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Research in Ormskirk

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Ormskirk, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Edge Hill University.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.6k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
13.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ormskirk

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 Ormskirk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Edge Hill UniversityUniversity 4,489 #1,858
2Ormskirk District General HospitalHospital / health system 144 #33,244 all time
3Renacres HospitalHospital / health system 4 not ranked
4DanTech (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.

Edge Hill University: 96.8%Ormskirk District General Hospital: 3.1%Renacres Hospital: 0.1%97%largest
Edge Hill University4,489 · 96.8%Ormskirk District General Hospital144 · 3.1%Renacres Hospital4 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Ormskirk work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Ormskirk is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Medicine (19%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 614 fractional works · 52.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 330 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 119 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEducation: 75 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Administration: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 140 fractional works · 11.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 52 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 35 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 77 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 318 fractional works · 27.1% of its workMedicine: 227 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 81 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 57 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 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: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 161 fractional works · 13.7% of its workComputer Science: 76 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 83 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOrmskirk1,176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences52%

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 Sciences33028.1%
    2. Psychology14011.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities776.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting302.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance252.2%
    6. Decision Sciences110.9%
    1. Medicine22719.3%
    2. Health Professions816.9%
    3. Nursing70.6%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Computer Science766.5%
    2. Engineering393.3%
    3. Environmental Science242.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences80.7%
    5. Mathematics40.4%
    6. Chemistry30.3%
    7. Materials Science30.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences302.6%
    2. Neuroscience272.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology242.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ormskirk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ormskirk is most concentrated in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Developmental and Educational Psychology (8.0× the world share in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine).

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 21.5 works8.0×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 23.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.67× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.21× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.90× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 302 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.90×124 works
  2. Health Professions2.67×74 works
  3. Social Sciences2.28×302 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.21×67 works
  5. Neuroscience1.34×23 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×24 works
  7. Medicine0.97×196 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.85×9 works
  9. Nursing0.84×4 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×28 works
  11. Computer Science0.82×66 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×29 works
  13. Veterinary0.50×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×7 works
  15. Environmental Science0.43×22 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×21 works
  17. Dentistry0.30×2 works
  18. Engineering0.23×36 works
  19. Mathematics0.23×3 works
  20. Chemistry0.15×2 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×1 works
  22. Energy0.11×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.08×2 works
  25. Materials Science0.07×2 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ormskirk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Globalization, Reflective Practice, Gender, Public Health, Evidence-Based Practice and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Mental Health56▲ 3.3×35 topics
  2. Globalization53▲ 2.3×51 topics
  3. Epidemiology51◆ 1.08×76 topics
  4. Public Health41▲ 2.4×40 topics
  5. Deep Learning41◆ 1.02×64 topics
  6. Identity38▲ 4.4×33 topics
  7. Gender30▲ 4.7×27 topics
  8. Education29▲ 1.43×49 topics
  9. Reflective Practice28▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life26▲ 1.53×38 topics
  11. Social Justice24▲ 3.4×27 topics
  12. Qualitative Research24▲ 2.4×16 topics
  13. Depression22▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations20▲ 5.0×13 topics
  15. Primary Care20▲ 4.6×15 topics
  16. Adolescents20▲ 4.6×9 topics
  17. Resilience19▲ 3.4×13 topics
  18. Physical Activity19▲ 3.3×12 topics
  19. Ethics19▲ 3.2×24 topics
  20. Professional Development18▲ 7.6×11 topics
  21. Evidence-Based Practice18▲ 12×7 topics
  22. Higher Education18▲ 2.9×13 topics
  23. Well-being18▲ 3.9×14 topics
  24. Anxiety18▲ 3.2×11 topics
  25. Ethnicity18▲ 4.0×9 topics
  26. Citizenship17▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Neuroscience17▲ 4.7×12 topics
  28. Feminism16▲ 4.7×14 topics
  29. Child Development16▲ 3.3×7 topics
  30. Multiculturalism16▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Diversity14▲ 6.6×8 topics
  32. Youth Engagement13▲ 5.1×5 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism12▲ 9.8×5 topics
  34. High-Intensity Interval Training12▲ 9.8×2 topics
  35. Intersectionality12▲ 5.6×9 topics
  36. Resistance Training12▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Immigration12▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Cultural Competence12▲ 7.9×6 topics
  39. Injury Prevention12▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. National Identity12▲ 8.6×4 topics

What research is done in Ormskirk?

Sports injuries and prev…10Sports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional worksSports Performance and T…9Sports Performance and Training: 9 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 7 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 7 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 7 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 6 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…6Employment and Welfare Studies: 6 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 6 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 6 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 works
  4. 4 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Religious Education and Schools Education 7 works
  7. 7 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 6 works
  8. 8 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 6 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%Ormskirk18.9% 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 37.8% in 2016.

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