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Liverpool Hope University

In research, Liverpool Hope University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,481 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,096 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,054 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,650
of 22,385 · #4,928 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#218
of 862
Research works
2.8k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Liverpool Hope University

What is Liverpool Hope 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 #2,481 of 9,585 12.6%347 #1837
Social SciencesField #2,096 of 5,988 12.1%203 #1472
Physical SciencesDomain #6,054 of 10,670 5.8%91 #5703
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,522 of 2,526 11.4%74 #1257
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,436 of 1,896 15.7%63 #1081

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Liverpool Hope 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#1,837 #2,481
  2. Social Sciences#1,472 #2,096
  3. Physical Sciences#5,703 #6,054
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,257 #1,522
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,081 #1,436
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 Liverpool Hope University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Liverpool Hope University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 388 fractional works · 65.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 227 fractional works · 38.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 84 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEducation: 44 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 71 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 8.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 65 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 6.4% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLiverpool HopeUniversity590fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences22738.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities7112.0%
    3. Psychology528.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting193.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance162.7%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Engineering366.1%
    2. Computer Science355.9%
    3. Environmental Science183.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy50.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    6. Mathematics20.4%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine417.0%
    2. Health Professions223.8%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience213.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
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: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.15× its world share, 71 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.91× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.04× its world share, 227 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.15×71 works
  2. Social Sciences3.04×227 works
  3. Psychology2.91×52 works
  4. Neuroscience2.16×21 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×22 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×16 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×20 works
  8. Computer Science0.76×35 works
  9. Environmental Science0.60×18 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.55×3 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×1 works
  12. Nursing0.43×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  14. Engineering0.40×36 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.36×5 works
  16. Medicine0.36×41 works
  17. Mathematics0.34×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×9 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×6 works
  21. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  25. Energy0.03×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Liverpool Hope University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tina Cook, Lin Norton and Robert W. Busby lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Liverpool Hope University.

  1. 1 Tina Cook United Kingdom · #608,974 worldwide 2.8k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Lin Norton United Kingdom · #768,100 worldwide 2.3k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Robert W. Busby United Kingdom · #899,383 worldwide 2.2k citations · 161 works
  4. 4 Mark Ching‐Pong Poo United Kingdom · #983,195 worldwide 551 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 James J. Malone United Kingdom · #1,052,644 worldwide 2.2k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Feng Su United Kingdom · #1,088,399 worldwide 666 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Sally Edmondson United Kingdom · #1,138,169 worldwide 845 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Philip Bamber United Kingdom · #1,155,215 worldwide 534 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Emma Katz United Kingdom · #1,264,052 worldwide 701 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Namrata Rao United Kingdom · #1,266,283 worldwide 307 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Liverpool Hope University

What are the most cited papers from Liverpool Hope University?

The most cited paper from Liverpool Hope University is "Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?" (Nabil Ahmed Sultan, 2009), with 975 citations. Next come "Formulation, stabilisation and encapsulation of bacteriophage for phage therapy" (597) and "Unpacking the Black Box: Applications and Considerations for Using GPS Devices in Sport" (587).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cloud computing for education: A new dawn? Nabil Ahmed Sultan · International Journal of Information Management 24 Oct 2009 975
2 Formulation, stabilisation and encapsulation of bacteriophage for phage therapy Danish J. Malik, Ilya J. Sokolov, Gurinder K. Vinner et al. · Advances in Colloid and Interface Science Open access 14 May 2017 597
3 Unpacking the Black Box: Applications and Considerations for Using GPS Devices in Sport James J. Malone, Ric J. Lovell, Matthew C. Varley et al. · International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Open access 13 Oct 2016 587
4 Achieving Saturation in Thematic Analysis: Development and Refinement of a Codebook Hikari Ando, Rosanna Cousins, Carolyn Anne Young · Comprehensive Psychology Open access 2014 585
5 A novel algorithm for global optimization: Rat Swarm Optimizer Gaurav Dhiman, Meenakshi Garg, Atulya K. Nagar et al. · Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 6 Oct 2020 512
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Liverpool Hope University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Religion, Globalization, Inclusion, Ethics, Human Rights, Neoliberalism and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Globalization37▲ 3.2×46 topics
  2. Identity35▲ 8.2×22 topics
  3. Religion27▲ 9.9×18 topics
  4. Mental Health25▲ 3.0×27 topics
  5. Human Rights25▲ 4.1×28 topics
  6. Inclusion20▲ 23×4 topics
  7. Ethics20▲ 6.6×24 topics
  8. Social Media18▲ 2.3×22 topics
  9. Nationalism17▲ 6.4×17 topics
  10. Social Justice17▲ 4.7×25 topics
  11. Neoliberalism16▲ 7.8×16 topics
  12. History16▲ 4.0×15 topics
  13. Secularism15▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Gender14▲ 4.5×19 topics
  15. Intersectionality14▲ 13×10 topics
  16. Culture14▲ 4.5×11 topics
  17. Literature12▲ 3.7×14 topics
  18. Academic Achievement12▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Philosophy12▲ 4.5×10 topics
  20. Democracy12▲ 5.6×11 topics
  21. Cultural Identity11▲ 3.9×9 topics
  22. Diversity11▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Social Support11▲ 3.4×11 topics
  24. Feminist Theory10▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Multiculturalism10▲ 9.5×3 topics
  26. Theology10▲ 19×4 topics
  27. Citizenship10▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Feminism10▲ 5.8×14 topics
  29. Resilience10▲ 3.5×11 topics
  30. Global South10▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Religious Education10▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Poverty10▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Epidemiological Study9▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Social Model of Disability9▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Neuroscience9▲ 4.9×13 topics
  36. Cultural9▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Schools9▲ 113×1 topic
  38. Society8▲ 6.9×5 topics
  39. Social History7▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Church History7▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Liverpool Hope University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Disability Rights and Representation, Religious Education and Schools, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity and Medieval Literature and History.

Disability Rights and Representation: 9 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 9 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…6Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 6 fractional worksMedieval Literature and …6Medieval Literature and History: 6 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 5 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 5 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…4Religion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional worksDiverse Education Studies and Reforms: 4 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 4 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…4Religion, Society, and Development: 4 fractional works
Safety ResearchEducationHistoryClassics2 others

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

  1. 1 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 9 works
  2. 2 Religious Education and Schools Education 9 works
  3. 3 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 6 works
  4. 4 Medieval Literature and History Classics 6 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 5 works
  6. 6 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms Education 4 works
  9. 9 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  10. 10 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Liverpool Hope University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower 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 Liverpool Hope University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Liverpool Hope University0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Liverpool Hope 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Liverpool Hope University8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.1% in 2004.

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