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At Bristol

In research, At Bristol stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,375 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,231 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,252 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,625
of 28,054 · #2,830 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#145
of 1,094
Research works
5.2k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
106k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is At Bristol 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,375 of 12,888 18.8%142 #2828
Health SciencesDomain #3,231 of 11,982 17.0%240 #1605
MedicineField #3,252 of 10,443 16.9%181 #2673
Social SciencesDomain #3,688 of 10,521 18.2%172 #2557
Life SciencesDomain #4,067 of 7,800 26.2%70 #2545
Social SciencesField #4,726 of 6,365 17.0%81 #2777

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where At Bristol 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. Physical Sciences#2,828 #3,375
  2. Health Sciences#1,605 #3,231
  3. Medicine#2,673 #3,252
  4. Social Sciences#2,557 #3,688
  5. Life Sciences#2,545 #4,067
  6. Social Sciences#2,777 #4,726
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.

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: 0.49× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 181 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 17.81× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at At Bristol?

Ranked on the composite score, G. Ernest Wright, J. W. Duckworth and Stephen Falk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is At Bristol.

  1. 1 G. Ernest Wright United Kingdom · #20,129 worldwide 173 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 J. W. Duckworth United Kingdom · #110,597 worldwide 425 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Stephen Falk United Kingdom · #144,477 worldwide 154 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 MASATAKA KONISHI United Kingdom · #173,616 worldwide 217 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Hans Reiss United Kingdom · #275,990 worldwide 31 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Preben Willeberg United Kingdom · #310,475 worldwide 55 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Frank L. Gardner United Kingdom · #362,545 worldwide 96 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Sarah Baillie United Kingdom · #480,703 worldwide 31 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Otto B. Schlutter United Kingdom · #587,671 worldwide 3 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Mike Walsh United Kingdom · #631,704 worldwide 28 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at At Bristol

Which keywords describe research at At Bristol?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Genomic Analysis, Quality of Life, Resilience, Primary Care and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology47▲ 1.90×99 topics
  2. Public Health22▲ 2.4×37 topics
  3. Climate Change22▲ 1.29×52 topics
  4. Mental Health22▲ 2.4×26 topics
  5. Quality of Life20▲ 2.2×36 topics
  6. Globalization14◆ 1.10×30 topics
  7. Resilience12▲ 4.1×11 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 1.71×28 topics
  9. Immunotherapy12▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Primary Care11▲ 4.7×11 topics
  11. Treatment11▲ 1.45×35 topics
  12. Genomic Analysis11▲ 7.0×7 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations9▲ 4.3×16 topics
  14. Prevalence8▲ 3.3×12 topics
  15. Mortality8▲ 2.3×12 topics
  16. Pain Assessment8▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Cancer Treatment8▲ 5.3×5 topics
  18. Adolescents7▲ 3.1×7 topics
  19. Molecular Pathology7▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Osteoarthritis6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  21. Translational Research6▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Tumor Models6▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Canine Cancer6▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Comparative Oncology6▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Intersectionality6▲ 5.5×5 topics
  26. Patient Engagement6▲ 7.4×4 topics
  27. Treatment Outcomes6▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Urinary Incontinence6▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Burnout5▲ 9.5×3 topics
  30. Surgical Complications5▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Animal Welfare5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  32. Gait Analysis5▲ 8.7×3 topics
  33. Canine5▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Orthopedic5▲ 90×1 topic
  35. Postoperative Pain5▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Suicide Risk5▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Genetic Structure5▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Work-related Stress5▲ 8.5×1 topic
  39. veterinary surgeons5▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Health Care Costs4▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does At Bristol publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Veterinary Oncology Research, Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, Veterinary Practice and Education Studies and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

Veterinary Oncology Rese…6Veterinary Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics a…5Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 5 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …5Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 5 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…4Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 4 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksGender Roles and Identit…3Gender Roles and Identity Studies: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 3 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 3 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology …3Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSmall AnimalsSpeech and HearingGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology Small Animals 5 works
  3. 3 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 5 works
  4. 4 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 3 works
  9. 9 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 3 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has At Bristol's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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