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Research in Swindon

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Swindon, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are UK Research and Innovation, New College and Great Western Hospital.

Research institutions
21
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
484k
26.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Swindon

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 Swindon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1UK Research and InnovationGovernment institution 49,891 #182
2New CollegeUniversity 3,052 #5,530
3Great Western HospitalHospital / health system 859 #18,758
4WRc (United Kingdom)Company 717 #16,048 all time
5BCS — The Chartered Institute for ITInstitution 307 #20,852 all time
6Swindon CollegeUniversity 228 #20,279 all time
7Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 187 #21,849
8Nationwide Building SocietyInstitution 57 not ranked
9RWE (United Kingdom)Company 32 not ranked
10BMI The Ridgeway HospitalHospital / health system 20 not ranked
11David Jarvis Associates (United Kingdom)Company 19 not ranked
12TE Connectivity (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
13Precision Varionic International (United Kingdom)Company 15 not ranked
14CCm Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
15Swindon Borough CouncilGovernment institution 9 not ranked
16Microsharp (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
17Research Data AllianceNonprofit 6 not ranked
18Catalent (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
19Associated Dental Products (United Kingdom)Company 5 not ranked
20AgSpace (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
21Dycotec Materials (United Kingdom)Company 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.

UK Research and Innovation: 90.0%New College: 5.5%Great Western Hospital: 1.5%WRc (United Kingdom): 1.3%17 others listed: 1.7%90%largest
UK Research and Innovation50k · 90.0%New College3,052 · 5.5%Great Western Hospital859 · 1.5%WRc (United Kingdom)717 · 1.3%17 others listed929 · 1.7%

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

Which fields of science does Swindon work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Swindon is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (15%), Engineering (14%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 900 fractional works · 42.3% of its workEngineering: 303 fractional works · 14.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 101 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 218 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 54 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 99 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 97 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 70 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 47 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 674 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 296 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 83 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 57 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 191 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHistory: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 58 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 48 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 57 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 383 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMedicine: 315 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 53 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 172 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 58 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSwindon2,130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences32%

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. Engineering30314.2%
    2. Computer Science21810.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy994.7%
    4. Environmental Science974.6%
    5. Materials Science703.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences472.2%
    7. Chemistry331.5%
    8. Mathematics130.6%
    9. Energy110.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.4%
    1. Social Sciences29613.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1919.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance582.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting572.7%
    5. Psychology442.1%
    6. Decision Sciences281.3%
    1. Medicine31514.8%
    2. Health Professions532.5%
    3. Dentistry70.3%
    4. Veterinary40.2%
    5. Nursing30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology823.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences582.7%
    3. Neuroscience170.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology80.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Swindon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Swindon is most concentrated in Hardware and Architecture and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (13.8× the world share in Hardware and Architecture).

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 27.9 works14×
  2. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 31.2 works11×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 190 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 41 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 266 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.21× its world share, 88 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 269 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.31× its world share, 172 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 229 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.31×172 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.21×88 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×41 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.43×9 works
  5. Veterinary1.38×3 works
  6. Computer Science1.36×190 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.21×21 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×41 works
  9. Health Professions1.01×48 works
  10. Social Sciences1.01×229 works
  11. Engineering0.99×266 works
  12. Chemistry0.96×27 works
  13. Materials Science0.94×59 works
  14. Environmental Science0.88×79 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×50 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×5 works
  17. Medicine0.78×269 works
  18. Psychology0.72×39 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×65 works
  20. Dentistry0.61×5 works
  21. Energy0.60×10 works
  22. Mathematics0.54×11 works
  23. Neuroscience0.53×16 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×41 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×7 works
  26. Nursing0.32×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Swindon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Pedagogy, Climate Change, Sustainability, Formative Assessment, Critical Thinking, Parallel Computing and High-Performance Computing.

▲ 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. Globalization83▲ 1.98×79 topics
  2. Climate Change76▲ 1.32×86 topics
  3. Machine Learning69◆ 0.97×77 topics
  4. Sustainability63▲ 1.22×74 topics
  5. Deep Learning59▼ 0.80×72 topics
  6. Pedagogy45▲ 4.2×12 topics
  7. Education40◆ 1.08×54 topics
  8. Big Data39▲ 1.92×26 topics
  9. Identity33▲ 2.1×45 topics
  10. Literature32▲ 2.7×33 topics
  11. History30▲ 2.0×34 topics
  12. Ethics28▲ 2.6×34 topics
  13. Gender27▲ 2.3×34 topics
  14. Entrepreneurship27▲ 3.2×13 topics
  15. Colonialism26▲ 2.5×34 topics
  16. Cultural Studies24▲ 3.1×19 topics
  17. Language Teaching24▲ 4.2×4 topics
  18. Teaching Methods23▲ 6.8×6 topics
  19. Digital Education23▲ 7.3×4 topics
  20. Formative Assessment22▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Critical Thinking22▲ 9.0×2 topics
  22. Parallel Computing22▲ 8.8×4 topics
  23. Tourism Development22▲ 7.6×2 topics
  24. High-Performance Computing22▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Educational Technologies22▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Student Competencies22▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Thermal Management21▲ 3.0×8 topics
  28. Cultural Politics18▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Aesthetics18▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Investment17▲ 7.0×5 topics
  31. Distributed Systems17▲ 4.5×6 topics
  32. Social Sciences16▲ 5.4×9 topics
  33. Performance Optimization16▲ 12×3 topics
  34. GPU Computing16▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Multicore Architectures16▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Industrial Enterprises15▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Innovation Economics15▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Workflow Management14▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. CMOS Technology14▲ 7.9×5 topics
  40. Empire13▲ 7.3×5 topics

What research is done in Swindon?

Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 14 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Modernism: 12 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…11Social and Educational Sciences: 11 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Her…7Museums and Cultural Heritage: 7 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 7 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 6 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel…6Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 6 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimization: 6 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 6 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…6Nuclear Physics and Applications: 6 fractional works
Hardware and ArchitectureVisual Arts and Performing ArtsEducationMuseology6 others

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

  1. 1 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 14 works
  2. 2 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 12 works
  3. 3 Social and Educational Sciences Education 11 works
  4. 4 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 7 works
  5. 5 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  6. 6 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 6 works
  7. 7 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  8. 8 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 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%Swindon12.7% 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 29.8% in 2001.

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