60×96 topics
  4. Inflammation144▲ 1.19×80 topics
  5. Mental Health137▲ 1.61×42 topics
  6. Public Health124▲ 1.47×56 topics
  7. Quality of Life100▲ 1.19×49 topics
  8. Literature98▲ 3.1×41 topics
  9. Gene Expression94▲ 2.6×20 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease88▲ 1.36×37 topics
  11. Identity87▲ 2.0×53 topics
  12. History86▲ 2.1×35 topics
  13. Gender80▲ 2.5×39 topics
  14. Global Warming77▲ 3.2×14 topics
  15. Colonialism73▲ 2.6×36 topics
  16. Genomics72▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Religion71▲ 2.6×28 topics
  18. Microbiome68▲ 8.6×3 topics
  19. Culture68▲ 2.2×26 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis67▲ 3.8×15 topics
  21. Primary Care62▲ 2.8×15 topics
  22. Microbial Communities62▲ 2.5×10 topics
  23. Plant Immunity57▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Development56▲ 2.8×15 topics
  25. Epigenetic Regulation55▲ 4.4×6 topics
  26. Metabolic Health51▲ 4.5×3 topics
  27. Society48▲ 4.3×14 topics
  28. Genome Sequencing47▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Transcription Factors47▲ 6.7×5 topics
  30. Pattern Recognition Receptors46▲ 6.4×3 topics
  31. Rhizosphere Interactions44▲ 8.9×2 topics
  32. Root Exudates41▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Microbial Pathogens41▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Systemic Acquired Resistance41▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Ocean Circulation40▲ 5.3×3 topics
  36. MicroRNA39▲ 5.6×2 topics
  37. RNA-Seq37▲ 5.8×2 topics
  38. Auxin35▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Plant35▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Host Recognition33▲ 8.4×2 topics

What research is done in Norwich?

  1. 1 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 41 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 36 works
  3. 3 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 35 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 31 works
  5. 5 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 23 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 21 works
  7. 7 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 20 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 20 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 19 works

Research output over time

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