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Research in Stoke-on-Trent

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Staffordshire, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and Wardell Armstrong (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
19
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
193k
17.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of StaffordshireUniversity 6,428 #2,588
2University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS TrustHospital / health system 2,811 #10,324
3Stoke-on-Trent City CouncilGovernment institution 492 #20,656 all time
4Wardell Armstrong (United Kingdom)Company 264 #21,107
5North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS TrustHospital / health system 189 #32,286 all time
6Haywood Community HospitalHospital / health system 120 #33,749 all time
7Harplands HospitalHospital / health system 45 not ranked
8Fuchs (United Kingdom)Company 35 not ranked
9Goodwin (United Kingdom)Company 28 not ranked
10Haywood AcademyUniversity 25 not ranked
11Beth Johnson FoundationInstitution 20 not ranked
12City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form CollegeUniversity 7 not ranked
13Keeling & Walker (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
14The Potteries Museum and Art GalleryArchive 4 not ranked
15James Kent (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
16Cheadle Community HospitalHospital / health system 1 not ranked
17RestokeNonprofit 1 not ranked
18Longton Cottage HospitalHospital / health system 0 not ranked
19Frontline DanceNonprofit 0 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 Staffordshire: 61.3%University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust: 26.8%Stoke-on-Trent City Council: 4.7%Wardell Armstrong (United Kingdom): 2.5%13 others listed: 4.6%61%largest
University of Staffordshire6,428 · 61.3%University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust2,811 · 26.8%Stoke-on-Trent City Council492 · 4.7%Wardell Armstrong (United Kingdom)264 · 2.5%13 others listed483 · 4.6%

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

Which fields of science does Stoke-on-Trent work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Stoke-on-Trent is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Social Sciences (13%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 855 fractional works · 49.9% of its workMedicine: 738 fractional works · 43.1% of its workSurgery: 139 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 87 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 98 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 58 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 485 fractional works · 28.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 229 fractional works · 13.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 80 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 109 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 50 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 65 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 283 fractional works · 16.5% of its workComputer Science: 107 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 92 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 92 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKStoke-on-Trent1,715fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences28%

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. Medicine73843.1%
    2. Health Professions985.7%
    3. Nursing110.6%
    4. Dentistry80.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences22913.3%
    2. Psychology1096.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities653.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting392.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.4%
    6. Decision Sciences191.1%
    1. Computer Science1076.3%
    2. Engineering925.4%
    3. Environmental Science331.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences281.6%
    5. Energy60.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy60.3%
    7. Materials Science50.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    9. Mathematics20.1%
    10. Chemistry20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology392.3%
    2. Neuroscience241.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences181.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Stoke-on-Trent strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Stoke-on-Trent is most concentrated in Anthropology (5.3× the world share in Anthropology).

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 23.5 works5.3×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 659 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 62 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 219 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.19×659 works
  2. Health Professions2.15×89 works
  3. Psychology2.09×100 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.37×62 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.17×18 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×27 works
  7. Social Sciences1.10×219 works
  8. Nursing1.06×8 works
  9. Dentistry0.93×7 works
  10. Neuroscience0.90×23 works
  11. Computer Science0.80×98 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×36 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×24 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.42×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×34 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×6 works
  17. Environmental Science0.39×31 works
  18. Energy0.38×5 works
  19. Engineering0.38×89 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×17 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.14×5 works
  23. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.09×2 works
  25. Materials Science0.08×4 works
  26. Chemistry0.06×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Stoke-on-Trent?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Treatment, Guidelines, Management and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology140▲ 2.0×113 topics
  2. Machine Learning56◆ 0.98×62 topics
  3. Quality of Life55▲ 2.2×47 topics
  4. Deep Learning53◆ 0.89×63 topics
  5. Treatment47▲ 2.3×42 topics
  6. Risk Factors46▲ 2.5×33 topics
  7. Mental Health43▲ 1.76×33 topics
  8. Complications43▲ 5.0×17 topics
  9. Public Health40▲ 1.60×42 topics
  10. Inflammation40◆ 1.09×51 topics
  11. Management39▲ 2.9×28 topics
  12. Diagnosis37▲ 2.3×35 topics
  13. Globalization37◆ 1.09×47 topics
  14. Chemotherapy36▲ 3.0×22 topics
  15. Guidelines33▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Diabetes30▲ 3.5×13 topics
  17. Mortality30▲ 3.1×13 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 3.2×14 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis28▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Depression28▲ 1.83×19 topics
  21. Radiotherapy28▲ 4.1×13 topics
  22. Primary Care27▲ 4.2×14 topics
  23. Social Inequality24▲ 5.3×6 topics
  24. Biomechanics24▲ 4.5×9 topics
  25. Global Burden23▲ 2.5×12 topics
  26. Intersectionality23▲ 7.0×6 topics
  27. Rehabilitation23▲ 3.3×11 topics
  28. Surgery22▲ 3.7×12 topics
  29. Well-being22▲ 3.3×13 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations22▲ 3.6×13 topics
  31. Cultural Identity21▲ 2.5×7 topics
  32. Prevention21▲ 2.9×14 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy20▲ 4.8×5 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines19▲ 3.8×9 topics
  35. African Diaspora19▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Black Feminist Theory19▲ 121×1 topic
  37. Medical Education19▲ 4.0×12 topics
  38. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 3.5×9 topics
  39. Agricultural Origins15▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Radiocarbon Dating15▲ 27×1 topic

What research is done in Stoke-on-Trent?

Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 19 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 15 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …10Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 10 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…10Esophageal and GI Pathology: 10 fractional worksHistorical Architecture and Urbanism: 8 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 8 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…8Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 8 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 7 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 6 fractional works
AnthropologyPaleontologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 19 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 15 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 10 works
  5. 5 Historical Architecture and Urbanism History 8 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 8 works
  7. 7 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  8. 8 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 7 works
  9. 9 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works

Research output over time

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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%Stoke-on-Trent11.5% 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 23.4% in 2012.

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