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Leeds Trinity University

In research, Leeds Trinity University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,233 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,086 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 6.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,180
of 22,385 · #7,863 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#281
of 862
Research works
930
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Leeds Trinity University

What is Leeds Trinity 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 #3,233 of 9,585 10.2%204 #4024
Social SciencesField #3,086 of 5,988 9.9%119 #3785

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leeds Trinity 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 fields of science does Leeds Trinity University work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Leeds Trinity University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Psychology (16%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 241 fractional works · 72.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 141 fractional works · 42.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 50 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEducation: 45 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 15.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeeds TrinityUniversity334fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences72%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14142.0%
    2. Psychology5215.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities206.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting144.2%
    5. Decision Sciences72.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.0%
    1. Medicine3610.8%
    2. Health Professions185.5%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science103.1%
    2. Engineering82.5%
    3. Environmental Science41.2%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience72.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Leeds Trinity University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 22.2 works6.3×
  2. PsychologyField · 52.1 works5.1×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.09× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.11× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.32× its world share, 140 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.11×52 works
  2. Social Sciences3.32×140 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.20×7 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.10×20 works
  5. Health Professions2.09×18 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.31×14 works
  7. Neuroscience1.27×7 works
  8. Nursing0.95×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×7 works
  10. Medicine0.56×36 works
  11. Computer Science0.39×10 works
  12. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.24×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×3 works
  15. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  16. Engineering0.17×8 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  20. Energy0.06×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Leeds Trinity University?

Ranked on the quality score, Edward John Noon, Andi Brierley and Samuel P. Hills lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leeds Trinity University.

  1. 1 Edward John Noon United Kingdom · #1,007,310 worldwide 486 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Andi Brierley United Kingdom · #1,076,533 worldwide 66 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Samuel P. Hills United Kingdom · #1,567,321 worldwide 783 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Laura De Pretto United Kingdom · #1,605,340 worldwide 305 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Arun Sondhi United Kingdom · #1,606,899 worldwide 433 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Antesar M. Shabut United Kingdom · #2,174,190 worldwide 698 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Mark A. Russell United Kingdom · #2,195,999 worldwide 4.8k citations · 328 works
  8. 8 Madeline‐Sophie Abbas United Kingdom · #2,322,080 worldwide 178 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Aimee Quickfall United Kingdom · #2,465,706 worldwide 73 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Helen Kingstone United Kingdom · #2,515,263 worldwide 121 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Leeds Trinity University

What are the most cited papers from Leeds Trinity University?

The most cited paper from Leeds Trinity University is "Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia" (Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy et al., 2022), with 2,894 citations. Next come "Patient risk factors for pressure ulcer development: Systematic review" (714) and "International society of sports nutrition position stand: caffeine and exercise performance" (643).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy et al. · Nature Open access613 authors 8 Apr 2022 2,894
2 Patient risk factors for pressure ulcer development: Systematic review Susanne B. Coleman, Claudia Gorecki, E Andrea Nelson et al. · International Journal of Nursing Studies ReviewOpen access Feb 2013 714
3 International society of sports nutrition position stand: caffeine and exercise performance Nanci S. Guest, Trisha A. VanDusseldorp, Michael T. Nelson et al. · Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Open access 2 Jan 2021 643
4 The role of sources of social support on depression and quality of life for university students Mohammed Munahi Alsubaie, Helen J. Stain, Lisa A. D. Webster et al. · International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Open access 21 Jan 2019 502
5 Assessing Model Fit: Caveats and Recommendations for Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling John L. Perry, Adam Robert Nicholls, Peter Clough et al. · Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science Open access 2 Jan 2015 323
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Leeds Trinity University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Social Support, Neoliberalism, Well-being, Religion, Higher Education and Education.

▲ 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. Mental Health25▲ 5.3×28 topics
  2. Globalization22▲ 3.4×34 topics
  3. Education15▲ 2.7×25 topics
  4. Social Support14▲ 8.0×12 topics
  5. Neoliberalism13▲ 11×13 topics
  6. Public Health12▲ 2.4×21 topics
  7. Higher Education12▲ 6.5×11 topics
  8. Well-being12▲ 8.9×10 topics
  9. Religion11▲ 7.4×11 topics
  10. Quality of Life10▲ 2.1×20 topics
  11. Social Justice10▲ 5.1×14 topics
  12. Identity9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  13. Health8▲ 6.4×7 topics
  14. Depression8▲ 2.7×13 topics
  15. Psychological Adjustment8▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Intersectionality8▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Diversity7▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Resilience7▲ 4.4×9 topics
  19. Lifelong Learning7▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Racial Disparities7▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Reflective Practice7▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Student Perceptions7▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Criminal Behavior7▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Teacher Education6▲ 15×6 topics
  25. Emotion Regulation6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  26. Criminal Justice6▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Mass Incarceration6▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Prison System6▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Psychological Impact6▲ 5.6×7 topics
  30. Coping6▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Mental Disorders6▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Law Enforcement6▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Inclusion5▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Secularism5▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Informal Learning5▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Multiculturalism5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  38. Teacher Professional Development5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  39. Social Identity5▲ 16×5 topics
  40. Developmental Trajectories5▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Leeds Trinity University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Policing Practices and Perceptions, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending.

Criminal Justice and Cor…6Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 6 fractional worksPolicing Practices and P…4Policing Practices and Perceptions: 4 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 4 fractional worksPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksReligious Education and …3Religious Education and Schools: 3 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 3 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHealthClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 4 works
  4. 4 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Religious Education and Schools Education 3 works
  9. 9 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leeds Trinity University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher 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 Leeds Trinity University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Leeds Trinity University0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Leeds Trinity 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 counting5%10%15%Leeds Trinity University12.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 2025.

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