King's College London vs University of Manchester
On research quality in 2022–now, University of Manchester ranks #87 in the world and King's College London #90, of 28,054 institutions. King's College London stands higher in 8 of the 16 fields both publish in, University of Manchester in 8.
Research profiles alike: 0.42similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured
King's College 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.
University of Manchester
- World rank, 2022–now
- #87
- #64 all time
- Works, 2022–now
- 16k
- fractional
- Top-10% rate
- 23.2%
- share of its work among the world’s most cited
- Open access
- 36%
- of its works free to read
Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, History and Philosophy of Science.
Who leads in each field?
King's College London stands higher in 8 of 16 fields, University of Manchester in 8. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.
- #49Arts and Humanities#84
- #155Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#145
- —Business, Management and Accounting#51
- —Chemistry#43
- #139Computer Science#161
- #14Dentistry—
- —Economics, Econometrics and Finance#111
- —Engineering#137
- —Environmental Science#115
- #2Health Professions#57
- —Materials Science#92
- #22Medicine#122
- #15Neuroscience—
- —Physics and Astronomy#128
- #4Psychology#53
- #24Social Sciences#40
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.
- Nursing0.9× 0.4×
- Neuroscience2.3× 1.1×
- Dentistry2.5× 1.3×
- Medicine1.4× 0.8×
- Psychology2.5× 1.5×
- Health Professions1.8× 1.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology1.1× 0.8×
- Arts and Humanities2.0× 1.4×
- Social Sciences1.5× 1.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.9× 0.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.6× 1.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.0× 0.9×
- Computer Science0.7× 0.8×
- Decision Sciences1.1× 1.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting0.8× 0.9×
- Veterinary0.3× 0.5×
- Mathematics1.0× 1.3×
- Physics and Astronomy1.2× 1.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.2×
- Environmental Science0.3× 0.8×
- Energy0.2× 0.9×
- Engineering0.3× 1.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.2× 0.9×
- Chemistry0.3× 1.5×
- Materials Science0.2× 1.3×
- Chemical Engineering0.1× 1.1×
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, University of Manchester’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.
How has their output grown?
Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.
Which publishes more research, King's College London or University of Manchester?
University of Manchester publishes 1.0× as much research as King's College London in 2022–now (16k against 15k fractional works).
Whose research has more impact, King's College London or University of Manchester?
25.2% of King's College London's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 23.2% for University of Manchester.