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Research in Portsmouth

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and St. Mary's Hospital.

Research institutions
15
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
28k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Portsmouth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PortsmouthUniversity 17,123 #1,191
2St. Mary's HospitalHospital / health system 4,489 #12,698
3Portsmouth CollegeUniversity 2,556 #7,589 all time
4Queen Alexandra HospitalHospital / health system 2,205 #16,504
5Portsmouth Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system 1,157 #10,046
6Pall Corporation (United Kingdom)Company 47 not ranked
7Mary Rose TrustNonprofit 23 not ranked
8Highbury CollegeUniversity 19 not ranked
9Portsmouth City CouncilGovernment institution 18 not ranked
10Portsmouth MuseumArchive 8 not ranked
11Nautical Archaeology SocietyNonprofit 5 not ranked
12ASV (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
13National Museum of the Royal NavyArchive 3 not ranked
14Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate ManagementNonprofit 3 not ranked
15SSBV Aerospace & Technology Group (United Kingdom)Company 2 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 Portsmouth: 61.9%St. Mary's Hospital: 16.2%Portsmouth College: 9.2%Queen Alexandra Hospital: 8.0%11 others listed: 4.7%62%largest
University of Portsmouth17k · 61.9%St. Mary's Hospital4,489 · 16.2%Portsmouth College2,556 · 9.2%Queen Alexandra Hospital2,205 · 8.0%11 others listed1,289 · 4.7%

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

What is Portsmouth strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Portsmouth is most concentrated in Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Gender Studies (5.5× the world share in Paleontology).

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 25.2 works5.5×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 98.9 works5.0×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 52.9 works3.8×
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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 Portsmouth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Control Systems, Hardware-in-the-Loop, Real-Time Simulation, Globalization, Renewable Energy, Epidemiology, Smart Grid and Power Electronics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology155◆ 1.02×120 topics
  2. Deep Learning131◆ 1.00×70 topics
  3. Globalization123▲ 1.63×82 topics
  4. Machine Learning122◆ 0.98×78 topics
  5. Sustainability112▲ 1.20×72 topics
  6. Renewable Energy106▲ 1.93×32 topics
  7. Climate Change106◆ 1.03×79 topics
  8. Public Health97▲ 1.75×53 topics
  9. Environmental Impact88▲ 1.36×46 topics
  10. Risk Factors68▲ 1.61×34 topics
  11. Smart Grid64▲ 4.4×5 topics
  12. Economic Growth61▲ 1.86×24 topics
  13. Corporate Governance60▲ 2.1×22 topics
  14. Power Electronics59▲ 4.7×5 topics
  15. Control Systems58▲ 8.1×7 topics
  16. Gender58▲ 2.8×38 topics
  17. Identity58▲ 2.1×38 topics
  18. Hardware-in-the-Loop56▲ 59×1 topic
  19. Real-Time Simulation56▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Mortality55▲ 2.5×13 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines50▲ 2.4×14 topics
  22. Health49▲ 3.2×16 topics
  23. Cultural Studies47▲ 3.2×16 topics
  24. Health Care Utilization38▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. Law Enforcement38▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Sociology36▲ 7.0×8 topics
  27. Mental Illness35▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Violence35▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Substance Abuse34▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Homelessness33▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Housing First33▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Supernovae33▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Emergence29▲ 45×2 topics
  34. Black Holes29▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Drug Trafficking29▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Solidarity29▲ 27×4 topics
  37. Anthropology28▲ 7.6×2 topics
  38. Durkheim28▲ 493×1 topic
  39. Tarde28▲ 493×1 topic
  40. Neural Correlates28▲ 7.7×7 topics

What research is done in Portsmouth?

  1. 1 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 56 works
  2. 2 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 33 works
  3. 3 Emile Durkheim and Sociology Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 17 works
  7. 7 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 16 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 15 works

Research output over time

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