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King's College London vs The University of Texas at Austin

On research quality in 2022–now, King's College London ranks #90 in the world and The University of Texas at Austin #92, of 28,054 institutions. King's College London stands higher in 7 of the 14 fields both publish in, The University of Texas at Austin in 7.

Research profiles alike: 0.06different shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

King's College London

United Kingdom · London

World rank, 2022–now
#90
#120 all time
Works, 2022–now
15k
fractional
Top-10% rate
25.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
42%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Psychiatry and Mental health, Biological Psychiatry, Music.

The University of Texas at Austin

United States · Austin

World rank, 2022–now
#92
#32 all time
Works, 2022–now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
28%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Geophysics, Behavioral Neuroscience, Instrumentation.

Who leads in each field?

King's College London stands higher in 7 of 14 fields, The University of Texas at Austin in 7. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

King's College London 77 The University of Texas at Austin
  1. #49Arts and Humanities#63
  2. #155Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#141
  3. #139Computer Science#50
  4. #14Dentistry—
  5. —Earth and Planetary Sciences#99
  6. —Engineering#97
  7. —Environmental Science#212
  8. #2Health Professions—
  9. —Materials Science#189
  10. #22Medicine#303
  11. #15Neuroscience#80
  12. —Physics and Astronomy#77
  13. #4Psychology#33
  14. #24Social Sciences#26

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world’s share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Dentistry2.5× 0.1×
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.1× 0.4×
  3. Medicine1.4× 0.6×
  4. Veterinary0.3× 0.2×
  5. Health Professions1.8× 0.9×
  6. Nursing0.9× 0.5×
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.6× 1.0×
  8. Arts and Humanities2.0× 1.4×
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.8× 0.5×
  10. Psychology2.5× 1.8×
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.9× 0.6×
  12. Neuroscience2.3× 1.7×
  13. Social Sciences1.5× 1.1×
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.0× 1.0×
  15. Decision Sciences1.1× 1.2×
  16. Mathematics1.0× 1.4×
  17. Computer Science0.7× 1.1×
  18. Physics and Astronomy1.2× 1.9×
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.3×
  20. Environmental Science0.3× 0.9×
  21. Energy0.2× 0.7×
  22. Chemistry0.3× 1.1×
  23. Materials Science0.2× 0.8×
  24. Engineering0.3× 1.2×
  25. Chemical Engineering0.1× 1.1×
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.2× 2.3×
King's College LondonThe University of Texas at Austin

Location quotient in 2022–now: the share of each side’s research in the field over the world’s share. 1× is the world’s balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where King's College London leans further are at the top, The University of Texas at Austin’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2k4k6kThe University of Texas at Austin4,173 in 2025King's College London3,845 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, King's College London or The University of Texas at Austin?

The University of Texas at Austin publishes 1.1× as much research as King's College London in 2022–now (17k against 15k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, King's College London or The University of Texas at Austin?

25.2% of King's College London's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 21.9% for The University of Texas at Austin.