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Nottingham Trent University

In research, Nottingham Trent University stands highest in Social Sciences (#346 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#335 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#164 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts — Museology is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#999
of 28,054 · #1,239 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#42
of 1,094
Research works
16k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
329k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Nottingham Trent 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 #346 of 10,521 29.7%1,540 #332
Social SciencesField #335 of 6,365 31.1%685 #297
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #164 of 2,578 32.5%276 #131
Health SciencesDomain #1,039 of 11,982 20.9%493 #1568
Physical SciencesDomain #1,143 of 12,888 23.5%915 #1584
PsychologyField #195 of 2,181 35.2%335 #298
EngineeringField #803 of 6,636 24.9%365 #1165
Clinical PsychologySubfield #100 of 738 36.2%126 #104
EducationSubfield #353 of 1,892 38.6%99 #240
Business, Management and AccountingField #563 of 2,578 34.8%166 #394

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nottingham Trent 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#332 #346
  2. Social Sciences#297 #335
  3. Sociology and Political Science#131 #164
  4. Health Sciences#1,568 #1,039
  5. Physical Sciences#1,584 #1,143
  6. Psychology#298 #195
  7. Engineering#1,165 #803
  8. Clinical Psychology#104 #100
  9. Education#240 #353
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#394 #563
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 Nottingham Trent University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 27.0 works6.8×
  2. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 27.8 works5.2×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 125 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 88 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 217 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 365 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 123 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 72 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 348 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.57× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.50× its world share, 235 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 166 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.38× its world share, 335 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 684 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nottingham Trent University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark D. Griffiths, Mike Featherstone and Daria J. Kuss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nottingham Trent University.

  1. 1 Mark D. Griffiths · #7,344 worldwide 3.3k citations · 412 works
  2. 2 Mike Featherstone · #9,887 worldwide 445 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Daria J. Kuss · #35,180 worldwide 809 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Eléonore Kofman · #39,933 worldwide 233 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Peter Eckersley · #41,582 worldwide 282 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Frank Smith · #44,129 worldwide 260 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Glen McHale · #44,373 worldwide 595 citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Michael I. Newton · #62,654 worldwide 442 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Jean Underwood · #75,677 worldwide 228 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Stephen Forsythe · #77,135 worldwide 245 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Nottingham Trent University

Which keywords describe research at Nottingham Trent University?

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

▲ 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. Globalization146▲ 2.3×87 topics
  2. Mental Health125▲ 2.6×43 topics
  3. Sustainability121▲ 1.52×75 topics
  4. Epidemiology109▼ 0.85×103 topics
  5. Deep Learning98◆ 0.88×72 topics
  6. Social Media88▲ 1.89×25 topics
  7. Machine Learning87▼ 0.82×76 topics
  8. Public Health85▲ 1.80×44 topics
  9. Gender84▲ 4.8×39 topics
  10. Identity78▲ 3.3×42 topics
  11. Climate Change76▼ 0.86×85 topics
  12. Education63◆ 1.13×67 topics
  13. Well-being63▲ 5.0×14 topics
  14. Literature62▲ 3.5×34 topics
  15. Healthcare59▲ 1.62×25 topics
  16. Risk Factors50▲ 1.38×29 topics
  17. Social Capital49▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Prevalence49▲ 3.7×12 topics
  19. Depression49▲ 1.70×24 topics
  20. Psychological Impact48▲ 4.5×9 topics
  21. Neoliberalism45▲ 3.9×15 topics
  22. History42▲ 1.85×28 topics
  23. Culture40▲ 2.3×24 topics
  24. Physical Activity40▲ 2.5×12 topics
  25. Colonialism37▲ 2.4×31 topics
  26. Anxiety36▲ 2.4×12 topics
  27. Gender Differences36▲ 2.9×16 topics
  28. Ethics36▲ 2.3×30 topics
  29. Feminism33▲ 3.6×14 topics
  30. Online Communication33▲ 6.6×3 topics
  31. Emotion30▲ 4.5×11 topics
  32. Adolescent Behavior29▲ 8.5×3 topics
  33. Digital Natives28▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Addiction28▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Facebook Use28▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Social Cognition28▲ 5.0×9 topics
  37. Comorbidity22▲ 6.2×4 topics
  38. Postcolonialism22▲ 5.5×11 topics
  39. Social Attitudes19▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Hypersexual Disorder19▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Nottingham Trent University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Gambling Behavior and Treatments.

Impact of Technology on …28Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 28 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and…19Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 19 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 16 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Treatments: 15 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 15 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…12Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 12 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 12 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 12 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation,…12Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyAutomotive EngineeringMuseology4 others

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

  1. 1 Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSociology and Political Science 28 works
  2. 2 Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyClinical Psychology 19 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 16 works
  4. 4 Gambling Behavior and TreatmentsClinical Psychology 15 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 15 works
  6. 6 Fashion and Cultural TextilesMuseology 13 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesCognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  9. 9 Child Development and Digital TechnologyEducation 12 works
  10. 10 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismLiterature and Literary Theory 12 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nottingham Trent University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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 Nottingham

All research institutions in Nottingham

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.