Question 1

What is Cardiff University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Cardiff University stands highest in Social Sciences (#199 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#260 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#168 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Classics and History (Public Administration is 6.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Cardiff University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Cardiff University ranks #272 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#283 all time), and #24 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Cardiff University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, V. Raymond, S. Khan and S. Fairhurst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cardiff University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Cardiff University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Cardiff University is "A global reference for human genetic variation" (Corresponding authors et al., 2015), with 20,444 citations. Next come "Planck 2018 results" (14,737) and "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (14,545).

Question 5

Which research topics does Cardiff University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Cardiff University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Nationalism, History, Public Health and Sustainability.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Cardiff University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 33% of research at Cardiff University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Cardiff University's?

Accepted Answer

University of Birmingham has the research profile closest to Cardiff University's (similarity 0.85 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by University of Manchester and Western University.

Question 9

Is Cardiff University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.