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Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)

In research, Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,088 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#894 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#755 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,880
of 28,054 · #4,582 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#226
of 1,094
Research works
3.3k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) 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 #1,088 of 10,521 25.0%387 #908
Social SciencesField #894 of 6,365 25.2%213 #930
Arts and HumanitiesField #755 of 1,998 21.5%74 #401
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,174 of 2,578 21.3%79 #698

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) 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#908 #1,088
  2. Social Sciences#930 #894
  3. Arts and Humanities#401 #755
  4. Sociology and Political Science#698 #1,174
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 University Press (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 56.4 works7.9×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.35× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.47× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.53× its world share, 214 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, Eamon Grennan, Gleider Hernández and Elizabeth Wicks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxford University Press (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Eamon Grennan United Kingdom · #454,280 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Gleider Hernández United Kingdom · #759,191 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth Wicks United Kingdom · #1,092,302 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Edigles Guedes United Kingdom · #1,486,643 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Religion, History, Human Rights, Labor Market, Culture, Nationalism and Democracy.

▲ 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. Globalization46▲ 5.0×65 topics
  2. Human Rights28▲ 5.7×36 topics
  3. History26▲ 7.6×30 topics
  4. Religion25▲ 11×28 topics
  5. Labor Market20▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Culture19▲ 7.4×20 topics
  7. Nationalism18▲ 8.1×20 topics
  8. Mental Health18▲ 2.5×21 topics
  9. Economic Growth17▲ 4.3×12 topics
  10. Philosophy16▲ 7.6×14 topics
  11. Democracy16▲ 9.4×20 topics
  12. Regulation16▲ 6.2×11 topics
  13. Neoliberalism16▲ 9.3×22 topics
  14. Political Economy15▲ 12×12 topics
  15. Colonialism14▲ 6.2×25 topics
  16. Unemployment14▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Governance13▲ 8.1×12 topics
  18. Politics12▲ 9.6×15 topics
  19. Social Capital12▲ 4.8×11 topics
  20. Society12▲ 13×13 topics
  21. Global Governance12▲ 11×14 topics
  22. Social Justice12▲ 4.2×23 topics
  23. Income Inequality12▲ 17×4 topics
  24. International Law12▲ 8.0×14 topics
  25. Public Opinion12▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Literature11▲ 4.4×20 topics
  27. Identity11▲ 3.2×25 topics
  28. Gender11▲ 4.2×21 topics
  29. Ethics11▲ 4.7×19 topics
  30. Health Outcomes11▲ 8.3×4 topics
  31. Corruption10▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Ethnicity10▲ 5.6×14 topics
  33. Social Policy9▲ 21×4 topics
  34. NGOs9▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health9▲ 8.0×4 topics
  36. International Relations8▲ 7.4×14 topics
  37. Economic Crisis8▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Precarious Employment8▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Property Rights8▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Secularism8▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Employment and Welfare Studies, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Cinema and Media Studies and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

Employment and Welfare S…8Employment and Welfare Studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…6Social Policy and Reform Studies: 6 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 6 fractional worksLabor market dynamics and wage inequality: 5 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 5 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 5 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 5 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judi…5Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 5 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsDevelopment2 others

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

  1. 1 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  3. 3 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  4. 4 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  5. 5 International Development and Aid Development 5 works
  6. 6 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  8. 8 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  9. 9 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 4 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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