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Oxford Brookes University

In research, Oxford Brookes University stands highest in Social Sciences (#671 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#960 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#537 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, History and Gender Studies — Music is 18.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,145
of 28,054 · #1,788 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#88
of 1,094
Research works
11k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
263k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Oxford Brookes 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 #671 of 10,521 27.8%958 #433
Health SciencesDomain #960 of 11,982 23.7%270 #1358
Social SciencesField #537 of 6,365 29.5%462 #420
Business, Management and AccountingField #392 of 2,578 39.5%95 #220
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #505 of 2,578 30.9%188 #411
Physical SciencesDomain #4,422 of 12,888 22.4%327 #3022
Life SciencesDomain #2,718 of 7,800 22.9%145 #2064
MedicineField #3,819 of 10,443 20.3%179 #2744
EngineeringField #2,681 of 6,636 17.8%139 #2436
Arts and HumanitiesField #904 of 1,998 18.3%169 #407

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oxford Brookes 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#433 #671
  2. Health Sciences#1,358 #960
  3. Social Sciences#420 #537
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#220 #392
  5. Sociology and Political Science#411 #505
  6. Physical Sciences#3,022 #4,422
  7. Life Sciences#2,064 #2,718
  8. Medicine#2,744 #3,819
  9. Engineering#2,436 #2,681
  10. Arts and Humanities#407 #904
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 Oxford Brookes University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 25.0 works18×
  2. HistorySubfield · 34.8 works6.4×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 29.0 works4.7×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 72 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 139 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.45× its world share, 169 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 95 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 73 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.60× its world share, 135 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 462 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oxford Brookes University?

Ranked on the composite score, Derick T Wade, Fergus Nicol and David M. Garner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxford Brookes University.

  1. 1 Derick T Wade · #3,130 worldwide 972 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Fergus Nicol · #16,551 worldwide 897 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 David M. Garner · #17,685 worldwide 386 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Michael Humphreys · #24,698 worldwide 870 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 John R. Gold · #41,941 worldwide 173 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Levent Altınay · #47,112 worldwide 454 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Andrew Spicer · #47,744 worldwide 110 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 David A. Fell · #58,133 worldwide 314 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Graham Gibbs · #58,996 worldwide 363 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Alan Jenkins · #70,357 worldwide 300 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at Oxford Brookes University

Which keywords describe research at Oxford Brookes University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Globalization, Colonialism, Neoliberalism, Nationalism, Human Rights and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Globalization85▲ 2.6×81 topics
  2. Gender69▲ 7.5×37 topics
  3. Identity66▲ 5.4×47 topics
  4. Sustainability60▲ 1.46×60 topics
  5. Mental Health55▲ 2.2×36 topics
  6. Human Rights50▲ 2.9×42 topics
  7. Colonialism48▲ 6.0×33 topics
  8. Nationalism41▲ 5.2×26 topics
  9. Neoliberalism40▲ 6.5×21 topics
  10. History39▲ 3.3×30 topics
  11. Public Health34▲ 1.37×48 topics
  12. Economic Growth33▲ 2.3×20 topics
  13. Social Capital31▲ 3.5×14 topics
  14. Innovation31▲ 1.74×24 topics
  15. Religion30▲ 3.7×21 topics
  16. Social Justice28▲ 2.9×28 topics
  17. Physical Activity24▲ 2.9×8 topics
  18. Democracy23▲ 3.8×17 topics
  19. Cultural Studies23▲ 3.6×13 topics
  20. Memory23▲ 5.5×16 topics
  21. Health22▲ 3.2×17 topics
  22. Evolution22▲ 5.2×10 topics
  23. Ethnicity22▲ 3.4×15 topics
  24. Feminism21▲ 4.4×18 topics
  25. Urban Development20▲ 3.3×8 topics
  26. Cooperation20▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Altruism20▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Cognition19▲ 8.4×4 topics
  29. Population Dynamics19▲ 4.3×10 topics
  30. Race17▲ 9.1×14 topics
  31. Intelligence17▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Social Behavior16▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Primates15▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Tool Use15▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Market Dynamics15▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Gender Roles15▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice15▲ 6.8×7 topics
  38. Medicine14▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Ethnomusicology14▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Immigration14▲ 7.3×6 topics

Which research topics does Oxford Brookes University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primate Behavior and Ecology, Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Historical Economic and Social Studies.

Primate Behavior and Eco…15Primate Behavior and Ecology: 15 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post…12Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 12 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 10 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 10 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 9 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 9 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…9Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 9 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 8 fractional worksTheater, Performance, and Music History: 8 fractional works
Social PsychologySociology and Political ScienceEcologyEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Primate Behavior and EcologySocial Psychology 15 works
  2. 2 Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySociology and Political Science 12 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 12 works
  4. 4 Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics and Econometrics 10 works
  5. 5 Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics and Econometrics 10 works
  6. 6 Musicology and Musical AnalysisMusic 9 works
  7. 7 Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSociology and Political Science 9 works
  8. 8 Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationBuilding and Construction 9 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArcheology 8 works
  10. 10 Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryMusic 8 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oxford Brookes University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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.

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