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Cambridge University Press

In research, Cambridge University Press stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,836 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,018 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,127
of 28,054 · #9,200 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#444
of 1,094
Research works
1.5k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Cambridge University Press 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 #3,836 of 10,521 20.7%151 #3403
Social SciencesField #3,018 of 6,365 22.9%77 #2956

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cambridge University Press 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).

What does Cambridge University Press specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 37.7 works6.3×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.26× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.46× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.29× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.90× 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, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cambridge University Press?

Ranked on the composite score, E. E. Cheesman, 加奈子 山岡 and Bernice Buresh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cambridge University Press.

  1. 1 E. E. Cheesman United Kingdom · #189,508 worldwide 79 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 加奈子 山岡 United Kingdom · #383,754 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Bernice Buresh United Kingdom · #555,648 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 孝之 東方 United Kingdom · #584,382 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Glenda Browne United Kingdom · #1,061,775 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Cambridge University Press

Which keywords describe research at Cambridge University Press?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Religion, Identity, Colonialism, Higher Education, Politics and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Globalization16▲ 3.8×43 topics
  2. Human Rights11▲ 5.3×26 topics
  3. Identity9▲ 6.2×20 topics
  4. Religion9▲ 9.4×17 topics
  5. Sustainability9▲ 1.73×29 topics
  6. Education9▲ 2.4×26 topics
  7. Colonialism8▲ 7.9×19 topics
  8. Higher Education7▲ 6.6×5 topics
  9. History7▲ 5.0×21 topics
  10. Gender7▲ 6.2×16 topics
  11. Nationalism7▲ 7.3×14 topics
  12. Politics7▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Ethics7▲ 6.5×17 topics
  14. Language Teaching6▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Lifelong Learning6▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Cultural Studies6▲ 7.0×13 topics
  17. International Law6▲ 8.6×11 topics
  18. Literature5▲ 4.7×17 topics
  19. Monetary Policy5▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Asset Pricing5▲ 28×1 topic
  21. Financial Analysis5▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Corpus Linguistics5▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Second Language Acquisition5▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Culture4▲ 4.1×13 topics
  25. Democracy4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Corrective Feedback4▲ 28×1 topic
  27. L2 Motivation4▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Learning Outcomes4▲ 4.7×3 topics
  29. Neoliberalism4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  30. Migration4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  31. Cultural Impact4▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Educational Research4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Informal Learning4▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Competency-Based Education4▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Society4▲ 9.1×8 topics
  36. Validation4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Prior Learning4▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Recognition4▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Language Development3▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Student Perception3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Cambridge University Press publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Higher Education Learning Practices and Student Assessment and Feedback.

Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 5 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…4Higher Education Learning Practices: 4 fractional worksStudent Assessment and F…3Student Assessment and Feedback: 3 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…2Human auditory perception and evaluation: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 2 fractional worksEducational and Psychological Assessments: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsLanguage and LinguisticsEducationStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty5 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 4 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 4 works
  4. 4 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 3 works
  5. 5 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  7. 7 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Educational and Psychological Assessments Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 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 available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cambridge University Press's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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