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Glasgow Caledonian University

In research, Glasgow Caledonian University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,270 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,154 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,088 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,606
of 28,054 · #3,124 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#144
of 1,094
Research works
8.3k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
202k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Glasgow Caledonian 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,270 of 11,982 23.3%327 #1077
MedicineField #1,154 of 10,443 20.9%238 #2075
Social SciencesDomain #2,088 of 10,521 25.7%448 #799
Social SciencesField #2,102 of 6,365 27.5%199 #617
EngineeringField #2,552 of 6,636 16.8%190 #3107
Physical SciencesDomain #6,201 of 12,888 18.6%359 #6173
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,260 of 2,578 32.1%75 #722
Computer ScienceField #2,556 of 4,667 29.8%76 #2031
Health ProfessionsField #1,067 of 1,928 30.4%82 #719
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,435 of 2,578 25.9%68 #717

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Glasgow Caledonian 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. Health Sciences#1,077 #1,270
  2. Medicine#2,075 #1,154
  3. Social Sciences#799 #2,088
  4. Social Sciences#617 #2,102
  5. Engineering#3,107 #2,552
  6. Physical Sciences#6,173 #6,201
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#722 #1,260
  8. Computer Science#2,031 #2,556
  9. Health Professions#719 #1,067
  10. Sociology and Political Science#717 #1,435
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.

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: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 190 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 80 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 199 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University?

Ranked on the composite score, Sébastien Chastin, Suzanne Hagen and Chengke Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Glasgow Caledonian University.

  1. 1 Sébastien Chastin United Kingdom · #10,353 worldwide 655 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Suzanne Hagen United Kingdom · #45,872 worldwide 287 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Chengke Zhou United Kingdom · #54,318 worldwide 535 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Allison Littlejohn United Kingdom · #60,389 worldwide 364 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Dawn A. Skelton United Kingdom · #65,049 worldwide 244 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Anoush Margaryan United Kingdom · #76,181 worldwide 252 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Akintola Akintoye United Kingdom · #77,486 worldwide 443 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Alan Tomlinson United Kingdom · #92,069 worldwide 329 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Gayle McPherson United Kingdom · #102,728 worldwide 167 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Jon Godwin United Kingdom · #141,049 worldwide 217 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University

Which keywords describe research at Glasgow Caledonian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Public Health, Machine Learning, Evidence-Based Practice, Social Capital and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 1.43×79 topics
  2. Sustainability55▲ 1.90×49 topics
  3. Machine Learning52▲ 1.34×52 topics
  4. Mental Health47▲ 2.7×35 topics
  5. Deep Learning46◆ 1.12×56 topics
  6. Public Health39▲ 2.3×36 topics
  7. Globalization36▲ 1.54×50 topics
  8. Renewable Energy31▲ 1.82×29 topics
  9. Healthcare29▲ 2.2×22 topics
  10. Quality of Life26▲ 1.53×38 topics
  11. Social Capital24▲ 3.9×15 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management21▲ 1.88×13 topics
  13. Evidence-Based Practice20▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Innovation20▲ 1.57×31 topics
  15. Depression19▲ 1.85×18 topics
  16. Big Data19▲ 1.79×12 topics
  17. Internet of Things19▲ 1.82×15 topics
  18. Well-being17▲ 3.8×13 topics
  19. Physical Activity16▲ 2.8×9 topics
  20. Primary Care15▲ 3.4×14 topics
  21. Rehabilitation14▲ 3.1×10 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration14▲ 3.5×6 topics
  23. Risk Management14▲ 2.4×12 topics
  24. Power Electronics14▲ 3.4×8 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship13▲ 2.8×8 topics
  26. Functional Recovery12▲ 6.5×4 topics
  27. Health Disparities12▲ 3.7×8 topics
  28. Patient Engagement11▲ 7.3×4 topics
  29. Embodiment11▲ 5.0×5 topics
  30. Transparency10▲ 7.2×3 topics
  31. Discrimination10▲ 4.4×6 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity10▲ 4.8×2 topics
  33. Constraint-Induced Therapy10▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Motor Recovery10▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Systematic Review10▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Behavior Change10▲ 5.6×3 topics
  37. Sociology9▲ 5.8×7 topics
  38. Fashion8▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Clothing8▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Material Culture8▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Glasgow Caledonian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Smart Grid Energy Management and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…10Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 10 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Tex…8Fashion and Cultural Textiles: 8 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 6 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 6 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 6 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 6 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…6Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 6 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 5 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 5 fractional works
RehabilitationMuseologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 10 works
  2. 2 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 8 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 6 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 6 works
  7. 7 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 6 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 6 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 5 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 5 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Glasgow Caledonian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

Other research institutions in Glasgow

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.