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Leverhulme Trust

In research, Leverhulme Trust stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,193 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,340 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,749
of 28,054 · #7,285 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#267
of 1,094
Research works
809
▲ 120% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Leverhulme Trust 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 #4,193 of 10,521 43.8%80 #2358
Physical SciencesDomain #6,340 of 12,888 41.1%61 #8640

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leverhulme Trust 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).

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: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.55× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.94× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.70× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.28× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leverhulme Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Peter Milner and Lucina Hackman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leverhulme Trust.

  1. 1 Karlheinz Stockhausen United Kingdom · #537,015 worldwide 13 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Peter Milner United Kingdom · #1,067,588 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Lucina Hackman United Kingdom · #1,363,034 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 G.J. Hutchings United Kingdom · #1,604,661 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Leverhulme Trust

Which keywords describe research at Leverhulme Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Big Data, Machine Learning, Discrimination, Fairness and Surveillance.

▲ 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 Change14▲ 2.9×44 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 2.2×21 topics
  3. Ethics10▲ 11×12 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 3.5×11 topics
  5. Big Data8▲ 5.0×10 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 11×13 topics
  7. Globalization7▲ 1.98×28 topics
  8. Discrimination6▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Biodiversity6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  10. Fairness6▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Surveillance6▲ 12×2 topics
  12. Transparency6▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Accountability6▲ 30×1 topic
  14. Algorithmic Bias6▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Land Use Change5▲ 8.8×5 topics
  16. Invasive Species5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  17. Conservation4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  18. Economic Growth4▲ 2.5×15 topics
  19. Health Disparities4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  21. Global Change4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  22. Emotion4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 8.3×2 topics
  24. Nationalism3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  25. Labor Market3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Biological Invasions3▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Evolution3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  28. Feminism3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  29. Ecosystem3▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Population Dynamics3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  31. Species Richness3▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Environmental Services3▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Tropical Deforestation3▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Social-Ecological Systems3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Community Ecology2▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Functional Diversity2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Life Expectancy2▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Ethical Issues2▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  40. Citizen Science2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Leverhulme Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Ethics and Social Impact…6Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 6 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and …2Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional works
Safety ResearchGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcological Modeling4 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 6 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 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 available55.1%not open44.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leverhulme Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 120% 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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