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Bath Spa University

In research, Bath Spa University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,379 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,564 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory (Literature and Literary Theory is 10.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,599
of 22,385 · #4,867 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#237
of 862
Research works
2k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Bath Spa University

What is Bath Spa University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,379 of 9,585 9.2%274 #1278
Social SciencesField #2,564 of 5,988 7.9%147 #1094

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bath Spa University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Bath Spa University work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Bath Spa University is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Psychology (12%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 304 fractional works · 78.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 163 fractional works · 42.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 50 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEducation: 46 fractional works · 11.9% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 61 fractional works · 15.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 21 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 11.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 12.9% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBath SpaUniversity389fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences78%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16342.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities6115.7%
    3. Psychology4511.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting164.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.9%
    6. Decision Sciences82.0%
    1. Computer Science246.2%
    2. Environmental Science143.5%
    3. Engineering81.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine133.3%
    2. Health Professions123.0%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience51.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bath Spa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 21.2 works10×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.43× its world share, 61 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.82× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.32× its world share, 163 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.43×61 works
  2. Psychology3.82×45 works
  3. Social Sciences3.32×163 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.11×8 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×11 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×16 works
  7. Health Professions1.15×12 works
  8. Computer Science0.80×24 works
  9. Neuroscience0.74×5 works
  10. Environmental Science0.70×14 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×3 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.17×1 works
  14. Medicine0.17×13 works
  15. Veterinary0.16×0 works
  16. Engineering0.13×8 works
  17. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×2 works
  20. Nursing0.06×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bath Spa University?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Howard Morris, Jim Hordern and Jermaine M. Ravalier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bath Spa University.

  1. 1 Thomas Howard Morris United Kingdom · #146,858 worldwide 2k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Jim Hordern United Kingdom · #185,685 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Jermaine M. Ravalier United Kingdom · #399,328 worldwide 1.3k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Mark Kong Chew Loon United Kingdom · #436,313 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Sian Sullivan United Kingdom · #441,042 worldwide 4.4k citations · 169 works
  6. 6 David Simm United Kingdom · #766,521 worldwide 716 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Greg Garrard United Kingdom · #800,727 worldwide 1.8k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Peter James Etchells United Kingdom · #811,941 worldwide 1.7k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Alexandra Allison de Sousa United Kingdom · #815,338 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Ian Thornhill United Kingdom · #844,974 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Bath Spa University

What are the most cited papers from Bath Spa University?

The most cited paper from Bath Spa University is "Creative learning environments in education—A systematic literature review" (Dan Davies, Divya Jindal‐Snape, Chris Collier et al., 2012), with 810 citations. Next come "Pathways linking biodiversity to human health: A conceptual framework" (557) and "MOOCs as disruptive technologies: strategies for enhancing the learner experience and quality of MOOCs" (395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Creative learning environments in education—A systematic literature review Dan Davies, Divya Jindal‐Snape, Chris Collier et al. · Thinking Skills and Creativity ReviewOpen access 31 Jul 2012 810
2 Pathways linking biodiversity to human health: A conceptual framework Melissa R. Marselle et al. · Environment International Open access 6 Feb 2021 557
3 MOOCs as disruptive technologies: strategies for enhancing the learner experience and quality of MOOCs Gráìnne Conole · Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED) Open access 30 Jun 2016 395
4 A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution Antonius J. van Rooij et al. · Journal of Behavioral Addictions Open access Mar 2018 348
5 Expansion, differentiation, and the persistence of social class inequalities in British higher education Vikki Boliver · Higher Education Open access 18 Nov 2010 344
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bath Spa University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Literature, Mental Health, Feminism, Globalization, Technology Integration and Education.

▲ 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-now 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. Mental Health21▲ 3.8×24 topics
  2. Globalization20▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Identity19▲ 6.7×24 topics
  4. Education18▲ 2.7×28 topics
  5. Gender17▲ 8.3×18 topics
  6. Literature16▲ 7.7×18 topics
  7. Feminism12▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Technology Integration12▲ 9.8×5 topics
  9. Higher Education12▲ 5.6×11 topics
  10. Social Media12▲ 2.2×14 topics
  11. Culture11▲ 5.2×11 topics
  12. Reflective Practice11▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Colonialism10▲ 5.7×17 topics
  14. Religion10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  15. History10▲ 3.7×14 topics
  16. Ethics10▲ 5.0×10 topics
  17. Neoliberalism10▲ 7.0×9 topics
  18. Social Justice10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Intersectionality10▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Pedagogy9▲ 4.7×9 topics
  21. Social Interaction9▲ 5.7×8 topics
  22. Professional Learning Communities8▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Anthropocene8▲ 36×3 topics
  24. Stereotypes8▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Cultural Studies8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  26. Teacher Professional Development8▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Nationalism8▲ 4.6×11 topics
  28. Professional Development8▲ 10.0×9 topics
  29. Educational Leadership8▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Qualitative Research Methods8▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Teacher Identity8▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Student Voice7▲ 65×2 topics
  33. Postcolonialism7▲ 12×8 topics
  34. Academic Achievement6▲ 9.7×7 topics
  35. Conflict6▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Self-Regulation6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  37. Teacher Education6▲ 12×6 topics
  38. COVID-19 Impact6▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Informal Learning6▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Psychoanalysis6▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Bath Spa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Higher Education Practises and Engagement, Digital Education and Society and Digital Games and Media.

Teacher Education and Le…8Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Practis…5Higher Education Practises and Engagement: 5 fractional worksDigital Education and Society: 5 fractional worksDigital Games and Media5Digital Games and Media: 5 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 4 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 4 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 4 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…4Early Childhood Education and Development: 4 fractional worksInnovative Education and Learning Practices: 4 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 4 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 8 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 5 works
  4. 4 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 4 works
  7. 7 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 4 works
  9. 9 Innovative Education and Learning Practices Human Factors and Ergonomics 4 works
  10. 10 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bath Spa University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bath Spa University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Bath Spa University0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bath Spa University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Bath Spa University12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2006.

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