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De Montfort University

In research, De Montfort University stands highest in Social Sciences (#847 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#703 of 4,667 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#399 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Gender Studies — History is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,607
of 28,054 · #2,339 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#103
of 1,094
Research works
13k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
229k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is De Montfort University 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 #847 of 10,521 24.8%937 #601
Computer ScienceField #703 of 4,667 31.6%227 #790
Business, Management and AccountingField #399 of 2,578 37.2%135 #601
Social SciencesField #1,118 of 6,365 24.8%425 #477
Physical SciencesDomain #2,926 of 12,888 25.0%606 #2821
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #649 of 2,578 27.3%162 #444
EngineeringField #1,865 of 6,636 22.3%217 #1623
Health SciencesDomain #3,749 of 11,982 14.4%288 #2076
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #595 of 1,884 35.6%84 #466
MedicineField #5,008 of 10,443 14.8%196 #4900

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where De Montfort 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 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#601 #847
  2. Computer Science#790 #703
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#601 #399
  4. Social Sciences#477 #1,118
  5. Physical Sciences#2,821 #2,926
  6. Sociology and Political Science#444 #649
  7. Engineering#1,623 #1,865
  8. Health Sciences#2,076 #3,749
  9. Artificial Intelligence#466 #595
  10. Medicine#4,900 #5,008
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 De Montfort University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 36.4 works5.8×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 37.2 works5.3×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 227 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 217 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 77 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.80× its world share, 157 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.16× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 96 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 425 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at De Montfort University?

Ranked on the composite score, Francisco Chiclana, Λέανδρος Μαγλαράς and Helge Janicke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is De Montfort University.

  1. 1 Francisco Chiclana United Kingdom · #6,185 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Λέανδρος Μαγλαράς United Kingdom · #27,088 worldwide 570 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Helge Janicke United Kingdom · #32,911 worldwide 426 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Jonathan S. Davies United Kingdom · #38,999 worldwide 226 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Anthony Ferner United Kingdom · #45,537 worldwide 273 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 David Buchanan United Kingdom · #72,437 worldwide 165 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Barry Jordan United Kingdom · #73,798 worldwide 120 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Michael Müller‐Camen United Kingdom · #85,645 worldwide 221 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Y. Sun United Kingdom · #85,802 worldwide 340 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Suleiman Y. Yerima United Kingdom · #89,909 worldwide 166 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at De Montfort University

Which keywords describe research at De Montfort University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Globalization, Machine Learning, Evolutionary Algorithms, Sustainability, History and Literature.

▲ 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. Machine Learning106▲ 1.66×72 topics
  2. Globalization90▲ 2.4×74 topics
  3. Deep Learning80▲ 1.20×73 topics
  4. Gender79▲ 7.5×32 topics
  5. Sustainability78▲ 1.64×56 topics
  6. Identity75▲ 5.3×32 topics
  7. Social Media50▲ 1.81×28 topics
  8. History48▲ 3.5×25 topics
  9. Public Health47▲ 1.65×40 topics
  10. Mental Health46▲ 1.61×36 topics
  11. Literature43▲ 4.1×25 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence42▲ 1.59×39 topics
  13. Culture42▲ 4.1×19 topics
  14. Healthcare41▲ 1.88×21 topics
  15. Big Data41▲ 2.3×24 topics
  16. Evolutionary Algorithms39▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Innovation39▲ 1.91×25 topics
  18. Social Capital37▲ 3.6×12 topics
  19. Corporate Governance34▲ 2.4×16 topics
  20. Neoliberalism34▲ 4.9×17 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management34▲ 1.88×15 topics
  22. Postcolonialism30▲ 13×11 topics
  23. Particle Swarm Optimization30▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Ethics29▲ 3.0×24 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship27▲ 3.6×10 topics
  26. Multiobjective Optimization24▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Psychological Impact23▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Feminism23▲ 4.2×19 topics
  29. Discrimination22▲ 5.9×6 topics
  30. Ethnography22▲ 6.5×6 topics
  31. Genetic Algorithm22▲ 7.9×7 topics
  32. Market Dynamics20▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Tourism19▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Engineering Design19▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Exploration18▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Masculinity18▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Travel Writing18▲ 126×1 topic
  38. Metaheuristics18▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Box Office16▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Film Industry16▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does De Montfort University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Travel Writing and Literature, Cinema and Media Studies, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms.

Travel Writing and Liter…18Travel Writing and Literature: 18 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies16Cinema and Media Studies: 16 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Multi-Objective…15Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms: 15 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimizati…14Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 14 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 13 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 10 fractional worksGrey System Theory Appli…10Grey System Theory Applications: 10 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 10 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 10 fractional works
HistoryEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceComputational Theory and Mathematics6 others

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

  1. 1 Travel Writing and Literature History 18 works
  2. 2 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  3. 3 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  4. 4 Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 15 works
  5. 5 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  6. 6 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 13 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 10 works
  8. 8 Grey System Theory Applications Management Science and Operations Research 10 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 10 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has De Montfort University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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