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Bishop Grosseteste University

In research, Bishop Grosseteste University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,417 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,904 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies and Arts and Humanities (Religious studies is 56.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,128
of 22,385 · #16,970 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#439
of 862
Research works
581
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Bishop Grosseteste University

What is Bishop Grosseteste 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 #3,417 of 9,585 13.5%171 #4046
Social SciencesField #2,904 of 5,988 12.8%99 #3135

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bishop Grosseteste 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 Bishop Grosseteste University work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Bishop Grosseteste University is in Social Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (26%), Psychology (10%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 200 fractional works · 90.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 51.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 48 fractional works · 21.8% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 10.7% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 26.0% of its workReligious studies: 21 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 10.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBishopGrosseteste…221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences91%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11351.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities5826.0%
    3. Psychology2210.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Health Professions62.7%
    2. Medicine42.0%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Computer Science21.1%
    2. Environmental Science20.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    4. Engineering10.4%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Neuroscience21.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bishop Grosseteste University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 56.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 20.8 works56×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 57.7 works9.0×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.02× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.33× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.05× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.02×58 works
  2. Social Sciences4.05×113 works
  3. Psychology3.33×22 works
  4. Health Professions1.02×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.66×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.65×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.14×2 works
  13. Medicine0.10×4 works
  14. Nursing0.10×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  17. Engineering0.02×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bishop Grosseteste University?

Ranked on the quality score, Abigail Parrish, Thomas J. Dunn and Emma Clarke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bishop Grosseteste University.

  1. 1 Abigail Parrish United Kingdom · #713,992 worldwide 132 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Thomas J. Dunn United Kingdom · #956,748 worldwide 5.7k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Emma Clarke United Kingdom · #1,754,638 worldwide 492 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Mark Charlesworth United Kingdom · #1,822,675 worldwide 144 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Ashley Compton United Kingdom · #1,994,432 worldwide 239 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Kate E. Adams United Kingdom · #2,351,595 worldwide 952 citations · 126 works
  7. 7 Jonathan Godshaw Memel United Kingdom · #2,369,779 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Andrew J. H. Jackson United Kingdom · #2,603,555 worldwide 549 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Jane C. Sharp United Kingdom · #2,631,854 worldwide 302 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Francis Davis United Kingdom · #2,775,680 worldwide 10 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Bishop Grosseteste University

What are the most cited papers from Bishop Grosseteste University?

The most cited paper from Bishop Grosseteste University is "Does Practical Work Really Work? A study of the effectiveness of practical work as a teaching and learning method in school science" (Ian Abrahams, Robin Millar, 2008), with 731 citations. Next come "Technology Enhanced Learning in higher education; motivations, engagement and academic achievement" (398) and "Effects of Chlorhexidine mouthwash on the oral microbiome" (337).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Does Practical Work Really Work? A study of the effectiveness of practical work as a teaching and learning method in school science Ian Abrahams, Robin Millar · International Journal of Science Education Open access 12 May 2008 731
2 Technology Enhanced Learning in higher education; motivations, engagement and academic achievement Thomas J. Dunn, Mark C. Kennedy · Computers & Education 8 Apr 2019 398
3 Effects of Chlorhexidine mouthwash on the oral microbiome Raúl Bescós, Ann Ashworth, Craig Clarke et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 24 Mar 2020 337
4 Meditation awareness training for the treatment of workaholism: A controlled trial William Van Gordon, Edo Shonin, Thomas J. Dunn et al. · Journal of Behavioral Addictions Open access 19 Apr 2017 144
5 Creative Little Scientists: exploring pedagogical synergies between inquiry-based and creative approaches in Early Years science Teresa Cremin, Esmé Glauert, Anna Craft et al. · Education 3-13 20 Mar 2015 114
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bishop Grosseteste University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Humanitarianism, Civil Society, Development, Community Development, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services and Spirituality.

▲ 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. Religion50▲ 48×19 topics
  2. Globalization22▲ 5.0×27 topics
  3. Mental Health21▲ 6.7×20 topics
  4. Humanitarianism21▲ 156×2 topics
  5. Civil Society21▲ 85×4 topics
  6. Development20▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Community Development20▲ 50×2 topics
  8. Faith-Based Organizations20▲ 303×1 topic
  9. Social Services20▲ 206×1 topic
  10. Spirituality20▲ 90×5 topics
  11. Identity19▲ 12×26 topics
  12. Secularism18▲ 78×5 topics
  13. Well-being17▲ 19×8 topics
  14. Social Support15▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Quality of Life14▲ 4.5×8 topics
  16. Psychological Adjustment14▲ 44×3 topics
  17. Health14▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Coping14▲ 125×2 topics
  19. Social Justice13▲ 10×11 topics
  20. Nationalism13▲ 13×11 topics
  21. Gender13▲ 11×17 topics
  22. End-of-Life Care13▲ 52×1 topic
  23. African Christianity13▲ 247×2 topics
  24. Religious Identity10▲ 73×5 topics
  25. Church History8▲ 87×3 topics
  26. Religious Education8▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Theology8▲ 39×4 topics
  28. Colonialism8▲ 7.4×11 topics
  29. Feminism8▲ 12×8 topics
  30. Literature8▲ 6.4×14 topics
  31. Global Christianity8▲ 229×1 topic
  32. Short-Term Missions8▲ 229×1 topic
  33. Politics7▲ 12×8 topics
  34. Race7▲ 27×7 topics
  35. Cultural Geography7▲ 90×3 topics
  36. Ethnic7▲ 154×2 topics
  37. Biblical Interpretation6▲ 93×2 topics
  38. Diversity6▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Intersectionality6▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Multiculturalism6▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Bishop Grosseteste University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Christian Theology and Mission and Religious Tourism and Spaces.

Religion, Society, and D…20Religion, Society, and Development: 20 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 13 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 8 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 6 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 6 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…5Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 5 fractional worksTheological Perspectives and Practices: 4 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 4 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealthReligious studiesGeography, Planning and Development2 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  2. 2 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 13 works
  3. 3 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 8 works
  4. 4 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 6 works
  5. 5 Religious Education and Schools Education 6 works
  6. 6 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 5 works
  7. 7 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 4 works
  9. 9 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bishop Grosseteste University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bishop Grosseteste University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Bishop Grosseteste University0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bishop Grosseteste 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%Bishop Grosseteste University10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2024.

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