Oxford Brookes University
In research, Oxford Brookes University stands highest in Social Sciences (#884 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,727 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,150 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, History and Gender Studies (Music is 15.9× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,458 of 22,385 · #1,508 all time
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #93 of 862
- Research works
- 11k ▼ 15% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 263k 23.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.4% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.22× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 38% world 40%
- International
- 18% world 18%
What is Oxford Brookes University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #884 of 9,585 | 14.5% | 958 | #845 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,727 of 10,670 | 11.7% | 327 | #2259 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,150 of 5,988 | 15.7% | 462 | #727 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #566 of 2,526 | 18.0% | 188 | #569 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,288 of 9,902 | 11.6% | 270 | #2207 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,847 of 6,403 | 12.8% | 145 | #1882 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #760 of 2,581 | 18.9% | 95 | #877 | |
| MedicineField | #2,608 of 8,541 | 10.0% | 179 | #2374 | |
| PsychologyField | #698 of 2,121 | 12.3% | 135 | #1034 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #716 of 1,895 | 14.0% | 77 | #1002 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#845 #884
- Physical Sciences#2,259 #1,727
- Social Sciences#727 #1,150
- Sociology and Political Science#569 #566
- Health Sciences#2,207 #2,288
- Life Sciences#1,882 #1,847
- Business, Management and Accounting#877 #760
- Medicine#2,374 #2,608
- Psychology#1,034 #698
- Health Professions#1,002 #716
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Oxford Brookes University work in?
In 2022-now, 56% of research at Oxford Brookes University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (11%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences1,08356.1%
- Social Sciences51826.8%
- Arts and Humanities1929.9%
- Psychology1548.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting1145.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance784.0%
- Decision Sciences271.4%
- Physical Sciences38019.7%
- Engineering1648.5%
- Computer Science894.6%
- Environmental Science814.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences120.6%
- Materials Science80.4%
- Energy70.4%
- Physics and Astronomy70.4%
- Chemistry40.2%
- Mathematics40.2%
- Chemical Engineering40.2%
- Health Sciences30916.0%
- Medicine20310.5%
- Health Professions864.5%
- Nursing140.7%
- Dentistry30.2%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Life Sciences1588.2%
What does Oxford Brookes University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MusicSubfield · 25.1 works16×
- HistorySubfield · 38.5 works6.2×
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 33.7 works4.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities3.44×192 works
- Psychology2.62×154 works
- Social Sciences2.12×518 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.89×78 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.83×114 works
- Health Professions1.70×86 works
- Nursing1.47×14 works
- Decision Sciences1.45×27 works
- Neuroscience0.85×27 works
- Environmental Science0.84×80 works
- Veterinary0.80×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×67 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×54 works
- Computer Science0.59×88 works
- Chemical Engineering0.57×4 works
- Engineering0.57×164 works
- Medicine0.55×204 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.45×9 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×12 works
- Energy0.40×7 works
- Dentistry0.36×3 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×2 works
- Mathematics0.17×4 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.16×7 works
- Chemistry0.14×4 works
- Materials Science0.12×8 works
- Arts and Humanities 3.4×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Social Sciences 2.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.9×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.8×
- Health Professions 1.7×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Decision Sciences 1.4×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Computer Science 0.6×
- Chemical Engineering 0.6×
- Engineering 0.6×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Energy 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Oxford Brookes University?
Ranked on the quality score, Levent Altınay, Jack Daniel Sunter and Sue Vaughan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxford Brookes University.
- 1
Levent Altınay
United Kingdom · #38,348 worldwide 10k citations · 194 works
- 2
Jack Daniel Sunter
United Kingdom · #66,736 worldwide 3.6k citations · 645 works
- 3
Sue Vaughan
United Kingdom · #93,253 worldwide 3.9k citations · 640 works
- 4
Marco Raugei
United Kingdom · #100,507 worldwide 6.2k citations · 112 works
- 5
Philip H. S. Torr
United Kingdom · #113,997 worldwide 16k citations · 257 works
- 6
Thaís Q. Morcatty
United Kingdom · #145,455 worldwide 2k citations · 85 works
- 7
Peter Lugosi
United Kingdom · #175,888 worldwide 3.6k citations · 106 works
- 8
Michael Humphreys
United Kingdom · #186,024 worldwide 13k citations · 165 works
- 9
Chris R. Hawes
United Kingdom · #204,644 worldwide 17k citations · 258 works
- 10
Berry M. O’Donovan
United Kingdom · #205,652 worldwide 3k citations · 22 works
Which keywords describe research at Oxford Brookes University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Globalization, Colonialism, Neoliberalism, Nationalism, Mental Health and Human Rights.
- Sexuality
- Medicine
- Primates
- Social Behavior
- Intelligence
- Race
- Cooperation
- Evolution
- Democracy
- Health
- Ethics
- Physical Activity
- Social Justice
- Religion
- Public Health
- History
- Neoliberalism
- Colonialism
- Sustainability
- Gender
- Globalization
- Identity
- Mental Health
- Human Rights
- Nationalism
- Social Capital
- Economic Growth
- Innovation
- Corporate Governance
- Feminism
- Cultural Studies
- Memory
- Ethnicity
- Cognition
- Altruism
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Market Dynamics
- Gender Roles
- Tool Use
- Ethnomusicology
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
- Globalization95▲ 2.5×84 topics
- Gender77▲ 7.4×39 topics
- Identity72▲ 5.2×49 topics
- Sustainability68▲ 1.44×61 topics
- Mental Health62▲ 2.2×36 topics
- Colonialism54▲ 6.0×35 topics
- Human Rights54▲ 2.7×44 topics
- Neoliberalism46▲ 6.6×21 topics
- Nationalism45▲ 5.2×26 topics
- History43▲ 3.2×34 topics
- Social Capital39▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Public Health38▲ 1.34×48 topics
- Economic Growth35▲ 2.2×21 topics
- Religion35▲ 3.9×23 topics
- Innovation35▲ 1.74×28 topics
- Social Justice31▲ 2.7×29 topics
- Corporate Governance29▲ 2.0×17 topics
- Physical Activity26▲ 2.8×8 topics
- Feminism26▲ 4.6×18 topics
- Ethics26▲ 2.6×26 topics
- Cultural Studies25▲ 3.5×14 topics
- Health24▲ 3.2×18 topics
- Memory24▲ 5.1×17 topics
- Democracy24▲ 3.5×17 topics
- Ethnicity22▲ 3.1×15 topics
- Evolution22▲ 4.3×10 topics
- Cognition21▲ 7.6×5 topics
- Cooperation20▲ 16×4 topics
- Altruism20▲ 12×5 topics
- Race19▲ 8.4×15 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice18▲ 7.0×7 topics
- Intelligence18▲ 22×3 topics
- Market Dynamics18▲ 11×3 topics
- Social Behavior16▲ 15×3 topics
- Gender Roles16▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Primates16▲ 42×1 topic
- Tool Use16▲ 42×1 topic
- Medicine15▲ 9.4×6 topics
- Ethnomusicology14▲ 19×2 topics
- Sexuality14▲ 10×5 topics
Which research topics does Oxford Brookes University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Primate Behavior and Ecology, Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 16 works
- 2 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 13 works
- 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
- 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 11 works
- 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 10 works
- 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 10 works
- 7 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 10 works
- 8 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 9 works
- 9 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 9 works
- 10 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Oxford Brookes University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Oxford Brookes University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.
Fractional works of Oxford Brookes University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2007.
Other research institutions in Oxford
- University of Oxford
- Science Oxford
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
- Genomics (United Kingdom)
- Oxford Archaeology
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxfam
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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