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Oxford Research Group

In research, Oxford Research Group stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,243 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry (Organic Chemistry is 17.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,460
of 22,385 · #517 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#135
of 862
Research works
2k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
144k
71.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Oxford Research Group

What is Oxford Research Group known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,243 of 10,670 22.6%87 #401

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oxford Research Group 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 fields of science does Oxford Research Group work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Oxford Research Group is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (20%), Computer Science (12%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 95 fractional works · 60.8% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 20.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 12.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 12.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 19.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 11.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOxford ResearchGroup156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry3120.0%
    2. Computer Science1912.4%
    3. Materials Science138.4%
    4. Engineering138.3%
    5. Environmental Science95.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering42.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy32.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    9. Energy10.5%
    10. Mathematics10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1610.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.5%
    3. Neuroscience53.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    1. Medicine1811.8%
    2. Health Professions21.2%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences42.3%
    2. Psychology31.7%
    3. Decision Sciences10.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Oxford Research Group specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 20.2 works17×
  2. ChemistryField · 31.3 works13×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.08× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.26× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 12.75× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.40× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry12.75×31 works
  2. Chemical Engineering7.26×4 works
  3. Materials Science2.40×13 works
  4. Neuroscience2.08×5 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.97×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.96×16 works
  7. Computer Science1.59×19 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.52×2 works
  9. Environmental Science1.15×9 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.91×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.88×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×6 works
  13. Medicine0.61×18 works
  14. Psychology0.56×3 works
  15. Engineering0.55×13 works
  16. Nursing0.54×0 works
  17. Energy0.51×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.45×2 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.19×4 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  24. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oxford Research Group?

Ranked on the quality score, William Wint, Leticia Peña Carrodeguas and C. W. D. Gibson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxford Research Group.

  1. 1 William Wint United Kingdom · #80,594 worldwide 21k citations · 488 works
  2. 2 Leticia Peña Carrodeguas United Kingdom · #545,429 worldwide 1.3k citations · 16 works
  3. 3 C. W. D. Gibson United Kingdom · #1,041,642 worldwide 1.6k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Neil Stewart Alexander United Kingdom · #1,773,456 worldwide 731 citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Hugh Miall United Kingdom · #2,621,272 worldwide 866 citations · 90 works
  6. 6 Roger Hay United Kingdom · #3,208,883 worldwide 410 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 David M. Bourn United Kingdom · #3,448,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 31 works
  8. 8 B. S. McBeth United Kingdom · #3,557,985 worldwide 119 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Alun M. Anderson United Kingdom · #3,758,284 worldwide 244 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 A. M. Holburn United Kingdom · #5,084,152 worldwide 462 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Oxford Research Group

What are the most cited papers from Oxford Research Group?

The most cited paper from Oxford Research Group is "Squeeze-and-Excitation Networks" (Jie Hu, Li Shen, Samuel Albanie et al., 2019), with 12,749 citations. Next come "Fluorine in medicinal chemistry" (7,580) and "Segmentation of brain MR images through a hidden Markov random field model and the expectation-maximization algorithm" (7,426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Squeeze-and-Excitation Networks Jie Hu, Li Shen, Samuel Albanie et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 2 May 2019 12,749
2 Fluorine in medicinal chemistry Sophie Purser, Peter R. Moore, Steve Swallow et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 13 Dec 2007 7,580
3 Segmentation of brain MR images through a hidden Markov random field model and the expectation-maximization algorithm Yuntang Zhang, Michael Brady, Stephen M. Smith · IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Open access 2001 7,426
4 Video Google: a text retrieval approach to object matching in videos Sivic, Zisserman Conference paper 2003 6,474
5 MonoSLAM: Real-Time Single Camera SLAM Andrew J. Davison, Ian D. Reid, Nicholas Molton et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 25 Apr 2007 3,984
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Oxford Research Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Hydrogenation, Deep Learning, Supramolecular Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Bioimaging, Self-Assembly and Biodegradable Polymers.

▲ 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-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
  1. Deep Learning12▲ 2.2×34 topics
  2. Catalysis10▲ 10×18 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 1.18×42 topics
  4. Hydrogenation7▲ 26×5 topics
  5. Supramolecular Chemistry6▲ 45×4 topics
  6. Medicinal Chemistry6▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Neural Networks5▲ 2.2×13 topics
  8. Bioimaging4▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Self-Assembly4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  10. Nanocomposites4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  11. Biodegradable Polymers4▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Organometallic Chemistry4▲ 57×5 topics
  13. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 6.1×7 topics
  14. Homogeneous Catalysts4▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Synthesis4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  16. Carbon Dioxide4▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Enantioselective Synthesis4▲ 37×6 topics
  18. Neurodegenerative Diseases4▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Transition Metal Catalysis3▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Fluorescent Chemosensors3▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Ion Detection3▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Chemical Synthesis3▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Cyclic Carbonates3▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Macrocycles3▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.0×11 topics
  26. Transition Metal Complexes3▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Drug Discovery3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  28. Unsupervised Learning3▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions3▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Polymerization3▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Polyhydroxyalkanoates3▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Polylactic Acid3▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Molecular Machines3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Enantioselective Reactions3▲ 45×2 topics
  35. Catalytic2▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Convolutional Networks2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Organic Synthesis2▲ 14×8 topics
  38. Coordination Chemistry2▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Heterocycles2▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Oxford Research Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis.

Molecular Sensors and Io…3Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 3 fractional worksCarbon dioxide utilizati…3Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis: 3 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…3biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 3 fractional worksOrganometallic Complex S…2Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis: 2 fractional worksSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes: 2 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 2 fractional worksAsymmetric Hydrogenation…2Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis: 2 fractional worksSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions: 2 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Image and Video…2Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques: 2 fractional works
SpectroscopyProcess Chemistry and TechnologyBiomaterialsOrganic Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 3 works
  2. 2 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology 3 works
  3. 3 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 3 works
  4. 4 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis Organic Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes Organic Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions Organic Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oxford Research Group's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Oxford Research Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Oxford Research Group0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oxford Research Group 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.

still counting20%40%Oxford Research Group13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.3% in 2012.

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