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City, University of London

In research, City, University of London stands highest in Social Sciences (#721 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#738 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,673 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Communication and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Finance is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,235
of 28,054 · #1,140 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#94
of 1,094
Research works
19k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
431k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is City, University of London 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 #721 of 10,521 29.1%1,007 #261
Social SciencesField #738 of 6,365 31.5%438 #174
Health SciencesDomain #1,673 of 11,982 26.5%337 #826
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #603 of 2,578 33.6%153 #266
Physical SciencesDomain #3,027 of 12,888 24.4%603 #1557
Business, Management and AccountingField #613 of 2,578 27.1%187 #188
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #309 of 1,201 26.8%84 #257
MedicineField #2,849 of 10,443 24.4%244 #1589
EngineeringField #1,885 of 6,636 22.3%285 #1095
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #704 of 1,775 20.9%165 #283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where City, University of London 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. Social Sciences#261 #721
  2. Social Sciences#174 #738
  3. Health Sciences#826 #1,673
  4. Sociology and Political Science#266 #603
  5. Physical Sciences#1,557 #3,027
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#188 #613
  7. Political Science and International Relations#257 #309
  8. Medicine#1,589 #2,849
  9. Engineering#1,095 #1,885
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#283 #704
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.

What does City, University of London specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 55.6 works8.9×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 22.2 works4.0×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 164.9 works3.8×
  4. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 54.7 works3.6×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 170 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 285 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.83× its world share, 188 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.75× its world share, 165 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.08× its world share, 130 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 438 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at City, University of London?

Ranked on the composite score, Thorsten Beck, Feng Li and Rosalind Gill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City, University of London.

  1. 1 Thorsten Beck United Kingdom · #8,144 worldwide 958 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Feng Li United Kingdom · #12,050 worldwide 681 citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Rosalind Gill United Kingdom · #16,090 worldwide 904 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Jill Francis United Kingdom · #20,211 worldwide 464 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Charles Baden‐Fuller United Kingdom · #27,880 worldwide 458 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 J.R. Banerjee United Kingdom · #35,685 worldwide 530 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Bev Littlewood United Kingdom · #43,733 worldwide 469 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Cynthia Cockburn United Kingdom · #45,137 worldwide 216 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 John Bynner United Kingdom · #53,860 worldwide 312 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 David Bawden United Kingdom · #64,577 worldwide 396 citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at City, University of London

Which keywords describe research at City, University of London?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, International Law, Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Neoliberalism and Social Media.

▲ 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. Globalization85▲ 2.1×77 topics
  2. Deep Learning72◆ 1.02×64 topics
  3. Machine Learning67◆ 1.00×69 topics
  4. Epidemiology66▼ 0.81×67 topics
  5. Mental Health54▲ 1.77×29 topics
  6. Social Media53▲ 1.81×29 topics
  7. Human Rights53▲ 2.5×43 topics
  8. Economic Growth53▲ 3.0×23 topics
  9. Corporate Governance48▲ 3.1×20 topics
  10. Innovation39▲ 1.82×30 topics
  11. International Law39▲ 6.2×16 topics
  12. Public Health39▲ 1.30×40 topics
  13. Social Capital37▲ 3.4×15 topics
  14. Neoliberalism37▲ 5.0×20 topics
  15. Monetary Policy36▲ 7.2×10 topics
  16. Consumer Behavior31▲ 2.4×14 topics
  17. Risk Management26▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Entrepreneurship25▲ 3.1×12 topics
  19. Democracy24▲ 3.3×16 topics
  20. Global Governance24▲ 5.2×17 topics
  21. Health Outcomes22▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. State Sovereignty20▲ 20×2 topics
  23. European Union20▲ 4.2×11 topics
  24. Firm Performance19▲ 5.0×3 topics
  25. Asset Pricing19▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Foreign Direct Investment19▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Life Expectancy18▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Income Inequality17▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Myopia17▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Arbitration16▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Market Dynamics16▲ 10.0×3 topics
  32. NGOs16▲ 7.8×4 topics
  33. Global Prevalence16▲ 8.5×2 topics
  34. Visual Impairment16▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Bilateral Investment Treaties16▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Investment Treaty Arbitration16▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Childhood Myopia15▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Refractive Error15▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Financialization15▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. Mergers and Acquisitions15▲ 8.0×2 topics

Which research topics does City, University of London publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Arbitration and Investment Law, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Corporate Finance and Governance.

International Arbitratio…16International Arbitration and Investment Law: 16 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…15Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 15 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 13 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 12 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 10 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 10 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 9 fractional worksInsurance, Mortality, De…9Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management: 9 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 9 fractional worksCopyright and Intellectual Property: 9 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementEpidemiologyFinanceAccounting6 others

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

  1. 1 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 16 works
  2. 2 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 15 works
  3. 3 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 13 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 12 works
  5. 5 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  7. 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 9 works
  8. 8 Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Demography 9 works
  9. 9 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 9 works
  10. 10 Copyright and Intellectual Property Marketing 9 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has City, University of London's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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