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Arts and Humanities Research Council

In research, Arts and Humanities Research Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,399 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,029 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,733 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Arts and Humanities — Visual Arts and Performing Arts is 83.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,443
of 28,054 · #19,899 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#879
of 1,094
Research works
1.3k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Arts and Humanities Research Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,399 of 10,521 9.7%190 #3976
Social SciencesField #5,029 of 6,365 11.5%77 #3363
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,733 of 1,998 8.9%94 #2041

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arts and Humanities Research Council sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,976 #6,399
  2. Social Sciences#3,363 #5,029
  3. Arts and Humanities#2,041 #1,733
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Arts and Humanities Research Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Visual Arts and Performing Arts takes 83.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 28.6 works84×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 94.0 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 15.78× its world share, 94 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arts and Humanities Research Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Holger Schulze, Laura Luise Schultz and Solveig Gade lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arts and Humanities Research Council.

  1. 1 Holger Schulze United Kingdom · #165,607 worldwide 52 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Laura Luise Schultz United Kingdom · #623,477 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Solveig Gade United Kingdom · #641,431 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Stefanie Heine United Kingdom · #654,560 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Anne Ring Petersen United Kingdom · #705,719 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Rick Rylance United Kingdom · #711,506 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Lilian Munk Rösing United Kingdom · #716,609 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Tania Ørum United Kingdom · #825,764 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Karen Arnfred Vedel United Kingdom · #833,866 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Mathias Danbolt United Kingdom · #940,103 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Arts and Humanities Research Council

Which keywords describe research at Arts and Humanities Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Pedagogy, Qualitative Research, Identity, Education, Cultural Studies, Gender and Aesthetics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Globalization30▲ 7.5×30 topics
  2. Pedagogy20▲ 20×6 topics
  3. Education20▲ 5.5×11 topics
  4. Qualitative Research19▲ 11×8 topics
  5. Identity19▲ 12×26 topics
  6. Cultural Studies16▲ 21×14 topics
  7. Gender15▲ 14×24 topics
  8. Aesthetics15▲ 99×6 topics
  9. Literature15▲ 13×26 topics
  10. Social Sciences14▲ 50×3 topics
  11. Cultural Politics13▲ 96×2 topics
  12. Gender Studies13▲ 41×6 topics
  13. Art Theory13▲ 397×2 topics
  14. Social Engagement12▲ 319×2 topics
  15. Contemporary Art12▲ 546×1 topic
  16. Relational Aesthetics12▲ 546×1 topic
  17. Discourse Analysis12▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Learning11▲ 18×1 topic
  19. Methodology11▲ 113×1 topic
  20. Ethics11▲ 11×17 topics
  21. Urban Development10▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Visual Culture10▲ 84×4 topics
  23. Human Rights9▲ 4.4×14 topics
  24. Photography9▲ 112×3 topics
  25. Cultural Sustainability9▲ 77×2 topics
  26. History8▲ 5.8×15 topics
  27. Religion8▲ 8.4×11 topics
  28. Colonialism8▲ 8.1×16 topics
  29. Cultural Exchange8▲ 29×6 topics
  30. Culture8▲ 7.0×13 topics
  31. International Relations7▲ 15×8 topics
  32. Economic Impact7▲ 5.9×3 topics
  33. Social Justice7▲ 5.9×8 topics
  34. Cultural Policy7▲ 83×2 topics
  35. Informal Education7▲ 177×1 topic
  36. Museum Learning7▲ 177×1 topic
  37. Cultural History7▲ 26×7 topics
  38. Philosophy7▲ 7.3×15 topics
  39. Memory6▲ 12×10 topics
  40. Arts and Culture6▲ 80×1 topic

Which research topics does Arts and Humanities Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Art, Politics, and Modernism, Social and Educational Sciences, Museums and Cultural Heritage and Cultural Industries and Urban Development.

Art, Politics, and Moder…12Art, Politics, and Modernism: 12 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 11 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 7 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 6 fractional worksVisual Culture and Art Theory: 5 fractional worksArtistic and Creative Re…4Artistic and Creative Research: 4 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 4 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 4 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 3 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsEducationMuseologyUrban Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 12 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 11 works
  3. 3 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 7 works
  4. 4 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 6 works
  5. 5 Visual Culture and Art Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts 5 works
  6. 6 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  7. 7 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 4 works
  9. 9 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 4 works
  10. 10 Research in Social Sciences Education 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.7%domestic only45.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arts and Humanities Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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