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Research in York

Science Explorer records 46 research institutions in York, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of York, York St John University and Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom).

Research institutions
46
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
56k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
31.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 York?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of YorkUniversity 49,592 #244
2York St John UniversityUniversity 2,639 #2,542
3Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom)Company 2,309 #11,957
4York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 518 #18,122
5York Archaeological TrustNonprofit 437 #21,221
6Higher Education AcademyUniversity 290 #14,183
7York MinsterInstitution 212 #25,423 all time
8Antibiotic Research UKNonprofit 105 not ranked
9Joseph Rowntree FoundationNonprofit 93 not ranked
10Abingdon Health (United Kingdom)Company 81 not ranked
11Queen Margaret'sUniversity 47 not ranked
12Council for British ArchaeologyNonprofit 30 not ranked
13Paraytec (United Kingdom)Company 29 not ranked
14Askham Bryan CollegeUniversity 23 not ranked
15Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)Company 22 not ranked
16York CollegeUniversity 21 not ranked
17J P French AssociatesResearch facility 19 not ranked
18St Helen's Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 19 not ranked
19Advance HEInstitution 18 not ranked
20Friends of the National Railway MuseumArchive 14 not ranked
21City of York CouncilGovernment institution 13 not ranked
22Saddle Point Science (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
23Explore YorkArchive 12 not ranked
24Housing Quality Network (United Kingdom)Company 10 not ranked
25The Tuke CentreNonprofit 9 not ranked
26Joseph Rowntree Charitable TrustNonprofit 9 not ranked
27BioValeNonprofit 9 not ranked
28York Osteoarchaeology (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
29Cybula (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
30York Museums TrustNonprofit 7 not ranked
31York Castle MuseumArchive 7 not ranked
32OptiBiotix (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
33The National Centre for Early MusicUniversity 5 not ranked
34Neotherix (United Kingdom)Company 4 not ranked
35York Theatre RoyalInstitution 4 not ranked
36Jorvik Viking CentreArchive 4 not ranked
37Foundation for Research into Traditional Chinese MedicineInstitution 3 not ranked
38White Cross Court Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 2 not ranked
39Blueberry AcademyUniversity 2 not ranked
40Crop Health and ProtectionInstitution 2 not ranked
41MyScience (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
42St Monicas HospitalHospital / health system 1 not ranked
43York Blind & Partially Sighted SocietyNonprofit 1 not ranked
44Clearsky Medical Diagnostics (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
45Libertine FPE (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
46Local Area Research & Intelligence AssociationInstitution 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 York: 87.5%York St John University: 4.7%Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom): 4.1%York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: 0.9%42 others listed: 2.8%88%largest
University of York50k · 87.5%York St John University2,639 · 4.7%Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom)2,309 · 4.1%York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust518 · 0.9%42 others listed1,602 · 2.8%

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

Which fields of science does York work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in York is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (12%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,124 fractional works · 44.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,872 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 642 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 298 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 211 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 129 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 103 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 835 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHistory: 184 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 126 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 103 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 93 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 644 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 216 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 160 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 129 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 357 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 259 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 285 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 129 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,653 fractional works · 28.4% of its workComputer Science: 722 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 259 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 109 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 580 fractional works · 6.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 176 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 108 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 417 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 94 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 241 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 96 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 196 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPaleontology: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 168 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 96 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 145 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 125 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,579 fractional works · 16.9% of its workMedicine: 1,120 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 139 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 120 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 100 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 235 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 407 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 296 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 973 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 396 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 232 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 257 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 253 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 215 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYork9,328fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences4,12444.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,87220.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities8359.0%
    3. Psychology6446.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3573.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2853.1%
    6. Decision Sciences1291.4%
    1. Computer Science7227.7%
    2. Engineering5806.2%
    3. Environmental Science4174.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2412.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1962.1%
    6. Chemistry1681.8%
    7. Materials Science1451.6%
    8. Mathematics1251.3%
    9. Energy430.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.2%
  2. Health Sciences1,57916.9%
    1. Medicine1,12012.0%
    2. Health Professions4074.4%
    3. Nursing260.3%
    4. Dentistry160.2%
    5. Veterinary100.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3964.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2572.8%
    3. Neuroscience2532.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology480.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics200.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is York strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in York is most concentrated in Classics, Music and Paleontology (7.0× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 34.7 works7.0×
  2. MusicSubfield · 43.2 works6.4×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 62.0 works6.2×
  4. HistorySubfield · 163.5 works6.2×
  5. SoftwareSubfield · 29.9 works5.6×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 115.1 works4.9×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 226 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 354 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 223 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 150 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 634 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 170 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 524 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 360 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 127 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 105 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 216 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 369 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 976 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 744 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 247 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 109 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 329 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.27× its world share, 573 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 1,687 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.11×744 works
  2. Psychology2.27×573 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.86×329 works
  4. Health Professions1.69×369 works
  5. Neuroscience1.66×223 works
  6. Social Sciences1.61×1,687 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.36×109 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.31×170 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.17×216 works
  10. Chemistry1.16×150 works
  11. Mathematics1.08×105 works
  12. Computer Science0.98×634 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×247 works
  14. Environmental Science0.87×360 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×354 works
  16. Medicine0.61×976 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×17 works
  18. Veterinary0.58×6 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×226 works
  20. Nursing0.56×23 works
  21. Energy0.53×40 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×40 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.45×13 works
  24. Materials Science0.44×127 works
  25. Engineering0.42×524 works
  26. Dentistry0.35×14 works

Which keywords describe research in York?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Literature, Gender, Religion, History, Intersectionality and Identity.

▲ 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. Globalization360▲ 1.97×128 topics
  2. Epidemiology289▼ 0.78×135 topics
  3. Machine Learning273◆ 0.88×82 topics
  4. Mental Health255▲ 1.91×44 topics
  5. Climate Change250◆ 0.99×105 topics
  6. Deep Learning232▼ 0.72×79 topics
  7. Public Health208▲ 1.53×66 topics
  8. Sustainability202◆ 0.89×102 topics
  9. Quality of Life176▲ 1.31×57 topics
  10. History176▲ 2.7×46 topics
  11. Identity165▲ 2.4×65 topics
  12. Literature164▲ 3.2×52 topics
  13. Gender162▲ 3.2×52 topics
  14. Religion153▲ 3.5×37 topics
  15. Ethics143▲ 3.0×48 topics
  16. Colonialism141▲ 3.2×43 topics
  17. Human Rights138▲ 1.45×60 topics
  18. Economic Growth131▲ 1.72×25 topics
  19. Cultural Identity128▲ 2.8×29 topics
  20. Nationalism126▲ 3.0×31 topics
  21. Neoliberalism125▲ 3.7×24 topics
  22. Intersectionality108▲ 6.1×14 topics
  23. Culture108▲ 2.2×28 topics
  24. Social Justice106▲ 1.90×40 topics
  25. Social Support102▲ 2.0×18 topics
  26. Primary Care100▲ 2.9×15 topics
  27. Health97▲ 2.6×25 topics
  28. Philosophy94▲ 2.3×34 topics
  29. Feminism90▲ 3.3×22 topics
  30. Society86▲ 4.8×21 topics
  31. Social Inequality78▲ 3.1×18 topics
  32. Social Cognition74▲ 4.4×9 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice69▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Social History67▲ 8.8×7 topics
  35. Agricultural Origins66▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Radiocarbon Dating66▲ 22×1 topic
  37. African Diaspora59▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Cosmopolitanism58▲ 5.7×7 topics
  39. Archaeology of Resistance51▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Black Feminist Theory51▲ 61×1 topic

What research is done in York?

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 57 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 45 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 44 works
  4. 4 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 33 works
  5. 5 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 29 works
  6. 6 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 27 works
  7. 7 Medieval Literature and History Classics 26 works
  8. 8 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  9. 9 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  10. 10 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 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%York20.7% 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 34.7% in 2016.

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