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Leeds Beckett University

In research, Leeds Beckett University stands highest in Social Sciences (#925 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#829 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,951 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Gender Studies — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 14.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,235
of 28,054 · #2,809 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#122
of 1,094
Research works
9.1k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
165k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Leeds Beckett 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
Social SciencesDomain #925 of 10,521 30.3%881 #423
Social SciencesField #829 of 6,365 30.5%466 #314
Health SciencesDomain #1,951 of 11,982 28.0%357 #1842
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #556 of 2,578 32.6%179 #430
Business, Management and AccountingField #705 of 2,578 36.3%89 #224
Health ProfessionsField #546 of 1,928 30.2%120 #821
MedicineField #3,019 of 10,443 27.4%228 #2711
Physical SciencesDomain #4,230 of 12,888 24.9%268 #5878
EngineeringField #2,298 of 6,636 25.7%125 #3794
PsychologyField #944 of 2,181 30.7%151 #783

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leeds Beckett 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. Social Sciences#423 #925
  2. Social Sciences#314 #829
  3. Health Sciences#1,842 #1,951
  4. Sociology and Political Science#430 #556
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#224 #705
  6. Health Professions#821 #546
  7. Medicine#2,711 #3,019
  8. Physical Sciences#5,878 #4,230
  9. Engineering#3,794 #2,298
  10. Psychology#783 #944
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 Leeds Beckett University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 56.7 works14×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 52.3 works9.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 125 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.89× its world share, 120 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 228 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.67× its world share, 76 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.75× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.14× its world share, 151 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 466 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leeds Beckett University?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan Watkins, Muhammad Ali Nasir and Mark I. Johnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leeds Beckett University.

  1. 1 Susan Watkins United Kingdom · #15,210 worldwide 471 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Ali Nasir United Kingdom · #70,456 worldwide 286 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Mark I. Johnson United Kingdom · #80,254 worldwide 181 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Dave Russell United Kingdom · #134,629 worldwide 146 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Ralph Tench United Kingdom · #145,358 worldwide 114 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Tamara Brown United Kingdom · #155,102 worldwide 362 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 David Carless United Kingdom · #157,802 worldwide 123 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Kevin Hannam United Kingdom · #188,518 worldwide 153 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Rhodri Thomas United Kingdom · #213,323 worldwide 77 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Anne Flintoff United Kingdom · #220,585 worldwide 116 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Leeds Beckett University

Which keywords describe research at Leeds Beckett University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Globalization, Sustainability, Well-being, Public Health, Injury Prevention and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology80▲ 1.27×69 topics
  2. Sustainability76▲ 1.98×56 topics
  3. Globalization71▲ 2.3×72 topics
  4. Public Health57▲ 2.5×37 topics
  5. Identity54▲ 4.7×36 topics
  6. Gender49▲ 5.7×26 topics
  7. Mental Health48▲ 2.1×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors43▲ 2.5×28 topics
  9. Qualitative Research42▲ 3.0×16 topics
  10. Well-being38▲ 6.2×14 topics
  11. Risk Management35▲ 4.6×10 topics
  12. Neoliberalism34▲ 6.1×18 topics
  13. Social Justice34▲ 3.6×25 topics
  14. Injury Prevention32▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Health Promotion32▲ 6.3×12 topics
  16. High-Intensity Interval Training30▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Prevention30▲ 4.5×11 topics
  18. Resistance Training30▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Masculinity30▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Evidence-Based Practice29▲ 14×7 topics
  21. Community Development28▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Athletic Training28▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Muscle Injuries28▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Sports Injury28▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Performance Analysis28▲ 8.1×4 topics
  26. Youth Engagement28▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Physiological Demands26▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Training Load26▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Reflective Practice25▲ 8.6×7 topics
  30. Motor Imagery25▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Sport Psychology25▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Athlete Development24▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Expert Performance24▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Urban Regeneration24▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Mega Events24▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Sport Tourism24▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Sport23▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Physical Education23▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Fan Culture22▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Femininity22▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Leeds Beckett University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports injuries and prevention, Sports Performance and Training, Sport Psychology and Performance and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts.

Sports injuries and prev…28Sports injuries and prevention: 28 fractional worksSports Performance and T…26Sports Performance and Training: 26 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…24Sport Psychology and Performance: 24 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…24Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 24 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 22 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 15 fractional worksPhysical Education and P…15Physical Education and Pedagogy: 15 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 14 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 13 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 11 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceGender Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 28 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 26 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 24 works
  4. 4 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 22 works
  6. 6 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 15 works
  7. 7 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 works
  8. 8 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 14 works
  9. 9 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 13 works
  10. 10 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 11 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leeds Beckett University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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