Research in Preston
Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Preston, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Lancashire, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Preston Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 12 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 13k ▲ 5% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 18.2% 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 Preston?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LancashireUniversity | 9,410 | #3,037 | |
| 2 | Royal Preston HospitalHospital / health system | 1,437 | #21,431 | |
| 3 | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 1,114 | #12,608 | |
| 4 | Lancashire Care NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 368 | #23,088 | |
| 5 | Lancashire County CouncilInstitution | 185 | #38,136 all time | |
| 6 | Human Reliability (United Kingdom)Company | 71 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Preston's CollegeUniversity | 47 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Rosemere Cancer FoundationHospital / health system | 5 | not ranked | |
| 9 | Lancashire Fire and Rescue ServiceInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Rothband (United Kingdom)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 11 | AeroDNA (United Kingdom)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 12 | The Lee Spark NF FoundationInstitution | 0 | 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 Preston strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Preston is most concentrated in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Clinical Psychology (4.9× the world share in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine).
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works4.9×
- Clinical PsychologySubfield · 96.2 works4.3×
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 Preston?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Public Health, Ethical Considerations, Treatment and Resilience.
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Injury Prevention
- Psychological Interventions
- Quality Improvement
- Trauma
- Patient Satisfaction
- Medical Education
- Gender Differences
- Child Development
- Guidelines
- Management
- Prevention
- Global Burden
- Primary Care
- Ethical Considerations
- Resilience
- Depression
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Risk Factors
- Public Health
- Treatment
- Healthcare
- Mortality
- Prevalence
- Identity
- Complications
- Clinical Trials
- Well-being
- Rehabilitation
- Psychological Impact
- Surgery
- Neuroscience
- Functional Recovery
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Patient Engagement
- Gender-based Violence
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
- Epidemiology146▲ 1.74×115 topics
- Mental Health93▲ 3.0×36 topics
- Risk Factors79▲ 3.4×35 topics
- Quality of Life71▲ 2.3×48 topics
- Public Health59▲ 1.92×43 topics
- Inflammation55▲ 1.24×65 topics
- Treatment52▲ 2.0×43 topics
- Depression38▲ 2.0×20 topics
- Healthcare36▲ 1.52×26 topics
- Resilience36▲ 3.5×11 topics
- Mortality34▲ 2.8×12 topics
- Ethical Considerations33▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Prevalence33▲ 3.9×15 topics
- Primary Care32▲ 4.0×13 topics
- Identity32▲ 2.1×31 topics
- Global Burden31▲ 2.7×12 topics
- Complications30▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Prevention29▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Clinical Trials29▲ 2.0×18 topics
- Management29▲ 1.73×28 topics
- Well-being27▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Guidelines26▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Rehabilitation25▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Child Development24▲ 2.7×6 topics
- Psychological Impact23▲ 3.4×9 topics
- Gender Differences23▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Surgery22▲ 3.0×11 topics
- Medical Education22▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Neuroscience21▲ 3.4×13 topics
- Patient Satisfaction21▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Functional Recovery19▲ 5.9×4 topics
- Trauma18▲ 4.3×9 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice18▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Quality Improvement18▲ 4.3×8 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders18▲ 6.3×4 topics
- Psychological Interventions17▲ 6.1×4 topics
- Patient Engagement16▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Injury Prevention15▲ 5.9×4 topics
- Gender-based Violence14▲ 12×2 topics
- Intimate Partner Violence14▲ 16×2 topics
What research is done in Preston?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 12 works
- 2 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 12 works
- 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 11 works
- 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
- 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
- 6 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 8 works
- 7 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
- 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
- 9 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
- 10 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.