Question 1

What is Northumbria University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Northumbria University stands highest in Social Sciences (#302 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#366 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#271 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Human-Computer Interaction and Gender Studies (Museology is 4.8× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Northumbria University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Northumbria University ranks #456 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#536 all time), and #32 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Northumbria University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Ben Bin Xu, Mousa Marzband and James A. Cunningham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northumbria University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Northumbria University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Northumbria University is "Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects" (Andrew Kenneth Shenton, 2004), with 9,758 citations. Next come "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (6,333) and "Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy" (4,365).

Question 5

Which research topics does Northumbria University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Cryospheric studies and observations, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Northumbria University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Mental Health, Globalization, Identity, Climate Change, Gender, Social Support and Public Health.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Northumbria University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Northumbria University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is Northumbria University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.