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Institute for Sustainability

In research, Institute for Sustainability stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,723 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,004 of 10,521 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,851 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,175
of 28,054 · #10,516 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#237
of 1,094
Research works
856
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Institute for Sustainability 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,723 of 12,888 22.1%202 #8468
Social SciencesDomain #5,004 of 10,521 36.2%71 #6158
Environmental ScienceField #1,851 of 3,551 26.2%80 #2741
EngineeringField #3,995 of 6,636 21.1%70 #7286

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Sustainability 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. Physical Sciences#8,468 #4,723
  2. Social Sciences#6,158 #5,004
  3. Environmental Science#2,741 #1,851
  4. Engineering#7,286 #3,995
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: 1.56× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.89× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.61× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.44× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.01× its world share, 80 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.83× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Sustainability?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Life Cycle Assessment, Health Effects and Sustainability Assessment.

▲ 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. Climate Change36▲ 4.2×66 topics
  2. Environmental Impact34▲ 6.2×37 topics
  3. Sustainability33▲ 4.2×56 topics
  4. Renewable Energy25▲ 5.4×34 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions15▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Health Effects13▲ 6.6×12 topics
  7. Life Cycle Assessment13▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency12▲ 4.0×17 topics
  9. Sustainable Development11▲ 2.1×33 topics
  10. Sustainability Assessment10▲ 21×7 topics
  11. Biodiversity9▲ 3.8×20 topics
  12. Catalysis9▲ 4.1×21 topics
  13. Circular Economy9▲ 10×7 topics
  14. Carbon Footprint8▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Waste Management8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  16. Environmental Management8▲ 5.8×6 topics
  17. Global Trade7▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Global Warming7▲ 5.5×13 topics
  19. Embodied Energy7▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Thermal Comfort7▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Vulnerability7▲ 9.7×7 topics
  22. Water Footprint7▲ 38×1 topic
  23. Particulate Matter7▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Mortality7▲ 3.7×4 topics
  25. Energy Consumption6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  26. Artificial Neural Networks6▲ 4.0×3 topics
  27. Climate Change Impact6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  28. Environmental Policy6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  29. Recycling6▲ 4.6×8 topics
  30. Model Predictive Control6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Building Energy Consumption5▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Energy Simulation5▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Livestock Production5▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Energy Transition5▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 6.3×2 topics
  36. Air Pollution5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Exposure Assessment5▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Fine Particulate Air Pollution5▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Food Systems5▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Diets5▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Sustainability publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 7 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 5 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…5Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 5 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…5Air Quality and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 4 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 3 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…3Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 2 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionEcologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 5 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 5 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 3 works
  7. 7 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 2 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 available60.1%not open39.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.2%domestic only24.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Sustainability's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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