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Research in Reading

Science Explorer records 41 research institutions in Reading, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Reading, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and Nvidia (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
41
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
61k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.7%
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 Reading?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ReadingUniversity 45,837 #538
2Atomic Weapons EstablishmentResearch facility 2,410 #11,588
3European Centre for Medium-Range Weather ForecastsInstitution 2,018 #1,806
4Royal Berkshire HospitalHospital / health system 1,997 #20,585
5Intelligent Health (United Kingdom)Company 1,569 #5,475
6Reading MuseumNonprofit 1,234 #17,637
7Nvidia (United Kingdom)Company 1,026 #3,220
8Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 600 #18,100
9Orion Corporation (United Kingdom)Company 563 #19,197
10Thames Water (United Kingdom)Company 497 #27,066 all time
11ICMA CentreUniversity 392 #24,291 all time
12BG Group (United Kingdom)Company 387 #19,745 all time
13Expro (United Kingdom)Company 348 #27,511
14The Open GroupInstitution 256 #30,760 all time
15Battle HospitalHospital / health system 213 #32,332 all time
16Thames Valley Archaeological ServicesResearch facility 184 #18,183
17University College of Estate ManagementUniversity 132 #41,069 all time
18Prospect Park HospitalHospital / health system 122 #41,228 all time
19Royal Meteorological SocietyInstitution 106 not ranked
20Microsoft (United Kingdom)Company 94 not ranked
21NEC Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 85 not ranked
22Oracle (United Kingdom)Company 85 not ranked
23Consultant To Government and Industry (United Kingdom)Company 66 not ranked
24Peter Brett AssociatesCompany 55 not ranked
25AspenTech (United Kingdom)Company 52 not ranked
26Education Development TrustNonprofit 51 not ranked
27Chartered Institute for ArchaeologistsUniversity 43 not ranked
28The Berkshire Independent HospitalHospital / health system 28 not ranked
29Dextra Laboratories (United Kingdom)Company 25 not ranked
30BioInteractions (United Kingdom)Company 25 not ranked
31Qorvo (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
32Sequans Communications (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
33Reading Borough CouncilInstitution 13 not ranked
34Lein Applied Diagnostics (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
35Enghouse Interactive (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
36Generic Robotics (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
37Tobii (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
38Reading International Solidarity CentreNonprofit 1 not ranked
39Friends of the National LibrariesInstitution 1 not ranked
40Species 2000Nonprofit 1 not ranked
41Rural Payments AgencyGovernment institution 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.

University of Reading: 75.7%Atomic Weapons Establishment: 4.0%European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: 3.3%Royal Berkshire Hospital: 3.3%36 others listed: 13.7%76%largest
University of Reading46k · 75.7%Atomic Weapons Establishment2,410 · 4.0%European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts2,018 · 3.3%Royal Berkshire Hospital1,997 · 3.3%36 others listed8,300 · 13.7%

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

What is Reading strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Reading is most concentrated in Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Anthropology (8.4× the world share in Paleontology).

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 66.2 works8.4×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 223.7 works7.7×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 100.8 works5.5×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 232.3 works4.7×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 397.6 works3.9×
  6. HistorySubfield · 74.0 works3.5×
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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 Reading?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrological Cycle, Deep Learning and Probabilistic Forecasting.

▲ 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. Climate Change480▲ 2.7×104 topics
  2. Deep Learning289▲ 1.29×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning219◆ 1.02×89 topics
  4. Global Warming188▲ 7.0×15 topics
  5. Sustainability182◆ 1.14×95 topics
  6. Globalization176▲ 1.37×112 topics
  7. Remote Sensing170▲ 2.1×38 topics
  8. Neural Networks140▲ 1.39×37 topics
  9. Ocean Circulation127▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Greenhouse Gas Emissions124▲ 7.0×9 topics
  11. Data Assimilation121▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Inflammation118◆ 0.87×76 topics
  13. Hydrological Cycle113▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Probabilistic Forecasting103▲ 8.1×3 topics
  15. Boundary Layer102▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Extreme Events100▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Economic Growth96▲ 1.73×25 topics
  18. Ensemble Kalman Filter95▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Climate Modeling93▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Precipitation Extremes93▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Convective Parameterization87▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Mesoscale Modeling87▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Corporate Governance81▲ 1.69×23 topics
  24. Gender80▲ 2.3×42 topics
  25. History80▲ 1.74×44 topics
  26. Literature71▲ 2.0×42 topics
  27. Colonialism69▲ 2.2×38 topics
  28. Cultural Identity69▲ 2.0×28 topics
  29. Air Quality58▲ 4.9×6 topics
  30. Agricultural Origins57▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Radiocarbon Dating57▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Hydrological Modeling56▲ 3.7×5 topics
  33. Intersectionality54▲ 4.5×13 topics
  34. Satellite Observations52▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Sea Level Rise51▲ 6.1×3 topics
  36. African Diaspora51▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Archaeology of Resistance38▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Black Feminist Theory38▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Social History36▲ 6.7×8 topics
  40. Tropical Cyclones36▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Reading?

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 93 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 87 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 57 works
  4. 4 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 38 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 29 works
  6. 6 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 26 works
  8. 8 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 20 works
  10. 10 Historical Architecture and Urbanism History 20 works

Research output over time

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