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Leverhulme Trust

In research, Leverhulme Trust stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,343 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,004 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

leverhulme.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#3,957
of 22,385 · #2,598 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#183
of 862
Research works
809
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.25×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Leverhulme Trust

What is Leverhulme Trust 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,343 of 10,670 22.8%61 #3019
Social SciencesDomain #3,004 of 9,585 24.3%80 #1570

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Leverhulme Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Leverhulme Trust is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Environmental Science (17%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 91 fractional works · 42.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 34.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 16.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 10.9% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeverhulme Trust213fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences43%

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 Sciences5325.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities136.2%
    3. Psychology125.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Environmental Science3616.8%
    2. Computer Science157.0%
    3. Engineering62.9%
    4. Materials Science62.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.4%
    6. Chemistry21.0%
    7. Mathematics21.0%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine156.9%
    2. Health Professions73.2%
    3. Veterinary31.3%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Neuroscience94.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.55× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.38× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.25× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.15× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary9.25×3 works
  2. Environmental Science3.38×36 works
  3. Neuroscience2.55×9 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.15×13 works
  5. Social Sciences1.98×53 works
  6. Psychology1.90×12 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.51×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×7 works
  9. Health Professions1.23×7 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.97×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.90×15 works
  12. Mathematics0.82×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.81×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.77×6 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×7 works
  16. Chemistry0.64×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×7 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.56×0 works
  19. Energy0.48×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×3 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  22. Medicine0.36×15 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  24. Engineering0.19×6 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.17×1 works
  26. Nursing0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Leverhulme Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, David M. Brazel, Erika Milburn and Heather Doran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leverhulme Trust.

  1. 1 David M. Brazel United Kingdom · #319,282 worldwide 4.6k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Erika Milburn United Kingdom · #3,253,273 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Heather Doran United Kingdom · #3,608,668 worldwide 99 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Grant Thomson United Kingdom · #3,665,188 worldwide 69 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Leverhulme Trust

What are the most cited papers from Leverhulme Trust?

The most cited paper from Leverhulme Trust is "Developmental plasticity and human health" (Patrick Bateson, David J.P. Barker, Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock et al., 2004), with 1,754 citations. Next come "Effectiveness of school-based programs to reduce bullying: a systematic and meta-analytic review" (1,620) and "Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic" (1,578).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Developmental plasticity and human health Patrick Bateson, David J.P. Barker, Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock et al. · Nature Jul 2004 1,754
2 Effectiveness of school-based programs to reduce bullying: a systematic and meta-analytic review Maria M. Ttofi, David P. Farrington · Journal of Experimental Criminology 15 Sep 2010 1,620
3 Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic Per Engzell, Arun Frey, Mark D. Verhagen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Apr 2021 1,578
4 The Impacts of Dietary Change on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Land Use, Water Use, and Health: A Systematic Review Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Rosemary Green, Edward J. M. Joy et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 3 Nov 2016 1,048
5 Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19 Jennifer B. Dowd, Liliana Andriano, David M. Brazel et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 16 Apr 2020 1,018
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Leverhulme Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Biodiversity and Discrimination.

▲ 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. Climate Change18▲ 3.1×49 topics
  2. Machine Learning16▲ 2.3×24 topics
  3. Ethics12▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 3.8×14 topics
  5. Big Data11▲ 5.2×11 topics
  6. Biodiversity9▲ 5.7×17 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 12×13 topics
  8. Globalization8▲ 2.0×30 topics
  9. Discrimination8▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Fairness8▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Surveillance8▲ 13×2 topics
  12. Transparency7▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Accountability7▲ 27×1 topic
  14. Algorithmic Bias7▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Invasive Species6▲ 7.1×9 topics
  16. Conservation6▲ 6.8×10 topics
  17. Land Use Change6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  18. Global Change5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  20. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Emotion4▲ 9.5×7 topics
  22. Health Disparities4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  23. Population Dynamics4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  24. Species Richness4▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Biological Invasions4▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem4▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Evolution4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  28. Conservation Biology4▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Social-Ecological Systems4▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Community Ecology4▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Functional Diversity4▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Environmental Services3▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Labor Market3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  35. Tropical Deforestation3▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Citizen Science3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Soil Properties3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Ethical Issues3▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Life Expectancy3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Model Evaluation3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Leverhulme Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Ethics and Social Impact…7Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 7 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 4 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…3Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…3Species Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and …2Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional works
Safety ResearchNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 7 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services 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 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leverhulme Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Leverhulme Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00080% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Leverhulme Trust0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Leverhulme Trust 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%Leverhulme Trust22.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.5% in 2024.

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