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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of NottinghamUniversity | 90,085 | #244 | |
| 2 | Nottingham Trent UniversityUniversity | 15,730 | #999 | |
| 3 | Queen's Medical CentreHospital / health system | 9,984 | #5,252 | |
| 4 | British Geological SurveyGovernment institution | 5,393 | #3,348 | |
| 5 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system | 4,563 | #5,895 | |
| 6 | Nottingham City HospitalHospital / health system | 4,198 | #18,778 | |
| 7 | Nottingham Biomedical Research CentreResearch facility | 887 | #7,027 | |
| 8 | Quotient Clinical (United Kingdom)Company | 748 | #24,388 | |
| 9 | MRC Institute of Hearing ResearchResearch facility | 736 | #12,080 all time | |
| 10 | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 670 | #22,170 | |
| 11 | Institute of Mental HealthHospital / health system | 603 | #12,831 | |
| 12 | Luxfer Group (United Kingdom)Company | 449 | #13,891 all time | |
| 13 | Nottingham General HospitalHospital / health system | 448 | #19,514 all time | |
| 14 | Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical ExperimentsHospital / health system | 395 | #31,528 all time | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire County CouncilGovernment institution | 340 | #36,080 all time | |
| 16 | NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution | 324 | #18,542 all time | |
| 17 | UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol StudiesResearch facility | 293 | #19,475 all time | |
| 18 | East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS TrustHospital / health system | 272 | #38,654 all time | |
| 19 | British Nuclear Medicine SocietyNonprofit | 245 | #42,387 all time | |
| 20 | East Midlands Academic Health Science NetworkNonprofit | 192 | #36,095 all time | |
| 21 | Walgreens Boots Alliance (United Kingdom)Company | 183 | #35,760 all time | |
| 22 | Nottingham City CouncilGovernment institution | 132 | #39,662 all time | |
| 23 | Nottingham CollegeUniversity | 125 | #33,891 all time | |
| 24 | NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operativeResearch facility | 116 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Bilborough Sixth Form CollegeUniversity | 110 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Romax Technology (United Kingdom)Company | 108 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Nottingham ContemporaryNonprofit | 81 | not ranked | |
| 28 | NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research UnitGovernment institution | 78 | not ranked | |
| 29 | FrameworkInstitution | 75 | not ranked | |
| 30 | BroadwayInstitution | 74 | not ranked | |
| 31 | The Sherwood InstituteNonprofit | 63 | not ranked | |
| 32 | RenaSci (United Kingdom)Company | 63 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Land Quality ManagementInstitution | 57 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Laser Expertise (United Kingdom)Company | 55 | not ranked | |
| 35 | International Mining ConsultantsCompany | 53 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Highbury HospitalHospital / health system | 52 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Nottingham Scientific (United Kingdom)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Critical Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Oakwood AcademyInstitution | 43 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Nottingham University Samworth AcademyUniversity | 31 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Experian (United Kingdom)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 42 | C-Tex (United Kingdom)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Ashfield Community HospitalHospital / health system | 24 | not ranked | |
| 44 | GeoEnergy Research CentreResearch facility | 23 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Transport & Travel Research (United Kingdom)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 46 | National Ice CentreInstitution | 12 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Source BioScience (United Kingdom)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Nexor (United Kingdom)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Novozymes (United Kingdom)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Geomatic Ventures (United Kingdom)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Far (United Kingdom)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Park Vale AcademyUniversity | 9 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Albumedix (United Kingdom)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Astrimmune (United Kingdom)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Castle Rock Geotech (United Kingdom)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Society for Renaissance StudiesInstitution | 8 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Pharminox (United Kingdom)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Promethean Particles (United Kingdom)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 59 | BYG Systems (United Kingdom)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Geo 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.
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).
- ClassicsSubfield · 41.1 works4.0×
- VeterinaryField · 85.0 works3.7×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 69.2 works3.3×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 75.3 works3.1×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 73.8 works2.8×
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.
- Thermal Analysis
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Primary Care
- Ethical Considerations
- Religion
- Meta-Analysis
- Well-being
- Anxiety
- Colonialism
- Mortality
- History
- Healthcare
- Risk Factors
- Social Media
- Identity
- Quality of Life
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Depression
- Gender
- COVID-19
- Literature
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Genetics
- Culture
- Power Electronics
- Prevalence
- Nationalism
- Ethics
- Neoliberalism
- Psychological Impact
- Model Predictive Control
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
- Epidemiology757◆ 1.12×132 topics
- Globalization461▲ 1.38×136 topics
- Mental Health419▲ 1.68×46 topics
- Machine Learning410▼ 0.73×91 topics
- Climate Change387▼ 0.84×105 topics
- Deep Learning382▼ 0.65×81 topics
- Inflammation380◆ 1.07×83 topics
- Sustainability379◆ 0.91×110 topics
- Public Health334▲ 1.35×62 topics
- Quality of Life308▲ 1.25×58 topics
- Treatment246▲ 1.19×51 topics
- Identity234▲ 1.88×64 topics
- Depression232▲ 1.55×26 topics
- Social Media230◆ 0.94×38 topics
- Gender224▲ 2.4×49 topics
- Risk Factors224▲ 1.19×37 topics
- COVID-19218◆ 0.93×33 topics
- Healthcare213◆ 1.10×37 topics
- Literature200▲ 2.2×53 topics
- History199▲ 1.66×54 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome178▲ 1.28×23 topics
- Mortality174▲ 1.76×12 topics
- Genetics172▲ 1.44×27 topics
- Colonialism170▲ 2.1×40 topics
- Culture161▲ 1.79×32 topics
- Anxiety160▲ 1.98×12 topics
- Power Electronics157▲ 2.8×8 topics
- Well-being153▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Prevalence148▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Meta-Analysis147▲ 1.47×20 topics
- Nationalism142▲ 1.80×31 topics
- Religion141▲ 1.74×40 topics
- Ethics139▲ 1.69×47 topics
- Ethical Considerations135▲ 2.3×20 topics
- Neoliberalism132▲ 2.2×22 topics
- Primary Care131▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Psychological Impact128▲ 2.3×11 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration123▲ 2.1×6 topics
- Model Predictive Control109▲ 2.4×6 topics
- Thermal Analysis82▲ 3.8×9 topics
What research is done in Nottingham?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 49 works
- 2 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
- 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 47 works
- 4 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 45 works
- 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 43 works
- 6 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 43 works
- 7 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 works
- 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 39 works
- 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 39 works
- 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 34 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.