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Manchester Metropolitan University

In research, Manchester Metropolitan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#136 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#238 of 10,521 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#136 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Gender Studies — Museology is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#863
of 28,054 · #1,132 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#37
of 1,094
Research works
17k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
379k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Manchester Metropolitan 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 SciencesField #136 of 6,365 35.3%851 #166
Social SciencesDomain #238 of 10,521 32.6%1,656 #249
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #136 of 2,578 36.3%336 #194
Health SciencesDomain #818 of 11,982 24.1%622 #1151
Physical SciencesDomain #947 of 12,888 29.3%851 #1454
Business, Management and AccountingField #255 of 2,578 40.1%159 #167
EngineeringField #783 of 6,636 31.6%299 #1265
MedicineField #1,353 of 10,443 23.2%462 #1874
Computer ScienceField #615 of 4,667 32.4%220 #980
Arts and HumanitiesField #347 of 1,998 24.7%239 #307

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Manchester 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 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#166 #136
  2. Social Sciences#249 #238
  3. Sociology and Political Science#194 #136
  4. Health Sciences#1,151 #818
  5. Physical Sciences#1,454 #947
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#167 #255
  7. Engineering#1,265 #783
  8. Medicine#1,874 #1,353
  9. Computer Science#980 #615
  10. Arts and Humanities#307 #347
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 Manchester Metropolitan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 41.1 works10×
  2. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 53.9 works6.3×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 71.7 works5.9×
  4. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 30.3 works4.4×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 61 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 220 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 299 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 165 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 462 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.47× its world share, 239 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 159 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.77× its world share, 283 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 851 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 Manchester Metropolitan University?

Ranked on the composite score, David McLean, Dave Day and Jennifer Rowley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manchester Metropolitan University.

  1. 1 David McLean · #6,310 worldwide 657 citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Dave Day · #16,938 worldwide 359 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Jennifer Rowley · #22,173 worldwide 536 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 David S. Lee · #29,770 worldwide 591 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Alan H. Fielding · #31,292 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Tim Edensor · #41,838 worldwide 311 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Paul Windrum · #67,056 worldwide 275 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 D. M. Causon · #74,307 worldwide 380 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Timothy Jung · #80,488 worldwide 227 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Bridget Somekh · #86,412 worldwide 151 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University

Which keywords describe research at Manchester Metropolitan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Identity, Gender, Neoliberalism, Sustainability, Feminism and Social Media.

▲ 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. Globalization148▲ 2.2×82 topics
  2. Mental Health136▲ 2.8×37 topics
  3. Epidemiology125◆ 0.94×104 topics
  4. Sustainability119▲ 1.46×71 topics
  5. Deep Learning104◆ 0.91×74 topics
  6. Identity104▲ 4.3×47 topics
  7. Machine Learning102◆ 0.93×71 topics
  8. Climate Change95◆ 1.05×81 topics
  9. Social Media84▲ 1.75×28 topics
  10. Gender83▲ 4.6×37 topics
  11. Public Health74▲ 1.51×46 topics
  12. Neoliberalism62▲ 5.2×20 topics
  13. Human Rights58▲ 1.69×48 topics
  14. Feminism53▲ 5.6×19 topics
  15. Qualitative Research51▲ 1.76×23 topics
  16. Social Justice51▲ 2.6×30 topics
  17. Well-being50▲ 3.9×14 topics
  18. Ethics50▲ 3.1×28 topics
  19. Social Capital50▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Social Support46▲ 2.5×15 topics
  21. Social Interaction43▲ 3.2×11 topics
  22. Resilience41▲ 2.5×14 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations40▲ 3.5×16 topics
  24. Cultural Studies40▲ 3.1×20 topics
  25. Embodiment39▲ 6.2×7 topics
  26. Intersectionality38▲ 6.3×12 topics
  27. Health38▲ 2.8×16 topics
  28. Resistance Training38▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Anthropocene33▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Health Disparities33▲ 3.8×9 topics
  31. High-Intensity Interval Training33▲ 9.3×2 topics
  32. Emotion33▲ 4.7×12 topics
  33. Affect31▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Cosmopolitanism28▲ 7.8×6 topics
  35. Masculinity26▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Physiological Demands26▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Training Load26▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Injury Prevention26▲ 6.3×4 topics
  39. Biopolitics25▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Space23▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Manchester Metropolitan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports injuries and prevention and Sports, Gender, and Society.

Sports Performance and T…26Sports Performance and Training: 26 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…22Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 22 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 21 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…20Sports, Gender, and Society: 20 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…20Geographies of human-animal interactions: 20 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 19 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 17 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…17Sport Psychology and Performance: 17 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 14 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 14 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesGeography, Planning and Development3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 26 works
  2. 2 Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSociology and Political Science 22 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and preventionOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 21 works
  4. 4 Sports, Gender, and SocietyGender Studies 20 works
  5. 5 Geographies of human-animal interactionsGeography, Planning and Development 20 works
  6. 6 Fashion and Cultural TextilesMuseology 19 works
  7. 7 Homelessness and Social IssuesGeneral Health Professions 17 works
  8. 8 Sport Psychology and PerformanceDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 17 works
  9. 9 Gender, Feminism, and MediaGender Studies 14 works
  10. 10 Digital Games and MediaSociology 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Manchester Metropolitan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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.

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