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?
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.
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.
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
- Social Sciences4,12444.2%
- Social Sciences1,87220.1%
- Arts and Humanities8359.0%
- Psychology6446.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3573.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting2853.1%
- Decision Sciences1291.4%
- Physical Sciences2,65328.4%
- Computer Science7227.7%
- Engineering5806.2%
- Environmental Science4174.5%
- Physics and Astronomy2412.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1962.1%
- Chemistry1681.8%
- Materials Science1451.6%
- Mathematics1251.3%
- Energy430.5%
- Chemical Engineering150.2%
- Health Sciences1,57916.9%
- Medicine1,12012.0%
- Health Professions4074.4%
- Nursing260.3%
- Dentistry160.2%
- Veterinary100.1%
- Life Sciences97310.4%
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).
- ClassicsSubfield · 34.7 works7.0×
- MusicSubfield · 43.2 works6.4×
- PaleontologySubfield · 62.0 works6.2×
- HistorySubfield · 163.5 works6.2×
- SoftwareSubfield · 29.9 works5.6×
- AnthropologySubfield · 115.1 works4.9×
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.
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
- Arts and Humanities3.11×744 works
- Psychology2.27×573 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.86×329 works
- Health Professions1.69×369 works
- Neuroscience1.66×223 works
- Social Sciences1.61×1,687 works
- Decision Sciences1.36×109 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.31×170 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.17×216 works
- Chemistry1.16×150 works
- Mathematics1.08×105 works
- Computer Science0.98×634 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.93×247 works
- Environmental Science0.87×360 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×354 works
- Medicine0.61×976 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×17 works
- Veterinary0.58×6 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×226 works
- Nursing0.56×23 works
- Energy0.53×40 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.48×40 works
- Chemical Engineering0.45×13 works
- Materials Science0.44×127 works
- Engineering0.42×524 works
- 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.
- Black Feminist Theory
- Cosmopolitanism
- Radiocarbon Dating
- Social History
- Social Cognition
- Society
- Philosophy
- Primary Care
- Social Justice
- Intersectionality
- Nationalism
- Economic Growth
- Colonialism
- Religion
- Literature
- History
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Quality of Life
- Identity
- Gender
- Ethics
- Human Rights
- Cultural Identity
- Neoliberalism
- Culture
- Social Support
- Health
- Feminism
- Social Inequality
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Agricultural Origins
- African Diaspora
- Archaeology of Resistance
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
- Globalization360▲ 1.97×128 topics
- Epidemiology289▼ 0.78×135 topics
- Machine Learning273◆ 0.88×82 topics
- Mental Health255▲ 1.91×44 topics
- Climate Change250◆ 0.99×105 topics
- Deep Learning232▼ 0.72×79 topics
- Public Health208▲ 1.53×66 topics
- Sustainability202◆ 0.89×102 topics
- Quality of Life176▲ 1.31×57 topics
- History176▲ 2.7×46 topics
- Identity165▲ 2.4×65 topics
- Literature164▲ 3.2×52 topics
- Gender162▲ 3.2×52 topics
- Religion153▲ 3.5×37 topics
- Ethics143▲ 3.0×48 topics
- Colonialism141▲ 3.2×43 topics
- Human Rights138▲ 1.45×60 topics
- Economic Growth131▲ 1.72×25 topics
- Cultural Identity128▲ 2.8×29 topics
- Nationalism126▲ 3.0×31 topics
- Neoliberalism125▲ 3.7×24 topics
- Intersectionality108▲ 6.1×14 topics
- Culture108▲ 2.2×28 topics
- Social Justice106▲ 1.90×40 topics
- Social Support102▲ 2.0×18 topics
- Primary Care100▲ 2.9×15 topics
- Health97▲ 2.6×25 topics
- Philosophy94▲ 2.3×34 topics
- Feminism90▲ 3.3×22 topics
- Society86▲ 4.8×21 topics
- Social Inequality78▲ 3.1×18 topics
- Social Cognition74▲ 4.4×9 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice69▲ 5.6×7 topics
- Social History67▲ 8.8×7 topics
- Agricultural Origins66▲ 22×1 topic
- Radiocarbon Dating66▲ 22×1 topic
- African Diaspora59▲ 16×4 topics
- Cosmopolitanism58▲ 5.7×7 topics
- Archaeology of Resistance51▲ 61×1 topic
- Black Feminist Theory51▲ 61×1 topic
What research is done in York?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 57 works
- 2 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 45 works
- 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 44 works
- 4 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 33 works
- 5 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 29 works
- 6 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 27 works
- 7 Medieval Literature and History Classics 26 works
- 8 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 24 works
- 9 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 24 works
- 10 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 22 works
Research output over time
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.
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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