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Edge Hill University

In research, Edge Hill University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,338 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,310 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,604 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,929
of 28,054 · #6,207 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#192
of 1,094
Research works
4.5k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Edge Hill 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 #1,338 of 10,521 25.6%553 #1346
Social SciencesField #1,310 of 6,365 26.9%301 #966
Health SciencesDomain #2,604 of 11,982 19.3%270 #3319
MedicineField #3,707 of 10,443 18.8%191 #4182
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,035 of 2,578 25.8%110 #916
PsychologyField #1,012 of 2,181 25.7%124 #1433
EducationSubfield #920 of 1,892 30.4%66 #556
Health ProfessionsField #1,042 of 1,928 20.5%72 #2212
Computer ScienceField #2,764 of 4,667 27.9%66 #2949
Physical SciencesDomain #8,688 of 12,888 26.4%141 #9580

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Edge Hill 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#1,346 #1,338
  2. Social Sciences#966 #1,310
  3. Health Sciences#3,319 #2,604
  4. Medicine#4,182 #3,707
  5. Sociology and Political Science#916 #1,035
  6. Psychology#1,433 #1,012
  7. Education#556 #920
  8. Health Professions#2,212 #1,042
  9. Computer Science#2,949 #2,764
  10. Physical Sciences#9,580 #8,688
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 Edge Hill University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 20.9 works7.8×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 23.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 72 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 191 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.23× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.91× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 301 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Edge Hill University?

Ranked on the composite score, H.A.C. McKay, Liz Thomas and Tim Cain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Edge Hill University.

  1. 1 H.A.C. McKay United Kingdom · #23,216 worldwide 235 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Liz Thomas United Kingdom · #70,717 worldwide 319 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Tim Cain United Kingdom · #82,249 worldwide 289 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Hari Mohan Pandey United Kingdom · #151,073 worldwide 192 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Lee Nelson United Kingdom · #185,895 worldwide 173 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Harriet Devine Jump United Kingdom · #326,192 worldwide 10 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Vicky Karkou United Kingdom · #375,733 worldwide 71 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Stuart J. Fairclough United Kingdom · #468,048 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Chris Jones United Kingdom · #498,287 worldwide 65 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Robert Sheppard United Kingdom · #561,939 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Edge Hill University

Which keywords describe research at Edge Hill University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Globalization, Reflective Practice, Public Health, Gender, Professional Development and Citizenship.

▲ 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. Mental Health50▲ 3.3×34 topics
  2. Globalization48▲ 2.4×45 topics
  3. Epidemiology44◆ 1.08×64 topics
  4. Public Health38▲ 2.5×35 topics
  5. Identity35▲ 4.6×32 topics
  6. Deep Learning34◆ 0.97×61 topics
  7. Gender26▲ 4.5×24 topics
  8. Education25▲ 1.42×44 topics
  9. Reflective Practice24▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Depression19▲ 2.1×16 topics
  11. Physical Activity18▲ 3.6×12 topics
  12. Social Justice18▲ 3.0×25 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations18▲ 5.1×13 topics
  14. Primary Care18▲ 4.5×15 topics
  15. Professional Development17▲ 8.4×10 topics
  16. Adolescents17▲ 4.3×8 topics
  17. Resilience17▲ 3.4×12 topics
  18. Ethics17▲ 3.3×19 topics
  19. Ethnicity17▲ 4.2×9 topics
  20. Anxiety16▲ 3.4×11 topics
  21. Citizenship16▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Higher Education16▲ 2.9×11 topics
  23. Well-being16▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Evidence-Based Practice16▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Multiculturalism15▲ 7.5×4 topics
  26. Feminism15▲ 5.0×14 topics
  27. Neuroscience15▲ 4.8×11 topics
  28. Labor Market14▲ 4.5×5 topics
  29. Diversity12▲ 6.6×7 topics
  30. Immigration12▲ 10×3 topics
  31. High-Intensity Interval Training11▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Cosmopolitanism11▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Injury Prevention11▲ 9.0×4 topics
  34. Resistance Training11▲ 12×2 topics
  35. National Identity11▲ 9.3×4 topics
  36. Refugees10▲ 7.6×5 topics
  37. Athletic Training10▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Muscle Injuries10▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Sports Injury10▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Secularism10▲ 9.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Edge Hill University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Sports Performance and Training, Sport Psychology and Performance and Migration, Refugees, and Integration.

Sports injuries and prev…10Sports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional worksSports Performance and T…9Sports Performance and Training: 9 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 7 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 7 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 7 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 6 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…6Employment and Welfare Studies: 6 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 6 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 6 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 works
  4. 4 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Religious Education and Schools Education 7 works
  7. 7 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 6 works
  8. 8 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 6 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Edge Hill University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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