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Research in Sunderland

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Sunderland, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Sunderland and Nissan (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.3k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
146k
15.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Sunderland

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 Sunderland?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SunderlandUniversity 4,757 #3,374
2Nissan (United Kingdom)Company 1,934 #17,669
3Sunderland CollegeUniversity 847 #15,046 all time
4ConvaTec (United Kingdom)Company 163 #25,324 all time
5Hopewood Park HospitalHospital / health system 110 not ranked
6Monkwearmouth HospitalHospital / health system 33 not ranked
7North East of England Process Industry Cluster (United Kingdom)Company 24 not ranked
8Assystem (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
9Viper RF (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
10RTC North (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
11Power Roll (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
12Hyperdrive Innovation (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
13Gentoo (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
14Thermionix Energy (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
15Fullwell Mill (United Kingdom)Company 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.

University of Sunderland: 60.2%Nissan (United Kingdom): 24.5%Sunderland College: 10.7%ConvaTec (United Kingdom): 2.1%11 others listed: 2.6%60%largest
University of Sunderland4,757 · 60.2%Nissan (United Kingdom)1,934 · 24.5%Sunderland College847 · 10.7%ConvaTec (United Kingdom)163 · 2.1%11 others listed206 · 2.6%

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

Which fields of science does Sunderland work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Sunderland is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 470 fractional works · 41.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 239 fractional works · 21.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 82 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEducation: 60 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 72 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 71 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 347 fractional works · 30.5% of its workMedicine: 277 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 62 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 39 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 262 fractional works · 23.0% of its workEngineering: 131 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 68 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSunderland1,141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences41%

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 Sciences23921.0%
    2. Psychology726.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting716.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities454.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance262.3%
    6. Decision Sciences161.4%
    1. Medicine27724.3%
    2. Health Professions625.4%
    3. Dentistry40.4%
    4. Nursing40.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering13111.5%
    2. Computer Science686.0%
    3. Environmental Science262.3%
    4. Materials Science181.5%
    5. Chemistry50.4%
    6. Energy50.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy40.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology242.1%
    2. Neuroscience171.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Sunderland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Reflective Practice, Neoliberalism, Gender, Mental Health, Social Capital and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 1.25×91 topics
  2. Machine Learning39◆ 1.03×50 topics
  3. Deep Learning35◆ 0.90×58 topics
  4. Quality of Life35▲ 2.1×44 topics
  5. Globalization32▲ 1.42×43 topics
  6. Sustainability31◆ 1.10×44 topics
  7. Mental Health30▲ 1.87×37 topics
  8. Social Media26▲ 1.67×16 topics
  9. Inflammation24◆ 1.00×52 topics
  10. Risk Factors24▲ 1.94×31 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence23▲ 1.42×25 topics
  12. COVID-1923▲ 1.56×20 topics
  13. Gender22▲ 3.6×22 topics
  14. Public Health21▲ 1.27×36 topics
  15. Healthcare20▲ 1.58×19 topics
  16. Neoliberalism20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  17. Social Capital20▲ 3.3×11 topics
  18. Depression17▲ 1.70×17 topics
  19. Reflective Practice17▲ 7.9×7 topics
  20. Higher Education16▲ 2.7×15 topics
  21. Leadership15▲ 2.7×14 topics
  22. Diabetes15▲ 2.6×13 topics
  23. Anxiety13▲ 2.4×10 topics
  24. Primary Care13▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Emotion Recognition12▲ 5.5×5 topics
  26. Medical Education12▲ 4.0×11 topics
  27. Well-being12▲ 2.7×12 topics
  28. Organizational Performance12▲ 4.0×9 topics
  29. Psychological Impact12▲ 3.3×10 topics
  30. Entrepreneurship12▲ 2.6×9 topics
  31. Student Engagement12▲ 2.6×11 topics
  32. Technology Integration11▲ 3.1×7 topics
  33. Health Outcomes10▲ 3.3×8 topics
  34. Discrimination10▲ 4.1×4 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 4.1×5 topics
  36. Career Development8▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Competency-Based Education8▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Urinary Incontinence7▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Faculty Development7▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. Performativity7▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Sunderland?

Shakespeare, Adaptation,…6Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 6 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…6Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 6 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 5 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…4Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryCognitive NeuroscienceVisual Arts and Performing ArtsClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  3. 3 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 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%Sunderland15.3% 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 22.2% in 2016.

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