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Research in Preston

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Preston, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Lancashire, Royal Preston Hospital and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
274k
21.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Preston

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 Preston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LancashireUniversity 9,812 #2,241
2Royal Preston HospitalHospital / health system 1,437 #18,410
3Lancashire Care NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 368 #19,423
4Lancashire County CouncilInstitution 185 #26,710 all time
5Human Reliability (United Kingdom)Company 71 not ranked
6Preston's CollegeUniversity 47 not ranked
7Rosemere Cancer FoundationHospital / health system 5 not ranked
8Lancashire Fire and Rescue ServiceInstitution 5 not ranked
9Rothband (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
10AeroDNA (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
11The Lee Spark NF FoundationInstitution 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.

University of Lancashire: 82.2%Royal Preston Hospital: 12.0%Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust: 3.1%Lancashire County Council: 1.6%6 others listed: 1.1%82%largest
University of Lancashire9,812 · 82.2%Royal Preston Hospital1,437 · 12.0%Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust368 · 3.1%Lancashire County Council185 · 1.6%6 others listed132 · 1.1%

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

Which fields of science does Preston work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Preston is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (14%), Psychology (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,050 fractional works · 43.6% of its workMedicine: 841 fractional works · 34.9% of its workSurgery: 126 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 80 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 79 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 57 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 38 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 162 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 99 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 756 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 335 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 133 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 47 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 210 fractional works · 8.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 105 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 50 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 99 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 62 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 389 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEngineering: 131 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 82 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 59 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 50 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 214 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 95 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 53 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPreston2,408fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences31%

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. Health Sciences1,05043.6%
    1. Medicine84134.9%
    2. Health Professions1626.7%
    3. Dentistry241.0%
    4. Nursing160.7%
    5. Veterinary70.3%
    1. Social Sciences33513.9%
    2. Psychology2108.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities994.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting622.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance351.4%
    6. Decision Sciences150.6%
    1. Engineering1315.4%
    2. Computer Science823.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy592.4%
    4. Environmental Science502.1%
    5. Materials Science251.0%
    6. Chemistry140.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.5%
    8. Mathematics90.4%
    9. Energy40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology953.9%
    2. Neuroscience532.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences441.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works4.9×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 96.2 works4.3×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 75 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 120 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.98× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 143 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.78× its world share, 728 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.51× its world share, 93 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 51 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.91× its world share, 188 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 295 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.91×188 works
  2. Health Professions2.56×143 works
  3. Dentistry1.98×20 works
  4. Veterinary1.89×5 works
  5. Medicine1.78×728 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.51×93 works
  7. Neuroscience1.35×47 works
  8. Nursing1.19×12 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.12×53 works
  10. Social Sciences1.10×295 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×6 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×85 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×51 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×31 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.63×13 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×11 works
  17. Computer Science0.45×75 works
  18. Environmental Science0.42×44 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×40 works
  20. Chemistry0.39×13 works
  21. Engineering0.38×120 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.36×3 works
  23. Mathematics0.35×9 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×11 works
  25. Materials Science0.30×22 works
  26. Energy0.21×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Preston?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Public Health, Treatment, Ethical Considerations and Prevalence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology166▲ 1.74×118 topics
  2. Mental Health101▲ 2.9×37 topics
  3. Risk Factors88▲ 3.3×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life83▲ 2.4×50 topics
  5. Public Health66▲ 1.90×47 topics
  6. Inflammation63▲ 1.23×71 topics
  7. Treatment58▲ 1.99×45 topics
  8. Globalization47◆ 1.00×62 topics
  9. Depression42▲ 2.0×21 topics
  10. Healthcare40▲ 1.45×27 topics
  11. Resilience39▲ 3.3×12 topics
  12. Prevalence38▲ 3.9×15 topics
  13. Global Burden37▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Identity37▲ 2.1×32 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations37▲ 4.4×14 topics
  16. Mortality37▲ 2.7×13 topics
  17. Complications35▲ 3.0×16 topics
  18. Primary Care35▲ 3.9×14 topics
  19. Clinical Trials34▲ 2.1×19 topics
  20. Diagnosis34▲ 1.51×34 topics
  21. Prevention33▲ 3.3×14 topics
  22. Guidelines30▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Well-being30▲ 3.2×14 topics
  24. Rehabilitation29▲ 3.0×13 topics
  25. Anxiety27▲ 2.3×10 topics
  26. Psychological Impact26▲ 3.4×11 topics
  27. Child Development26▲ 2.6×6 topics
  28. Surgery25▲ 3.0×11 topics
  29. Medical Education25▲ 3.8×11 topics
  30. Gender Differences25▲ 2.8×14 topics
  31. Neuroscience24▲ 3.3×13 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction23▲ 3.1×10 topics
  33. Functional Recovery21▲ 5.9×4 topics
  34. Trauma21▲ 4.3×9 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice21▲ 6.5×7 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders19▲ 5.8×4 topics
  37. Patient Engagement18▲ 5.8×4 topics
  38. Psychological Interventions18▲ 5.5×4 topics
  39. Injury Prevention17▲ 5.7×4 topics
  40. Gender-based Violence15▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Preston?

Intimate Partner and Fam…12Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 12 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma12Child Abuse and Trauma: 12 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 11 fractional worksSports Performance and T…10Sports Performance and Training: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…10Sports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 8 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 8 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…8Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 8 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 8 fractional works
HealthClinical PsychologyRehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 12 works
  2. 2 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 12 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 11 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 8 works
  7. 7 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
  9. 9 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 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%Preston16.3% 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 30.3% in 2013.

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