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Research in St Andrews

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in St Andrews, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of St Andrews.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
37k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
28.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
St Andrews

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 Andrews?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of St AndrewsUniversity 36,662 #465
2Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for ScotlandGovernment institution 53 not ranked
3St Andrews Community HospitalHospital / health system 23 not ranked
4Sentec (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
5Association for the Study of Animal BehaviourNonprofit 2 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 St Andrews: 99.8%Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland: 0.1%St Andrews Community Hospital: 0.1%Sentec (United Kingdom): 0.0%1 other listed: 0.0%100%largest
University of St Andrews37k · 99.8%Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland53 · 0.1%St Andrews Community Hospital23 · 0.1%Sentec (United Kingdom)6 · 0.0%1 other listed2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does St Andrews work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in St Andrews is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Medicine (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,313 fractional works · 46.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,046 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 421 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 236 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAnthropology: 91 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 820 fractional works · 16.5% of its workHistory: 180 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 161 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 122 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 75 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClassics: 64 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 205 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 78 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 135 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 103 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,761 fractional works · 35.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 310 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 128 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 292 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 132 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 251 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 106 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 218 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 138 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 213 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 95 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 190 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 147 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 98 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 100 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 470 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 239 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 101 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 97 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 96 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 418 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 318 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 86 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Andrews4,963fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences47%

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. Social Sciences2,31346.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,04621.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities82016.5%
    3. Psychology2054.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1352.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting771.6%
    6. Decision Sciences300.6%
    1. Environmental Science3106.3%
    2. Engineering2925.9%
    3. Computer Science2515.1%
    4. Chemistry2184.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2134.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1903.8%
    7. Materials Science1473.0%
    8. Mathematics1002.0%
    9. Energy230.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2394.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences972.0%
    3. Neuroscience961.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.3%
    1. Medicine3186.4%
    2. Health Professions861.7%
    3. Nursing60.1%
    4. Veterinary50.1%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is St Andrews strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in St Andrews is most concentrated in Developmental Biology, Classics and History (23.8× the world share in Developmental Biology).

  1. Developmental BiologySubfield · 23.7 works24×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 58.0 works22×
  3. HistorySubfield · 163.7 works11×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 69.5 works10×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 147.4 works7.7×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 84.7 works6.8×
  7. Religious studiesSubfield · 49.3 works6.6×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 206 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 82 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.76× its world share, 192 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 161 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 267 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 262 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 130 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 78 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.92× its world share, 190 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 79 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 278 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.87× its world share, 754 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 72 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 129 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 184 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 965 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.87×754 works
  2. Chemistry2.76×192 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.31×161 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.92×190 works
  5. Social Sciences1.72×965 works
  6. Mathematics1.48×78 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×129 works
  8. Psychology1.36×184 works
  9. Environmental Science1.19×262 works
  10. Neuroscience1.14×82 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.97×15 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×206 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×13 works
  14. Materials Science0.84×130 works
  15. Veterinary0.78×5 works
  16. Health Professions0.67×79 works
  17. Computer Science0.65×223 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.60×26 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×72 works
  20. Energy0.47×19 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×87 works
  22. Engineering0.40×267 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×18 works
  24. Medicine0.33×278 works
  25. Nursing0.21×5 works
  26. Dentistry0.14×3 works

Which keywords describe research in St Andrews?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, History, Globalization, Literature, Nationalism, Religion, Climate Change and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change288▲ 2.1×92 topics
  2. Globalization269▲ 2.8×111 topics
  3. History197▲ 5.7×50 topics
  4. Colonialism186▲ 7.9×45 topics
  5. Literature173▲ 6.4×47 topics
  6. Religion160▲ 7.0×38 topics
  7. Nationalism159▲ 7.1×31 topics
  8. Identity153▲ 4.2×60 topics
  9. Gender141▲ 5.3×52 topics
  10. Ethics123▲ 4.9×48 topics
  11. Culture119▲ 4.6×27 topics
  12. Philosophy116▲ 5.3×35 topics
  13. Human Rights108▲ 2.1×54 topics
  14. Society102▲ 11×20 topics
  15. Population Dynamics88▲ 6.9×12 topics
  16. Cultural Identity84▲ 3.4×28 topics
  17. Conservation81▲ 3.8×20 topics
  18. Acoustic Communication74▲ 29×3 topics
  19. Feminism70▲ 4.8×25 topics
  20. Neoliberalism68▲ 3.8×25 topics
  21. Theology62▲ 14×6 topics
  22. International Law61▲ 3.9×17 topics
  23. Evolution57▲ 4.3×14 topics
  24. Politics56▲ 4.3×21 topics
  25. Empire56▲ 13×6 topics
  26. International Relations55▲ 4.6×24 topics
  27. National Identity55▲ 9.6×10 topics
  28. Predator-Prey Interactions53▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Transition Metal Complexes52▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Social History48▲ 12×8 topics
  31. Cultural Exchange47▲ 7.5×11 topics
  32. Medieval47▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Anthropogenic Noise47▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Marine Mammals47▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Cooperation46▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Church History45▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Altruism45▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Medicine44▲ 11×9 topics
  39. Race44▲ 7.3×17 topics
  40. Religious Identity44▲ 14×5 topics

What research is done in St Andrews?

Marine animal studies ov…41Marine animal studies overview: 41 fractional worksMedieval Literature and …35Medieval Literature and History: 35 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 26 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 25 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …24American Constitutional Law and Politics: 24 fractional worksOrganic Light-Emitting Diodes Research: 24 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 24 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…24Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 24 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 23 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy of Evil: 22 fractional works
EcologyClassicsHistoryPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 41 works
  2. 2 Medieval Literature and History Classics 35 works
  3. 3 Scottish History and National Identity History 26 works
  4. 4 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 25 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  6. 6 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  7. 7 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 24 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 24 works
  9. 9 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 23 works
  10. 10 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 22 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 counting20%40%St Andrews18.9% 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 32.5% in 2012.

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