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King's College School

In research, King's College School stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,185 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,927 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,184 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Computer Networks and Communications — Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,347
of 28,054 · #1,454 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#127
of 1,094
Research works
7.6k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
302k
39.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is King's College School 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 #2,185 of 11,982 24.0%264 #629
Social SciencesDomain #1,927 of 10,521 36.7%278 #1006
MedicineField #2,184 of 10,443 22.8%224 #689
Social SciencesField #1,912 of 6,365 42.2%122 #916
EngineeringField #2,354 of 6,636 28.0%113 #3723
Physical SciencesDomain #4,790 of 12,888 29.7%256 #3232
Life SciencesDomain #3,674 of 7,800 23.3%66 #1006
Computer ScienceField #2,306 of 4,667 30.7%93 #1971

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King's College School 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#629 #2,185
  2. Social Sciences#1,006 #1,927
  3. Medicine#689 #2,184
  4. Social Sciences#916 #1,912
  5. Engineering#3,723 #2,354
  6. Physical Sciences#3,232 #4,790
  7. Life Sciences#1,006 #3,674
  8. Computer Science#1,971 #2,306
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 King's College School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 24.6 works3.2×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 22.3 works2.9×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 93 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 113 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.46× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.11× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King's College School?

Ranked on the composite score, Lalit Kalra, Ingvar Bjarnason and Peter T. Donaldson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King's College School.

  1. 1 Lalit Kalra · #75,827 worldwide 293 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Ingvar Bjarnason · #96,502 worldwide 197 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Peter T. Donaldson · #171,326 worldwide 53 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Peter J. Richardson · #237,778 worldwide 234 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 S. Leeman · #263,187 worldwide 87 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Anthony McGregor · #264,980 worldwide 104 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 William P. Collins · #282,736 worldwide 113 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 John Costello · #332,694 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Roger Higgs · #334,274 worldwide 85 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Malcolm Whitehead · #347,710 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at King's College School

Which keywords describe research at King's College School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Neural Networks, Epidemiology, Robotic Manipulators and Wireless Communications.

▲ 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. Deep Learning45▲ 1.52×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning35▲ 1.24×57 topics
  3. Epidemiology34◆ 1.00×99 topics
  4. Globalization26▲ 1.56×51 topics
  5. Neural Networks24▲ 1.78×31 topics
  6. Inflammation21▲ 1.17×65 topics
  7. Mental Health19▲ 1.50×31 topics
  8. Healthcare15▲ 1.57×18 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 1.58×30 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency15▲ 1.85×18 topics
  11. Neoliberalism14▲ 4.6×13 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress14◆ 1.01×39 topics
  13. Economic Growth13▲ 1.79×17 topics
  14. Treatment13▲ 1.22×36 topics
  15. Big Data12▲ 1.51×17 topics
  16. Corporate Governance11▲ 1.69×14 topics
  17. Social Capital11▲ 2.4×13 topics
  18. Medical Imaging10▲ 2.2×9 topics
  19. Robotic Manipulators10▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging9▲ 4.2×7 topics
  21. Wireless Communications9▲ 6.0×5 topics
  22. Precision Medicine9▲ 2.2×7 topics
  23. Monetary Policy9▲ 4.3×10 topics
  24. Wireless Networks8▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Medical Education8▲ 3.5×11 topics
  26. Health Equity7▲ 3.1×4 topics
  27. Nonlinear Systems7▲ 4.0×6 topics
  28. Adaptive Control7▲ 5.9×6 topics
  29. Security and Privacy7▲ 4.0×3 topics
  30. Massive MIMO6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  31. Channel Estimation6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  32. Event-Triggered Control6▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Distributed Control6▲ 5.9×3 topics
  34. Cosmopolitanism5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. MIMO Systems5▲ 7.5×3 topics
  36. Perfusion Imaging5▲ 8.0×2 topics
  37. Functional MRI5▲ 7.4×2 topics
  38. Minimally Invasive Surgery5▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. PET/CT4▲ 9.2×1 topic
  40. tumor4▲ 9.2×1 topic

Which research topics does King's College School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems.

Medical Imaging Techniqu…4Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 4 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonl…4Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…4Employment and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 4 fractional worksUAV Applications and Optimization: 4 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …4Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 4 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHealth InformaticsArtificial IntelligenceControl and Systems Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 4 works
  3. 3 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataArtificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Soft Robotics and ApplicationsBiomedical Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 UAV Applications and OptimizationAerospace Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  10. 10 Advanced MIMO Systems OptimizationElectrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King's College School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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