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Research in Nottingham

Science Explorer records 84 research institutions in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and British Geological Survey.

Research institutions
84
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
138k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.6%
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 Nottingham?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of NottinghamUniversity 90,085 #244
2Nottingham Trent UniversityUniversity 15,730 #999
3Queen's Medical CentreHospital / health system 9,984 #5,252
4British Geological SurveyGovernment institution 5,393 #3,348
5Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system 4,563 #5,895
6Nottingham City HospitalHospital / health system 4,198 #18,778
7Nottingham Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility 887 #7,027
8Quotient Clinical (United Kingdom)Company 748 #24,388
9MRC Institute of Hearing ResearchResearch facility 736 #12,080 all time
10Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 670 #22,170
11Institute of Mental HealthHospital / health system 603 #12,831
12Luxfer Group (United Kingdom)Company 449 #13,891 all time
13Nottingham General HospitalHospital / health system 448 #19,514 all time
14Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical ExperimentsHospital / health system 395 #31,528 all time
15Nottinghamshire County CouncilGovernment institution 340 #36,080 all time
16NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 324 #18,542 all time
17UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol StudiesResearch facility 293 #19,475 all time
18East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS TrustHospital / health system 272 #38,654 all time
19British Nuclear Medicine SocietyNonprofit 245 #42,387 all time
20East Midlands Academic Health Science NetworkNonprofit 192 #36,095 all time
21Walgreens Boots Alliance (United Kingdom)Company 183 #35,760 all time
22Nottingham City CouncilGovernment institution 132 #39,662 all time
23Nottingham CollegeUniversity 125 #33,891 all time
24NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operativeResearch facility 116 not ranked
25Bilborough Sixth Form CollegeUniversity 110 not ranked
26Romax Technology (United Kingdom)Company 108 not ranked
27Nottingham ContemporaryNonprofit 81 not ranked
28NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution 78 not ranked
29FrameworkInstitution 75 not ranked
30BroadwayInstitution 74 not ranked
31The Sherwood InstituteNonprofit 63 not ranked
32RenaSci (United Kingdom)Company 63 not ranked
33Land Quality ManagementInstitution 57 not ranked
34Laser Expertise (United Kingdom)Company 55 not ranked
35International Mining ConsultantsCompany 53 not ranked
36Highbury HospitalHospital / health system 52 not ranked
37Nottingham Scientific (United Kingdom)Company 50 not ranked
38Critical Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)Company 45 not ranked
39Oakwood AcademyInstitution 43 not ranked
40Nottingham University Samworth AcademyUniversity 31 not ranked
41Experian (United Kingdom)Company 26 not ranked
42C-Tex (United Kingdom)Company 25 not ranked
43Ashfield Community HospitalHospital / health system 24 not ranked
44GeoEnergy Research CentreResearch facility 23 not ranked
45Transport & Travel Research (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
46National Ice CentreInstitution 12 not ranked
47Source BioScience (United Kingdom)Company 12 not ranked
48Nexor (United Kingdom)Company 11 not ranked
49Novozymes (United Kingdom)Company 11 not ranked
50Geomatic Ventures (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
51Far (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
52Park Vale AcademyUniversity 9 not ranked
53Albumedix (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
54Astrimmune (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
55Castle Rock Geotech (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
56Society for Renaissance StudiesInstitution 8 not ranked
57Pharminox (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
58Promethean Particles (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
59BYG Systems (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
60Geo Green Power (United Kingdom)Company 6 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 Nottingham: 65.1%Nottingham Trent University: 11.4%Queen's Medical Centre: 7.2%British Geological Survey: 3.9%56 others listed: 12.4%65%largest
University of Nottingham90k · 65.1%Nottingham Trent University16k · 11.4%Queen's Medical Centre9,984 · 7.2%British Geological Survey5,393 · 3.9%56 others listed17k · 12.4%

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

What is Nottingham strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nottingham is most concentrated in Classics, Veterinary and Small Animals (4.0× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 41.1 works4.0×
  2. VeterinaryField · 85.0 works3.7×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 69.2 works3.3×
  4. Applied PsychologySubfield · 75.3 works3.1×
  5. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 73.8 works2.8×
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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 Nottingham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Globalization, Public Health, Inflammation, Gender, Quality of Life and Identity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology757◆ 1.12×132 topics
  2. Globalization461▲ 1.38×136 topics
  3. Mental Health419▲ 1.68×46 topics
  4. Machine Learning410▼ 0.73×91 topics
  5. Climate Change387▼ 0.84×105 topics
  6. Deep Learning382▼ 0.65×81 topics
  7. Inflammation380◆ 1.07×83 topics
  8. Sustainability379◆ 0.91×110 topics
  9. Public Health334▲ 1.35×62 topics
  10. Quality of Life308▲ 1.25×58 topics
  11. Treatment246▲ 1.19×51 topics
  12. Identity234▲ 1.88×64 topics
  13. Depression232▲ 1.55×26 topics
  14. Social Media230◆ 0.94×38 topics
  15. Gender224▲ 2.4×49 topics
  16. Risk Factors224▲ 1.19×37 topics
  17. COVID-19218◆ 0.93×33 topics
  18. Healthcare213◆ 1.10×37 topics
  19. Literature200▲ 2.2×53 topics
  20. History199▲ 1.66×54 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome178▲ 1.28×23 topics
  22. Mortality174▲ 1.76×12 topics
  23. Genetics172▲ 1.44×27 topics
  24. Colonialism170▲ 2.1×40 topics
  25. Culture161▲ 1.79×32 topics
  26. Anxiety160▲ 1.98×12 topics
  27. Power Electronics157▲ 2.8×8 topics
  28. Well-being153▲ 2.3×14 topics
  29. Prevalence148▲ 2.1×15 topics
  30. Meta-Analysis147▲ 1.47×20 topics
  31. Nationalism142▲ 1.80×31 topics
  32. Religion141▲ 1.74×40 topics
  33. Ethics139▲ 1.69×47 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations135▲ 2.3×20 topics
  35. Neoliberalism132▲ 2.2×22 topics
  36. Primary Care131▲ 2.0×15 topics
  37. Psychological Impact128▲ 2.3×11 topics
  38. Renewable Energy Integration123▲ 2.1×6 topics
  39. Model Predictive Control109▲ 2.4×6 topics
  40. Thermal Analysis82▲ 3.8×9 topics

What research is done in Nottingham?

  1. 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 49 works
  2. 2 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 47 works
  4. 4 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 45 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 43 works
  6. 6 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 43 works
  7. 7 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 works
  8. 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 39 works
  9. 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 39 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 34 works

Research output over time

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