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Liverpool John Moores University

In research, Liverpool John Moores University stands highest in Social Sciences (#630 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#726 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#747 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,263
of 28,054 · #1,388 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#49
of 1,094
Research works
15k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
385k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Liverpool John Moores 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 #630 of 10,521 28.8%1,148 #594
Health SciencesDomain #726 of 11,982 25.3%695 #1121
MedicineField #747 of 10,443 24.6%529 #1269
EngineeringField #612 of 6,636 26.1%379 #1092
Social SciencesField #625 of 6,365 28.4%548 #465
Physical SciencesDomain #1,445 of 12,888 26.3%954 #1486
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #460 of 2,578 28.0%231 #504
Business, Management and AccountingField #609 of 2,578 34.7%120 #677
Life SciencesDomain #1,950 of 7,800 24.7%289 #1935
PsychologyField #555 of 2,181 28.0%265 #653

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Liverpool John Moores 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#594 #630
  2. Health Sciences#1,121 #726
  3. Medicine#1,269 #747
  4. Engineering#1,092 #612
  5. Social Sciences#465 #625
  6. Physical Sciences#1,486 #1,445
  7. Sociology and Political Science#504 #460
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#677 #609
  9. Life Sciences#1,935 #1,950
  10. Psychology#653 #555
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 Liverpool John Moores University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 52.8 works6.7×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 63.0 works3.9×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 211 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 379 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 155 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 529 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.48× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 118 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.82× its world share, 265 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 548 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Liverpool John Moores University?

Ranked on the composite score, Greg Atkinson, E. Levi and I. K. Baldry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Liverpool John Moores University.

  1. 1 Greg Atkinson United Kingdom · #4,681 worldwide 773 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 E. Levi United Kingdom · #7,782 worldwide 1.5k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 I. K. Baldry United Kingdom · #8,647 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Chris Simpson United Kingdom · #13,372 worldwide 714 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Zaili Yang United Kingdom · #15,998 worldwide 761 citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Robert A. Crain United Kingdom · #18,788 worldwide 868 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Thar Baker United Kingdom · #36,958 worldwide 508 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 C. A. Collins United Kingdom · #38,894 worldwide 405 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Ian G. McCarthy United Kingdom · #46,618 worldwide 858 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 P. A. James United Kingdom · #55,123 worldwide 571 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Liverpool John Moores University

Which keywords describe research at Liverpool John Moores University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Resistance Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, Epidemiology, Maritime Transportation, Risk Factors, Public Health and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology120◆ 0.99×97 topics
  2. Mental Health108▲ 2.4×40 topics
  3. Deep Learning107◆ 1.02×74 topics
  4. Machine Learning97◆ 0.96×77 topics
  5. Climate Change85◆ 1.02×84 topics
  6. Public Health76▲ 1.70×46 topics
  7. Sustainability71◆ 0.95×69 topics
  8. Risk Factors69▲ 2.0×33 topics
  9. Globalization69◆ 1.14×71 topics
  10. Environmental Impact63▲ 1.20×50 topics
  11. Social Media56▲ 1.28×25 topics
  12. Risk Assessment55▲ 2.6×22 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease55▲ 1.61×35 topics
  14. Identity54▲ 2.4×35 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management52▲ 1.81×21 topics
  16. Gender50▲ 3.0×30 topics
  17. Depression49▲ 1.82×23 topics
  18. Resistance Training45▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Well-being41▲ 3.5×14 topics
  20. High-Intensity Interval Training39▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Maritime Transportation35▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Performance Analysis30▲ 4.5×3 topics
  23. Social Inequality30▲ 3.6×5 topics
  24. Injury Prevention30▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Collision Avoidance29▲ 5.1×4 topics
  26. Human Factors29▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Physiological Demands28▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Training Load28▲ 14×1 topic
  29. Path Planning27▲ 6.9×3 topics
  30. Intersectionality26▲ 4.7×11 topics
  31. Exercise25▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Atrial Fibrillation25▲ 8.3×2 topics
  33. Autonomous Ships25▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Unmanned Surface Vehicles25▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Psychiatric Disorders25▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Developmental Trajectories23▲ 6.1×3 topics
  37. Athletic Training22▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Criminal Behavior22▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Muscle Injuries21▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Sports Injury21▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Liverpool John Moores University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Maritime Navigation and Safety, Sports injuries and prevention and Sport Psychology and Performance.

Sports Performance and T…28Sports Performance and Training: 28 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and …25Maritime Navigation and Safety: 25 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…21Sports injuries and prevention: 21 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…20Sport Psychology and Performance: 20 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 19 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 16 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…15Sports, Gender, and Society: 15 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 15 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 14 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…14Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 14 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineOcean EngineeringDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 28 works
  2. 2 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 25 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 21 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 20 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  6. 6 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 16 works
  7. 7 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 15 works
  8. 8 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  9. 9 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 14 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Liverpool John Moores University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

Other research institutions in Liverpool

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.