Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · Loughborough · United Kingdom

Loughborough College

In research, Loughborough College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,456 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,423 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

loucoll.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#16,851
of 22,385 · #6,130 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#588
of 862
Research works
629
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Loughborough College

What is Loughborough College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #4,456 of 17,446 8.5%240
Social SciencesDomain #5,423 of 14,833 11.2%240

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Loughborough College 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 Loughborough College work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Loughborough College is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 58 fractional works · 58.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 24.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 11.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 15.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 9.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLoughboroughCollege99fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences18%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2424.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1111.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance87.9%
    4. Psychology77.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities54.9%
    6. Decision Sciences33.1%
    1. Medicine1615.9%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Engineering99.3%
    2. Computer Science33.4%
    3. Environmental Science22.4%
    4. Materials Science11.0%
    5. Mathematics10.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    2. Neuroscience11.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.70× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.48× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.68× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.68×8 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.48×11 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.16×3 works
  4. Psychology2.42×7 works
  5. Social Sciences1.93×24 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.70×5 works
  7. Neuroscience0.91×2 works
  8. Health Professions0.83×2 works
  9. Medicine0.83×16 works
  10. Mathematics0.63×1 works
  11. Engineering0.62×9 works
  12. Environmental Science0.47×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×3 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  15. Nursing0.31×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.27×1 works
  18. Energy0.26×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.22×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Loughborough College?

Ranked on the quality score, Frank Foden, M. J. Price and P. J. Avard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Loughborough College.

  1. 1 Frank Foden United Kingdom · #4,097,880 worldwide 77 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 M. J. Price United Kingdom · #4,724,049 worldwide 103 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 P. J. Avard United Kingdom · #4,858,987 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 B. R. T. Keene United Kingdom · #4,919,063 worldwide 160 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 David P. Woodworth United Kingdom · #4,972,711 worldwide 15 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Ken Powell United Kingdom · #5,097,949 worldwide 74 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 K.L.C. Legg United Kingdom · #5,130,168 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Henry E. Robson United Kingdom · #6,217,853 worldwide 980 citations · 104 works
All ranked researchers at Loughborough College

What are the most cited papers from Loughborough College?

The most cited paper from Loughborough College is "Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package" (Evgeny Epifanovsky et al., 2021), with 1,434 citations. Next come "The Adaptations to Strength Training" (1,307) and "The Debate about Quantitative and Qualitative Research: A Question of Method or Epistemology?" (753).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package Evgeny Epifanovsky et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access220 authors 23 Aug 2021 1,434
2 The Adaptations to Strength Training Jonathan P. Folland, Alun Gwyn Williams · Sports Medicine 2007 1,307
3 The Debate about Quantitative and Qualitative Research: A Question of Method or Epistemology? Alan E. Bryman · British Journal of Sociology Mar 1984 753
4 Overweight, obesity, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 120 813 adults from 16 cohort studies from the USA and Europe Mika Kivimäki et al. · The Lancet Public Health Open access 20 May 2017 699
5 Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists Gregory P. Brown, Alan E. Bryman, Duncan Cramer · The Canadian Journal of Sociology Open access 1996 626
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Loughborough College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, High-Intensity Interval Training, Resistance Training, Performance Analysis, Physiological Demands, Training Load, Democracy and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4◆ 1.08×23 topics
  2. High-Intensity Interval Training4▲ 38×2 topics
  3. Social Capital4▲ 8.0×10 topics
  4. Resistance Training4▲ 43×2 topics
  5. Globalization4▲ 1.92×17 topics
  6. Social Media3▲ 2.5×10 topics
  7. Economic Growth3▲ 4.1×11 topics
  8. Performance Analysis3▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Sustainability3▲ 1.37×21 topics
  10. Physiological Demands3▲ 48×1 topic
  11. Training Load3▲ 48×1 topic
  12. Corporate Governance3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  13. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.4×5 topics
  14. Democracy3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  15. Well-being2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  16. Human Rights2▲ 2.3×13 topics
  17. Empathy2▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Cultural History2▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Literary Journalism2▲ 193×1 topic
  20. Narrative Form2▲ 572×1 topic
  21. Pedagogy2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  22. Regulation2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  23. Injury Prevention2▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Athletic Training2▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Global Governance2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  26. Monetary Policy2▲ 8.0×7 topics
  27. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  28. Trust2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  29. Entrepreneurship2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  30. Environmental Management2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  31. Expert Performance2▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Motor Imagery2▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Muscle Injuries2▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Sports Injury2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Sport2▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Exercise2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Corruption1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Institutions1▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Authoritarianism1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Intrinsic Motivation1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Loughborough College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis, Sport Psychology and Performance and Sports injuries and prevention.

Sports Performance and T…3Sports Performance and Training: 3 fractional worksLiterature, Film, and Journalism Analysis: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…2Sport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…2Sports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 1 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…1Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 1 fractional worksEducation and Technology Integration: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineLiterature and Literary TheoryDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyGender Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  9. 9 Education and Technology Integration Education 1 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 1 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Loughborough College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Loughborough College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Loughborough College0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Loughborough College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Other research institutions in Loughborough

All research institutions in Loughborough

Share Loughborough College's ranking

Loughborough College on Science Explorer

A card with Loughborough College's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Loughborough College. Posts are plain text and can be reported.