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Lancaster University

In research, Lancaster University stands highest in Social Sciences (#211 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#234 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#458 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, History and Philosophy of Science and Finance (Human-Computer Interaction is 6.0× its share of world research).

lancaster.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#433
of 22,385 · #372 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#31
of 862
Research works
38k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Lancaster University

What is Lancaster University 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
Social SciencesDomain #211 of 9,585 14.9%2,475 #138
Social SciencesField #234 of 5,988 15.6%1,141 #117
Physical SciencesDomain #458 of 10,670 12.8%2,020 #402
Computer ScienceField #309 of 4,417 13.7%532 #219
Health SciencesDomain #719 of 9,902 16.1%592 #697
EngineeringField #534 of 5,901 13.4%566 #455
PsychologyField #194 of 2,121 14.4%338 #202
MedicineField #816 of 8,541 15.7%404 #783
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #244 of 2,526 15.6%392 #116
Business, Management and AccountingField #293 of 2,581 18.6%251 #89

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lancaster 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 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. Social Sciences#138 #211
  2. Social Sciences#117 #234
  3. Physical Sciences#402 #458
  4. Computer Science#219 #309
  5. Health Sciences#697 #719
  6. Engineering#455 #534
  7. Psychology#202 #194
  8. Medicine#783 #816
  9. Sociology and Political Science#116 #244
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#89 #293
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 Lancaster University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Lancaster University is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (10%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,786 fractional works · 45.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,297 fractional works · 21.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 447 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 196 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 156 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 446 fractional works · 7.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 118 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 79 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 383 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 108 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 93 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 80 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 77 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 272 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 255 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 152 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 133 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,289 fractional works · 37.0% of its workEngineering: 629 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 173 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 604 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 192 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 83 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 79 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 384 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 211 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 71 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 138 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 109 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 89 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 705 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 482 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 150 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 204 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 145 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 403 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 156 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 111 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 111 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLancasterUniversity6,183fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences45%

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. Social Sciences2,78645.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,29721.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities4467.2%
    3. Psychology3836.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2724.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2554.1%
    6. Decision Sciences1332.1%
    1. Engineering62910.2%
    2. Computer Science6049.8%
    3. Environmental Science3846.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2113.4%
    5. Mathematics1382.2%
    6. Materials Science1091.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences891.4%
    8. Chemistry651.0%
    9. Energy470.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.2%
    1. Medicine4827.8%
    2. Health Professions2043.3%
    3. Nursing90.1%
    4. Dentistry60.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1562.5%
    2. Neuroscience1111.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1111.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology210.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lancaster University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 76.1 works6.0×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 37.1 works3.9×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 67.7 works3.6×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 156 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 111 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 111 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 65 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 604 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 89 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 629 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 384 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 109 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 138 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.53× its world share, 211 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 204 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 482 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.50× its world share, 446 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 272 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 133 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.92× its world share, 255 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 383 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 1,297 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.50×446 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.22×133 works
  3. Psychology2.03×383 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.92×255 works
  5. Mathematics1.89×138 works
  6. Social Sciences1.66×1,297 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.53×211 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.37×272 works
  9. Computer Science1.26×604 works
  10. Environmental Science1.25×384 works
  11. Health Professions1.25×204 works
  12. Neuroscience1.11×111 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.92×89 works
  14. Energy0.84×48 works
  15. Engineering0.68×629 works
  16. Chemistry0.67×65 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.60×13 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×156 works
  19. Veterinary0.51×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.50×109 works
  21. Medicine0.41×482 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×111 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×21 works
  24. Nursing0.30×9 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×4 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Lancaster University?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard D. Bardgett, Nicholas A. J. Graham and Jos Barlow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lancaster University.

  1. 1 Richard D. Bardgett United Kingdom · #1,921 worldwide 88k citations · 621 works
  2. 2 Nicholas A. J. Graham United Kingdom · #3,034 worldwide 35k citations · 359 works
  3. 3 Jos Barlow United Kingdom · #4,661 worldwide 34k citations · 468 works
  4. 4 Christina Chemtai Hicks United Kingdom · #5,774 worldwide 13k citations · 156 works
  5. 5 Érika Berenguer United Kingdom · #6,493 worldwide 12k citations · 202 works
  6. 6 Alfredo De Massis United Kingdom · #12,761 worldwide 21k citations · 487 works
  7. 7 Carly J. Stevens United Kingdom · #20,052 worldwide 20k citations · 351 works
  8. 8 Andrew Sayer United Kingdom · #35,528 worldwide 18k citations · 373 works
  9. 9 Sarah L Jack United Kingdom · #36,504 worldwide 9.9k citations · 193 works
  10. 10 John Easton Law United Kingdom · #38,924 worldwide 36k citations · 231 works
All ranked researchers at Lancaster University

What are the most cited papers from Lancaster University?

The most cited paper from Lancaster University is "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (G. Aad et al., 2012), with 10,856 citations. Next come "A roadmap for graphene" (9,276) and "Determinations of total carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b of leaf extracts in different solvents" (6,782).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
2 A roadmap for graphene Kostya S. Novoselov, Vladimir I. Fal’ko, Luigi Colombo et al. · Nature Oct 2012 9,276
3 Determinations of total carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b of leaf extracts in different solvents Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, Alan R. Wellburn · Biochemical Society Transactions Oct 1983 6,782
4 Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language Norman L. Fairclough 1995 6,769
5 A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance Kathryn Skivington, Lynsay Matthews, Sharon Anne Simpson et al. · BMJ Open access 30 Sep 2021 6,225
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lancaster University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Gender, Social Interaction, Neoliberalism, Machine Learning, Sustainability and Identity.

▲ 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. Globalization271▲ 2.2×114 topics
  2. Climate Change257▲ 1.53×104 topics
  3. Machine Learning215◆ 1.05×81 topics
  4. Deep Learning194◆ 0.91×75 topics
  5. Sustainability186▲ 1.23×95 topics
  6. Mental Health138▲ 1.56×40 topics
  7. Public Health135▲ 1.49×61 topics
  8. Gender120▲ 3.6×51 topics
  9. Social Media118▲ 1.38×33 topics
  10. Identity110▲ 2.5×57 topics
  11. Neural Networks105◆ 1.10×37 topics
  12. Social Interaction104▲ 4.3×11 topics
  13. Neoliberalism100▲ 4.5×26 topics
  14. Human Rights96▲ 1.52×58 topics
  15. Ethics92▲ 2.9×40 topics
  16. History90▲ 2.1×45 topics
  17. Literature88▲ 2.6×42 topics
  18. Big Data84▲ 1.42×26 topics
  19. Economic Growth83▲ 1.64×28 topics
  20. Colonialism82▲ 2.8×44 topics
  21. Nationalism79▲ 2.9×29 topics
  22. Corporate Governance75▲ 1.65×21 topics
  23. Social Capital74▲ 2.3×18 topics
  24. Higher Education73▲ 2.2×23 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations71▲ 3.3×19 topics
  26. Feminism66▲ 3.6×22 topics
  27. Embodiment64▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Corpus Linguistics59▲ 4.5×5 topics
  29. Emotion55▲ 4.3×12 topics
  30. Politics54▲ 3.4×18 topics
  31. Monetary Policy54▲ 3.7×9 topics
  32. Participatory Design48▲ 15×2 topics
  33. User Experience47▲ 9.1×3 topics
  34. Aesthetics43▲ 8.9×8 topics
  35. Language Development42▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Health Behavior Change42▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Neural Basis40▲ 7.2×4 topics
  38. Design Research35▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Interaction Design35▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Academic Writing35▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Lancaster University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Discourse Analysis in Language Studies and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies.

Innovative Human-Technol…35Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 35 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …31Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 31 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…24Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 24 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Com…23Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 23 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 21 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 19 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…18Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 18 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 18 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 17 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…16Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 16 fractional works
Human-Computer InteractionExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 35 works
  2. 2 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 31 works
  3. 3 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 24 works
  4. 4 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 23 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 21 works
  6. 6 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 19 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 18 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 18 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 17 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 16 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lancaster University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Lancaster University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Lancaster University0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lancaster University 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%30%Lancaster University12.6% 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 20.6% in 2005.

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