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Research in Sheffield

Science Explorer records 79 research institutions in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
79
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
130k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.8%
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 Sheffield?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SheffieldUniversity 92,869 #259
2Sheffield Hallam UniversityUniversity 13,075 #2,699
3Royal Hallamshire HospitalHospital / health system 6,826 #13,366
4Northern General HospitalHospital / health system 3,983 #21,189
5Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustFunder 3,543 #5,915
6Sheffield Children's HospitalHospital / health system 2,283 #8,511
7Sheffield City CouncilGovernment institution 1,478 #11,259 all time
8Jessop HospitalHospital / health system 678 #15,125 all time
9Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 607 #18,421
10Weston Park Cancer CentreHospital / health system 589 #16,276 all time
11Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 491 #25,912 all time
12Knowledge Integration (United Kingdom)Company 443 #22,162
13Charles Clifford Dental HospitalHospital / health system 305 #34,969 all time
14InsigneoUniversity 305 #11,945
15Simcyp (United Kingdom)Company 256 #14,457
16Sheffield Kidney InstituteHospital / health system 255 #25,812 all time
17Sheffield Industrial Museums TrustNonprofit 176 #36,563 all time
18BresMedHospital / health system 151 #39,213 all time
19Glass Technology ServicesResearch facility 128 #29,880 all time
20Sheffield Children's UniversityUniversity 105 not ranked
21ITM Power (United Kingdom)Company 102 not ranked
22Atomising Systems (United Kingdom)Company 95 not ranked
23Porter Brook Medical CentreHospital / health system 73 not ranked
24RemediNonprofit 73 not ranked
25Claremont Private HospitalHospital / health system 52 not ranked
26Geographical AssociationInstitution 52 not ranked
27Institute of Spring TechnologyCompany 50 not ranked
28Blatchford (United Kingdom)Company 49 not ranked
29Devices for DignityCompany 47 not ranked
30Ansys (United Kingdom)Company 43 not ranked
31Chase Research Cryogenics (United Kingdom)Company 33 not ranked
32Magnomatics (United Kingdom)Company 30 not ranked
33British GlassCompany 28 not ranked
34Benchmark Animal Health (United Kingdom)Company 24 not ranked
35Benchmark (United Kingdom)Company 23 not ranked
36Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
37Faradion (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
38Ecclesfield GPHospital / health system 20 not ranked
39Blastech (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
40Environmental Monitoring Solutions (United Kingdom)Company 16 not ranked
41NanolayersResearch facility 14 not ranked
42Lablogic Systems (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
43White Rose East Asia CentreNonprofit 13 not ranked
44Thornbury HospitalHospital / health system 13 not ranked
45South Yorkshire Passenger Transport ExecutiveCompany 13 not ranked
46Longley Park Sixth Form CollegeUniversity 12 not ranked
47UK Carbon Capture and Research CentreInstitution 10 not ranked
48Danieli (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
49Arconic (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
50Tribosonics (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
51Pakistan Muslim CentreNonprofit 9 not ranked
52Housing Studies AssociationInstitution 9 not ranked
53British Tinnitus AssociationNonprofit 9 not ranked
54Stanley Black & Decker (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
55Cutting & Wear (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
56Outokumpu (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
57Smart Component Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
58Kings FoundationNonprofit 6 not ranked
59Tinsley Bridge GroupCompany 6 not ranked
60Dacord (United Kingdom)Company 4 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 Sheffield: 71.7%Sheffield Hallam University: 10.1%Royal Hallamshire Hospital: 5.3%Northern General Hospital: 3.1%56 others listed: 9.9%72%largest
University of Sheffield93k · 71.7%Sheffield Hallam University13k · 10.1%Royal Hallamshire Hospital6,826 · 5.3%Northern General Hospital3,983 · 3.1%56 others listed13k · 9.9%

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

What is Sheffield strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sheffield is most concentrated in Gastroenterology, Public Administration and Music (4.2× the world share in Gastroenterology).

  1. GastroenterologySubfield · 71.9 works4.2×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 28.2 works3.6×
  3. MusicSubfield · 37.6 works3.2×
  4. Gender StudiesSubfield · 133.4 works2.5×
  5. SoftwareSubfield · 23.5 works2.5×
  6. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 61.7 works2.5×
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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 Sheffield?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Public Health, Quality of Life, Neoliberalism, Machine Learning, Gender and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology590◆ 1.03×134 topics
  2. Machine Learning409▼ 0.86×87 topics
  3. Globalization405▲ 1.42×125 topics
  4. Deep Learning399▼ 0.80×82 topics
  5. Public Health347▲ 1.64×66 topics
  6. Quality of Life336▲ 1.60×54 topics
  7. Sustainability328◆ 0.93×111 topics
  8. Climate Change285▼ 0.73×105 topics
  9. Mental Health283▲ 1.33×44 topics
  10. Inflammation250▼ 0.83×81 topics
  11. Social Media224◆ 1.08×36 topics
  12. Risk Factors210▲ 1.31×37 topics
  13. Identity207▲ 1.96×61 topics
  14. Neural Networks201◆ 0.90×39 topics
  15. Gender199▲ 2.5×48 topics
  16. Treatment188◆ 1.06×51 topics
  17. Neoliberalism184▲ 3.5×27 topics
  18. Healthcare182◆ 1.11×36 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties174▲ 1.23×38 topics
  20. Human Rights169◆ 1.13×68 topics
  21. Primary Care164▲ 3.0×15 topics
  22. Genetics151▲ 1.49×27 topics
  23. Mortality142▲ 1.69×13 topics
  24. Prevalence140▲ 2.4×15 topics
  25. Colonialism139▲ 2.0×45 topics
  26. Ethics138▲ 1.96×42 topics
  27. Social Support136▲ 1.67×19 topics
  28. Nationalism130▲ 1.94×31 topics
  29. Microstructure127▲ 1.68×19 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations118▲ 2.4×20 topics
  31. Health112▲ 1.92×21 topics
  32. Health Equity103▲ 2.6×6 topics
  33. Economic Evaluation81▲ 4.6×4 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice78▲ 4.2×7 topics
  35. Income Inequality77▲ 3.7×6 topics
  36. Thermal Analysis77▲ 4.1×8 topics
  37. Health Care Utilization73▲ 4.4×3 topics
  38. Cost-effectiveness Analysis72▲ 5.8×1 topic
  39. Health Utility Measures72▲ 5.8×1 topic
  40. Electric Motor Drives55▲ 9.3×1 topic

What research is done in Sheffield?

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 72 works
  2. 2 Electric Motor Design and AnalysisElectrical and Electronic Engineering 55 works
  3. 3 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 50 works
  4. 4 Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismFinance 44 works
  5. 5 Homelessness and Social IssuesGeneral Health Professions 38 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 35 works
  7. 7 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 33 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 32 works
  9. 9 Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesCivil and Structural Engineering 31 works
  10. 10 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchNeurology 30 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.