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London Metropolitan University

In research, London Metropolitan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,160 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,278 of 5,988 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#764 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management, Marketing and Business, Management and Accounting (Strategy and Management is 5.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,565
of 22,385 · #7,298 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#138
of 862
Research works
7.3k
▲ 119% vs 2018-21
Citations
125k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%

What is London Metropolitan 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 #1,160 of 9,585 15.3%625 #2537
Social SciencesField #1,278 of 5,988 15.2%284 #2070
Business, Management and AccountingField #764 of 2,581 17.5%147 #2064
Computer ScienceField #1,612 of 4,417 13.0%100 #4516
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #964 of 2,526 17.8%110 #1674
Physical SciencesDomain #4,285 of 10,670 15.5%259 #15526
EngineeringField #3,088 of 5,901 18.1%78 #5792
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,103 of 1,798 15.7%61 #2121
PsychologyField #1,359 of 2,121 9.3%60 #2275
Health SciencesDomain #6,585 of 9,902 10.4%103 #14178

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where London Metropolitan 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#2,537 #1,160
  2. Social Sciences#2,070 #1,278
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#2,064 #764
  4. Computer Science#4,516 #1,612
  5. Sociology and Political Science#1,674 #964
  6. Physical Sciences#15,526 #4,285
  7. Engineering#5,792 #3,088
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,121 #1,103
  9. Psychology#2,275 #1,359
  10. Health Sciences#14,178 #6,585
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 London Metropolitan University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at London Metropolitan University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 677 fractional works · 59.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 313 fractional works · 27.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 118 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 63 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 152 fractional works · 13.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 59 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 70 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 28 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 49 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 282 fractional works · 24.8% of its workComputer Science: 106 fractional works · 9.3% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 87 fractional works · 7.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 118 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 75 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 37 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 62 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLondonMetropolitan…1,139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences59%

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 Sciences31327.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting15213.4%
    3. Psychology706.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance635.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities494.3%
    6. Decision Sciences292.6%
    1. Computer Science1069.3%
    2. Engineering877.6%
    3. Environmental Science524.6%
    4. Energy90.8%
    5. Chemistry60.5%
    6. Materials Science60.5%
    7. Mathematics60.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy50.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Medicine756.6%
    2. Health Professions373.3%
    3. Nursing50.4%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology221.9%
    2. Neuroscience181.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences171.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does London Metropolitan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 58.7 works5.9×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 24.6 works5.1×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 152.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 106 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 87 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.15× its world share, 152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.57× its world share, 63 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 313 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.15×152 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.67×29 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.57×63 works
  4. Social Sciences2.17×313 works
  5. Psychology2.02×70 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.50×49 works
  7. Health Professions1.25×38 works
  8. Computer Science1.19×106 works
  9. Neuroscience0.98×18 works
  10. Environmental Science0.93×52 works
  11. Nursing0.87×5 works
  12. Energy0.85×9 works
  13. Engineering0.51×87 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.48×2 works
  15. Veterinary0.46×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.42×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×22 works
  19. Medicine0.34×75 works
  20. Chemistry0.33×6 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×17 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×4 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.20×5 works
  25. Materials Science0.15×6 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at London Metropolitan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sunil Luthra, Anil Kumar and Rohit Agrawal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is London Metropolitan University.

  1. 1 Sunil Luthra United Kingdom · #157 worldwide 25k citations · 336 works
  2. 2 Anil Kumar United Kingdom · #81,812 worldwide 21k citations · 816 works
  3. 3 Rohit Agrawal United Kingdom · #91,696 worldwide 3.7k citations · 115 works
  4. 4 Mel Rose United Kingdom · #147,298 worldwide 13k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Chris Chandler United Kingdom · #302,305 worldwide 4.8k citations · 131 works
  6. 6 Ashutosh Samadhiya United Kingdom · #330,701 worldwide 2.2k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Ephraim Abrokwa Ansa-Addo United Kingdom · #683,712 worldwide 1.8k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Sanjeev Yadav United Kingdom · #798,518 worldwide 1k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Yemane Wolde‐Rufael United Kingdom · #830,218 worldwide 7.7k citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Ahmet Erdi Öztürk United Kingdom · #975,847 worldwide 1.2k citations · 221 works
All ranked researchers at London Metropolitan University

What are the most cited papers from London Metropolitan University?

The most cited paper from London Metropolitan University is "Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape" (Robert A. Rigby, D. Stasinopoulos, 2005), with 3,322 citations. Next come "Vesiclepedia: A Compendium for Extracellular Vesicles with Continuous Community Annotation" (1,391) and "‘It's all becoming a habitus’: beyond the habitual use of habitus in educational research" (1,379).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape Robert A. Rigby, D. Stasinopoulos · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 14 Apr 2005 3,322
2 Vesiclepedia: A Compendium for Extracellular Vesicles with Continuous Community Annotation Hina Kalra et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 18 Dec 2012 1,391
3 ‘It's all becoming a habitus’: beyond the habitual use of habitus in educational research Diane Reay · British Journal of Sociology of Education 13 Aug 2004 1,379
4 28. The Politics of Presence Anne K. Phillips · Democracy Book chapter Oct 1998 1,213
5 CO2 emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy and economic growth in the US Kojo Menyah, Yemane Wolde‐Rufael · Energy Policy 3 Feb 2010 1,110
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Which keywords describe research at London Metropolitan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainability, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Environmental Management, Religion, Business Ethics and Supply Chain Management.

▲ 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. Globalization74▲ 3.3×86 topics
  2. Sustainability65▲ 2.3×74 topics
  3. Machine Learning52▲ 1.38×62 topics
  4. Deep Learning44◆ 1.13×52 topics
  5. Mental Health33▲ 2.0×28 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management32▲ 3.1×19 topics
  7. Nationalism32▲ 6.2×21 topics
  8. Human Rights31▲ 2.6×44 topics
  9. Social Media30▲ 1.91×23 topics
  10. Neoliberalism29▲ 7.1×18 topics
  11. Big Data29▲ 2.6×20 topics
  12. Economic Growth28▲ 3.1×24 topics
  13. Religion27▲ 5.2×22 topics
  14. Environmental Management26▲ 5.7×10 topics
  15. Innovation26▲ 2.2×35 topics
  16. Corporate Governance25▲ 3.0×20 topics
  17. Internet of Things24▲ 2.5×15 topics
  18. Higher Education22▲ 3.5×17 topics
  19. Risk Management21▲ 3.9×14 topics
  20. Business Ethics21▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Social Capital21▲ 3.5×15 topics
  22. Ethics20▲ 3.5×27 topics
  23. Shareholder Value20▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Financial Performance20▲ 3.1×10 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship19▲ 4.2×12 topics
  26. Civil Society19▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Democracy18▲ 4.5×16 topics
  28. IoT Security17▲ 5.0×3 topics
  29. Politics17▲ 5.8×11 topics
  30. Corporate Social Responsibility17▲ 8.9×6 topics
  31. Development17▲ 4.1×12 topics
  32. Institutional Theory17▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Neuroscience16▲ 4.7×13 topics
  34. NGOs16▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Product Design14▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. Stakeholder Theory13▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Sustainability Reporting13▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Resource Efficiency13▲ 8.2×3 topics
  39. Sustainability Assessment13▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Green Practices12▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does London Metropolitan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Religion, Society, and Development and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.

  1. 1 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 13 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 12 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 9 works
  5. 5 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 8 works
  7. 7 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 7 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 available21.2%not open78.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has London Metropolitan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 119% 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 London Metropolitan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%London Metropolitan University0.0040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of London Metropolitan 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%London Metropolitan University13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2021.

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