Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · London · United Kingdom

Imperial College London

In research, Imperial College London stands highest in Health Sciences (#29 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#27 of 8,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#36 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics and Family Practice (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 2.8× its share of world research).

imperial.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#38
of 22,385 · #41 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#4
of 862
Research works
184k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1M
38.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.36×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Imperial College London

What is Imperial College London known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #29 of 9,902 15.7%6,786 #41
MedicineField #27 of 8,541 15.8%6,133 #37
EngineeringField #36 of 5,901 15.2%4,197 #33
Physical SciencesDomain #66 of 10,670 14.0%9,629 #65
Life SciencesDomain #45 of 6,403 13.8%2,572 #50
Computer ScienceField #50 of 4,417 14.4%1,617 #51
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #44 of 2,964 13.3%1,458 #50
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #16 of 1,037 18.0%747 #13
Social SciencesDomain #173 of 9,585 16.2%1,796 #152
Health ProfessionsField #35 of 1,895 14.7%536 #50

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Imperial College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#41 #29
  2. Medicine#37 #27
  3. Engineering#33 #36
  4. Physical Sciences#65 #66
  5. Life Sciences#50 #45
  6. Computer Science#51 #50
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#50 #44
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#13 #16
  9. Social Sciences#152 #173
  10. Health Professions#50 #35
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Imperial College London work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Imperial College London is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Engineering (20%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 11k fractional works · 46.1% of its workEngineering: 4,652 fractional works · 19.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 983 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 804 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 544 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 375 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 363 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 360 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 330 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 300 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 157 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 152 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,840 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 781 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 320 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 203 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 169 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 108 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,080 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 231 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 219 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 188 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 107 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 963 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 271 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 213 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 207 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 150 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 783 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 478 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 89 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 418 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 145 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 120 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 408 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 337 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 131 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 239 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 193 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7,732 fractional works · 32.9% of its workMedicine: 6,996 fractional works · 29.7% of its workSurgery: 941 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 831 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 607 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 515 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 485 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 460 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 389 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 343 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 257 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 188 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 165 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 154 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 150 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 100 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 99 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 449 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 603 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 342 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 30 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,937 fractional works · 12.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,667 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,001 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 275 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 549 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 262 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 125 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 88 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 362 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 265 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 302 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 114 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 130 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,009 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 606 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 200 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 83 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 150 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 462 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 179 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 114 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 378 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 253 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 237 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 137 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 227 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 99 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKImperial CollegeLondon24kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4,65219.8%
    2. Computer Science1,8407.8%
    3. Environmental Science1,0804.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy9634.1%
    5. Materials Science7833.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences4181.8%
    7. Mathematics4081.7%
    8. Chemistry3371.4%
    9. Energy2391.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering1240.5%
  2. Health Sciences7,73232.9%
    1. Medicine6,99629.7%
    2. Health Professions6032.6%
    3. Nursing920.4%
    4. Dentistry300.1%
    5. Veterinary120.1%
  3. Life Sciences2,93712.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,6677.1%
    2. Neuroscience5492.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology3621.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3021.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics550.2%
    1. Social Sciences6062.6%
    2. Psychology4622.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3781.6%
    4. Decision Sciences2371.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2271.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities990.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Imperial College London specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 2.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 206.8 works2.8×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 360.3 works2.6×
  3. Family PracticeSubfield · 28.5 works2.5×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 607.4 works2.5×
  5. Health InformaticsSubfield · 67.3 works2.4×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 830.7 works2.3×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 302 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 1,668 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 362 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 549 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 55 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.51× its world share, 124 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 337 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 1,840 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 418 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 238 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 4,652 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 1,080 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 783 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 408 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.84× its world share, 963 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 603 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.55× its world share, 6,996 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 92 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 99 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 227 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 237 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 378 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 462 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 606 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy1.84×963 works
  2. Medicine1.55×6,996 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×362 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.51×124 works
  5. Mathematics1.47×408 works
  6. Neuroscience1.44×549 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×1,668 works
  8. Engineering1.32×4,652 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.13×418 works
  10. Energy1.10×238 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.04×237 works
  12. Computer Science1.01×1,840 works
  13. Health Professions0.97×603 works
  14. Materials Science0.95×783 works
  15. Environmental Science0.92×1,080 works
  16. Chemistry0.91×337 works
  17. Nursing0.80×92 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×378 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×55 works
  20. Psychology0.64×462 works
  21. Veterinary0.37×12 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×227 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×302 works
  24. Dentistry0.26×30 works
  25. Social Sciences0.20×606 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.15×99 works

Who are the top researchers at Imperial College London?

Ranked on the quality score, Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, Salman Rawaf and Majid Ezzati lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imperial College London.

  1. 1 Robin Lester Carhart-Harris United Kingdom · #384 worldwide 30k citations · 262 works
  2. 2 Salman Rawaf United Kingdom · #466 worldwide 205k citations · 306 works
  3. 3 Majid Ezzati United Kingdom · #1,226 worldwide 175k citations · 575 works
  4. 4 Iain Colin Prentice United Kingdom · #1,273 worldwide 65k citations · 659 works
  5. 5 Joseph A. Tobias United Kingdom · #1,436 worldwide 21k citations · 493 works
  6. 6 Iain A. McCulloch United Kingdom · #1,504 worldwide 73k citations · 812 works
  7. 7 Teresa Norat United Kingdom · #1,510 worldwide 48k citations · 282 works
  8. 8 James Robert Durrant United Kingdom · #1,934 worldwide 83k citations · 842 works
  9. 9 Leor Roseman United Kingdom · #2,566 worldwide 12k citations · 149 works
  10. 10 Jaspal Singh Kooner United Kingdom · #2,740 worldwide 104k citations · 440 works
All ranked researchers at Imperial College London

What are the most cited papers from Imperial College London?

The most cited paper from Imperial College London is "STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT" (J Martin Bland, DouglasG. Altman, 1986), with 48,188 citations. Next come "Regression Models and Life-Tables" (39,869) and "Regression Models and Life-Tables" (26,650).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT J Martin Bland, DouglasG. Altman · The Lancet Feb 1986 48,188
2 Regression Models and Life-Tables D. R. Cox · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) 1972 39,869
3 Regression Models and Life-Tables David R. Cox · Springer series in statistics Book chapter 1992 26,650
4 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
5 Fast unfolding of communities in large networks Vincent D. Blondel, Jean‐Loup Guillaume, Renaud Lambiotte et al. · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment Open access Oct 2008 21,858
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Imperial College London?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Inflammation, Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis and Neural Networks.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology1,373▲ 1.46×135 topics
  2. Deep Learning1,047▲ 1.29×81 topics
  3. Machine Learning845◆ 1.08×88 topics
  4. Inflammation650▲ 1.30×83 topics
  5. Climate Change574◆ 0.90×99 topics
  6. Neural Networks471▲ 1.30×36 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease451▲ 1.68×39 topics
  8. Treatment425▲ 1.49×52 topics
  9. Public Health418▲ 1.22×66 topics
  10. Renewable Energy396▲ 1.17×50 topics
  11. Quality of Life394▲ 1.16×55 topics
  12. Diagnosis388▲ 1.77×41 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress387◆ 1.00×61 topics
  14. Risk Factors359▲ 1.39×37 topics
  15. Mortality351▲ 2.6×13 topics
  16. Nanoparticles350▲ 1.18×44 topics
  17. Management318▲ 1.70×36 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications313◆ 1.13×36 topics
  19. Chemotherapy280▲ 1.68×25 topics
  20. Biomarkers276▲ 1.68×18 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome273▲ 1.43×24 topics
  22. Genetics272▲ 1.64×27 topics
  23. Global Burden270▲ 2.1×12 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines267▲ 2.1×14 topics
  25. Obesity259▲ 1.43×25 topics
  26. Immunotherapy251▲ 1.48×19 topics
  27. Clinical Trials250▲ 1.59×19 topics
  28. Precision Medicine249▲ 2.1×8 topics
  29. Heat Transfer245▲ 2.1×19 topics
  30. Guidelines244▲ 2.2×13 topics
  31. Heart Failure235▲ 2.2×14 topics
  32. Medical Imaging210▲ 1.69×9 topics
  33. Large-Eddy Simulation186▲ 4.2×5 topics
  34. Echocardiography185▲ 2.8×8 topics
  35. Infectious Diseases178▲ 2.3×10 topics
  36. Nonlinear Systems160▲ 3.1×8 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging159▲ 2.7×8 topics
  38. Monte Carlo Simulation151▲ 3.2×9 topics
  39. Immunology134▲ 5.2×3 topics
  40. Respiratory117▲ 5.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Imperial College London publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…99Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 99 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…83Asthma and respiratory diseases: 83 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 81 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…78Air Quality and Health Impacts: 78 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neur…72Model Reduction and Neural Networks: 72 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 67 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 63 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…63Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 63 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 61 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 57 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyComputational MechanicsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 99 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 83 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 81 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 78 works
  5. 5 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 72 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 67 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 63 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 63 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 61 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 57 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Imperial College London's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Imperial College London as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.092% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%0.60%Imperial College London0.090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Imperial College London over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Imperial College London13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2010.

Other research institutions in London

All research institutions in London

Which institutions have research most like Imperial College London's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Huazhong University of Science and Technology has the research profile closest to Imperial College London's, with both strong in Physics and Astronomy.

  1. 1 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Immunology and Microbiology, Chemical Engineering 0.84 Compare
  2. 2 Central South UniversityChina · Both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.81 Compare
  3. 3 Nagoya UniversityJapan · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics 0.80 Compare
  4. 4 Technical University of MunichGermany · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Engineering 0.80 Compare
  5. 5 Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics 0.80 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

Compare Imperial College London with

Compare any two

Share Imperial College London's ranking

Imperial College London on Science Explorer

A card with Imperial College London's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website5Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Its overall standing, then the domains, fields and subfields where Imperial College London is in the world's top ten or its top 1%. Each has an image of its own.

Overall

Domains

Fields

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Questions people ask

How does Imperial College London rank in research?

In research, Imperial College London stands highest in Health Sciences (#29 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#27 of 8,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#36 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics and Family Practice (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 2.8× its share of world research).

Also asked as

  • What is Imperial College London known for in research?
All 1,273 questions in the Question Catalogue

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Imperial College London. Posts are plain text and can be reported.