Research in Southampton

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.

Relative to its size, research in Southampton is most concentrated in Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.4× the world share in Oceanography).

1. OceanographySubfield · 193.9 works5.4×
2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 113.8 works2.9×
3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 167.5 works2.5×
4. PaleontologySubfield · 38.3 works2.5×
5. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 33.5 works2.5×

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.

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Lasers, Optical Fiber, Inflammation, Machine Learning and Vibration Control.

1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 77 works
2. 2 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 58 works
3. 3 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 56 works
4. 4 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 54 works
5. 5 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 54 works
6. 6 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 50 works
7. 7 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 46 works
8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 44 works
9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 42 works
10. 10 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 39 works