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Research in St Albans

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in St Albans, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
18
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
16.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
St Albans

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 St Albans?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 305 #16,592
2International Tin Research InstituteNonprofit 275 #23,953 all time
3St Albans City HospitalHospital / health system 257 #22,413 all time
4IFC Research (United Kingdom)Company 121 #30,853 all time
5Crohn's and Colitis UKNonprofit 89 not ranked
6Psychometric Research & Development (United Kingdom)Company 43 not ranked
7Premier Foods (United Kingdom)Company 36 not ranked
8Allergy ActionHospital / health system 23 not ranked
9Anton Paar (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
10Santen (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
11Hartley McMaster (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
12The Abbeyfield Research FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
13ScrewFast Foundations (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
14Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis AllianceNonprofit 2 not ranked
15St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological SocietyNonprofit 1 not ranked
16St Albans MuseumsArchive 1 not ranked
17GenCat (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
18The Battlefields TrustNonprofit 1 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.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust: 25.8%International Tin Research Institute: 23.3%St Albans City Hospital: 21.8%IFC Research (United Kingdom): 10.3%14 others listed: 18.8%26%largest
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust305 · 25.8%International Tin Research Institute275 · 23.3%St Albans City Hospital257 · 21.8%IFC Research (United Kingdom)121 · 10.3%14 others listed222 · 18.8%

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

Which fields of science does St Albans work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in St Albans is in Social Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Psychology (19%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 82 fractional works · 40.1% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 19.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 31 fractional works · 14.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 73 fractional works · 35.2% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 26.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 14.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 10.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Albans206fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences40%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology4019.2%
    2. Social Sciences2713.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities104.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine5426.5%
    2. Health Professions178.4%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology136.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.5%
    3. Neuroscience63.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Computer Science63.0%
    2. Engineering52.5%
    3. Environmental Science42.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.8%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is St Albans strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in St Albans is most concentrated in Clinical Psychology and Psychology (14.6× the world share in Clinical Psychology).

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 27.8 works15×
  2. PsychologyField · 35.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.25× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.39× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.39×36 works
  2. Health Professions3.25×16 works
  3. Neuroscience1.98×6 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.74×9 works
  5. Medicine1.36×48 works
  6. Social Sciences1.03×24 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×10 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×7 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×3 works
  13. Nursing0.59×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.45×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.41×6 works
  17. Chemistry0.39×1 works
  18. Engineering0.19×5 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.17×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  21. Energy0.14×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in St Albans?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetics, Prevalence, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Quality of Life, Pathogenesis and Health Disparities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.8×46 topics
  2. Genetics16▲ 11×10 topics
  3. Mental Health16▲ 5.3×22 topics
  4. Quality of Life15▲ 5.0×25 topics
  5. Prevalence14▲ 17×12 topics
  6. Inflammatory Bowel Disease12▲ 49×4 topics
  7. Pathogenesis8▲ 8.1×9 topics
  8. Health Disparities8▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Crohn's Disease8▲ 48×1 topic
  10. Immunology8▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Ulcerative Colitis8▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Adolescents7▲ 9.8×8 topics
  13. Epidemiological Study7▲ 51×2 topics
  14. Intellectual Disability7▲ 138×2 topics
  15. Primary Care7▲ 9.4×12 topics
  16. Down Syndrome7▲ 282×1 topic
  17. Genetic Counseling7▲ 282×1 topic
  18. Resilience7▲ 6.9×7 topics
  19. Depression7▲ 3.7×17 topics
  20. Neuroimaging6▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Emotion Recognition6▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Coping Strategies5▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Neurobiology5▲ 9.4×8 topics
  24. Psychopathology5▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Chronic Conditions5▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Neurodevelopmental Disorders5▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Quality Improvement5▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Autism Spectrum Disorders4▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Mental Health Services4▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Social Cognition4▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Inclusion4▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Neurobiological Correlates4▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Comorbidity4▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Therapy4▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Neuroanatomy4▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Early Intervention4▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Brain Connectivity4▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Caregiver Well-Being4▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Social Skills Interventions4▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in St Albans?

Down syndrome and intellectual disability research: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…4Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…4Family and Disability Support Research: 4 fractional worksDisability Rights and Representation: 3 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis: 3 fractional worksObsessive-Compulsive Spe…3Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: 3 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 3 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Maki…3Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneticsCognitive NeuroscienceClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Down syndrome and intellectual disability research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works
  3. 3 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  4. 4 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 3 works
  6. 6 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 3 works
  9. 9 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting10%20%30%St Albans10.1% 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 24.5% in 2010.

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