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English Institute of Sport

In research, English Institute of Sport stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,634 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,559 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,791 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 48.9× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#15,234
of 28,054 · #19,173 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#548
of 1,094
Research works
900
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is English Institute of Sport 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 #5,634 of 10,521 30.3%66 #6664
Health SciencesDomain #7,559 of 11,982 19.9%130 #8502
MedicineField #6,791 of 10,443 19.9%117 #7185

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where English Institute of Sport 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#6,664 #5,634
  2. Health Sciences#8,502 #7,559
  3. Medicine#7,185 #6,791
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 English Institute of Sport specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 48.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 29.8 works49×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.07× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.26× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at English Institute of Sport?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Riglet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is English Institute of Sport.

  1. 1 Marc Riglet United Kingdom · #345,647 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at English Institute of Sport

Which keywords describe research at English Institute of Sport?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Risk Factors, Prevention, High-Intensity Interval Training, Physical Activity, Athletic Training and Resistance Training.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 4.1×43 topics
  2. Risk Factors18▲ 6.8×14 topics
  3. Injury Prevention18▲ 61×4 topics
  4. Prevention16▲ 16×8 topics
  5. High-Intensity Interval Training16▲ 63×2 topics
  6. Physical Activity16▲ 14×12 topics
  7. Athletic Training15▲ 69×3 topics
  8. Resistance Training15▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Muscle Injuries14▲ 92×1 topic
  10. Sports Injury14▲ 92×1 topic
  11. Performance Analysis12▲ 24×1 topic
  12. Training Load12▲ 81×1 topic
  13. Public Health11▲ 3.3×17 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.9×24 topics
  15. Exercise9▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Global Burden9▲ 6.7×7 topics
  17. Social Media8▲ 2.5×9 topics
  18. Gender8▲ 6.3×3 topics
  19. Qualitative Research8▲ 3.9×4 topics
  20. Motor Imagery7▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Identity7▲ 4.2×3 topics
  22. Sport Psychology7▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Masculinity7▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Athlete Development7▲ 117×1 topic
  25. Expert Performance7▲ 117×1 topic
  26. Fan Culture7▲ 111×1 topic
  27. Sport7▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Health Benefits7▲ 8.7×5 topics
  29. Recovery6▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Biomechanics6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  31. Physical Fitness6▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Aging6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  34. Mega Events6▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Sport Tourism6▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Low Back Pain5▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Neuropathology5▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Intervention Strategies5▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Sedentary Behavior5▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Cardiac Remodeling5▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does English Institute of Sport publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Sports Performance and Training, Sports, Gender, and Society and Sport Psychology and Performance.

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 7 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 works
  5. 5 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 5 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has English Institute of Sport's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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