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Research in Poole

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Poole, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bournemouth University, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
256k
19.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Poole

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 Poole?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bournemouth UniversityUniversity 10,429 #1,700
2Poole HospitalHospital / health system 1,394 #15,738
3Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 491 #11,733
4Poole Hospital NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 330 #26,992 all time
5Arts University BournemouthUniversity 169 #30,918 all time
6St Ann's HospitalHospital / health system 148 #29,798 all time
7Bournemouth and Poole CollegeUniversity 98 not ranked
8Royal National Lifeboat InstitutionNonprofit 56 not ranked
9Alderney HospitalHospital / health system 34 not ranked
10Sound Approach (United Kingdom)Company 12 not ranked
11Aeronautical and General InstrumentsCompany 7 not ranked
12Defence Electronics History SocietyInstitution 3 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.

Bournemouth University: 79.2%Poole Hospital: 10.6%Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust: 3.7%Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 2.5%8 others listed: 4.0%79%largest
Bournemouth University10k · 79.2%Poole Hospital1,394 · 10.6%Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust491 · 3.7%Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust330 · 2.5%8 others listed527 · 4.0%

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

Which fields of science does Poole work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Poole is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (19%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,141 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 580 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 231 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEducation: 61 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 58 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCommunication: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 45 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 196 fractional works · 7.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 68 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 61 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 138 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMarketing: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 124 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 76 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 58 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 684 fractional works · 25.8% of its workComputer Science: 246 fractional works · 9.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 69 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 56 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 189 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 112 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 652 fractional works · 24.6% of its workMedicine: 493 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSurgery: 74 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 67 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 135 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 79 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 175 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNeuroscience: 73 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 60 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPoole2,651fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences43%

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 Sciences1,14143.0%
    1. Social Sciences58021.9%
    2. Psychology1967.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1385.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities1244.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance762.9%
    6. Decision Sciences271.0%
    1. Computer Science2469.3%
    2. Engineering1897.1%
    3. Environmental Science1124.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences431.6%
    5. Mathematics351.3%
    6. Materials Science220.8%
    7. Energy130.5%
    8. Chemistry120.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy110.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine49318.6%
    2. Health Professions1355.1%
    3. Nursing200.7%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Neuroscience732.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology451.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences431.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Poole strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Poole is most concentrated in Communication, Gender Studies and Human-Computer Interaction (6.4× the world share in Communication).

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 41.8 works6.4×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 52.3 works6.0×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 23.0 works4.7×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 62 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.20× its world share, 224 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 174 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 100 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 120 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 432 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.67× its world share, 116 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 128 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 71 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 177 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 530 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.42×177 works
  2. Health Professions1.91×120 works
  3. Social Sciences1.75×530 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.67×116 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.66×128 works
  6. Neuroscience1.60×62 works
  7. Nursing1.45×17 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.38×71 works
  9. Mathematics1.24×35 works
  10. Computer Science1.20×224 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.07×25 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.00×38 works
  13. Medicine0.94×432 works
  14. Environmental Science0.85×100 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×6 works
  16. Energy0.51×11 works
  17. Engineering0.49×174 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×39 works
  19. Veterinary0.32×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×39 works
  21. Chemistry0.25×9 works
  22. Materials Science0.24×20 works
  23. Dentistry0.21×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×5 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.18×10 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.16×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Poole?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Sustainability, Identity, Gender and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology121◆ 1.14×109 topics
  2. Social Media117▲ 3.2×31 topics
  3. Deep Learning107▲ 1.17×73 topics
  4. Machine Learning90◆ 1.02×72 topics
  5. Sustainability82▲ 1.26×63 topics
  6. Mental Health72▲ 1.91×40 topics
  7. Globalization70▲ 1.35×80 topics
  8. Climate Change70◆ 0.97×75 topics
  9. Public Health60▲ 1.56×46 topics
  10. Quality of Life52▲ 1.35×50 topics
  11. Identity51▲ 2.7×36 topics
  12. Risk Factors48▲ 1.65×33 topics
  13. Gender46▲ 3.2×29 topics
  14. Economic Growth41▲ 1.91×22 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior38▲ 2.3×17 topics
  16. Prevalence36▲ 3.3×15 topics
  17. Well-being34▲ 3.3×13 topics
  18. Social Capital32▲ 2.3×15 topics
  19. Psychological Impact29▲ 3.4×9 topics
  20. Adolescents28▲ 2.9×9 topics
  21. Social Interaction28▲ 2.7×10 topics
  22. Social Cognition26▲ 5.5×8 topics
  23. Emotion26▲ 4.7×11 topics
  24. Online Communication24▲ 6.0×3 topics
  25. Emotion Recognition24▲ 4.5×5 topics
  26. COVID-19 Impact23▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Content Analysis23▲ 6.9×7 topics
  28. Embodiment23▲ 4.6×7 topics
  29. Neural Mechanisms21▲ 8.0×4 topics
  30. Political Communication21▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Patient Engagement21▲ 5.9×4 topics
  32. User-Generated Content20▲ 5.7×2 topics
  33. Social Identity19▲ 7.8×5 topics
  34. News Media18▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Stereotypes18▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Mediatization17▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Masculinity17▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Digital Journalism17▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Agenda Setting17▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Media Framing17▲ 19×1 topic

What research is done in Poole?

Digital Marketing and So…18Digital Marketing and Social Media: 18 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…15Media Studies and Communication: 15 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 13 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 13 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 13 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 12 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 11 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…11Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 11 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 10 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCommunicationTheoretical Computer ScienceGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  2. 2 Media Studies and Communication Communication 15 works
  3. 3 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 13 works
  4. 4 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 13 works
  5. 5 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  6. 6 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 12 works
  7. 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 11 works
  8. 8 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 10 works
  10. 10 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 10 works

Research output over time

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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%Poole19.3% 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 34.1% in 2016.

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