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St Mary's University Twickenham London

In research, St Mary's University Twickenham London stands highest in Medicine (#6,129 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,517 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,044 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 35.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,417
of 28,054 · #19,555 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#649
of 1,094
Research works
1k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is St Mary's University Twickenham London 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
MedicineField #6,129 of 10,443 22.7%65 #11296
Health SciencesDomain #7,517 of 11,982 21.7%78 #11711
Social SciencesDomain #7,044 of 10,521 14.8%150 #4770
Social SciencesField #4,870 of 6,365 17.5%73 #5605

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Mary's University Twickenham London 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. Medicine#11,296 #6,129
  2. Health Sciences#11,711 #7,517
  3. Social Sciences#4,770 #7,044
  4. Social Sciences#5,605 #4,870
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 St Mary's University Twickenham London specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 35.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 22.2 works35×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.71× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.70× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Mary's University Twickenham London?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen D. Patterson, Uwe Michael Lang and Jamie S. North lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Mary's University Twickenham London.

  1. 1 Stephen D. Patterson United Kingdom · #260,671 worldwide 148 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Uwe Michael Lang United Kingdom · #543,946 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jamie S. North United Kingdom · #571,442 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ross Wadey United Kingdom · #586,233 worldwide 126 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Trevor Stammers United Kingdom · #627,203 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Chris Keith United Kingdom · #662,394 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Conor Gissane United Kingdom · #816,557 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Charles R. Pedlar United Kingdom · #1,167,286 worldwide 45 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Sean Whittle United Kingdom · #1,195,944 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Nicola Brown United Kingdom · #1,362,253 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at St Mary's University Twickenham London

Which keywords describe research at St Mary's University Twickenham London?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Risk Factors, High-Intensity Interval Training, Secularism, Inclusion, Injury Prevention, Resistance Training and Diversity.

▲ 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. Identity24▲ 13×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology21▲ 2.1×27 topics
  3. Risk Factors16▲ 5.8×12 topics
  4. High-Intensity Interval Training13▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Mental Health13▲ 3.6×22 topics
  6. Secularism13▲ 50×4 topics
  7. Inclusion12▲ 36×4 topics
  8. Injury Prevention12▲ 39×4 topics
  9. Resistance Training11▲ 50×2 topics
  10. Diversity11▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Globalization11▲ 2.3×22 topics
  12. Multiculturalism11▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Education10▲ 2.5×18 topics
  14. Performance Analysis10▲ 20×1 topic
  15. Training Load10▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Athletic Training10▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Prevention10▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Citizenship10▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Religious Education10▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Social Justice10▲ 7.2×12 topics
  21. Ethnic10▲ 210×2 topics
  22. Muscle Injuries10▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Sports Injury10▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Cultural10▲ 85×1 topic
  25. Schools10▲ 301×1 topic
  26. Religion10▲ 8.1×11 topics
  27. History9▲ 5.0×10 topics
  28. Gender8▲ 6.2×15 topics
  29. Ethics8▲ 6.9×10 topics
  30. Church History8▲ 72×3 topics
  31. Colonialism7▲ 6.2×14 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  33. Well-being6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  34. Intersectionality6▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Motor Imagery6▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Theology6▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Feminism5▲ 7.8×8 topics
  38. Athlete Development5▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Expert Performance5▲ 86×1 topic
  40. Academic Achievement5▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does St Mary's University Twickenham London publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Religious Education and Schools and Sport Psychology and Performance.

Sports Performance and Training: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 10 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 5 fractional worksCatholicism and Religious Studies: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…4Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Religious Studies of Rome: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineEducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Religious Education and Schools Education 10 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Catholicism and Religious Studies History 4 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 4 works
  8. 8 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  9. 9 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 3 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Mary's University Twickenham London's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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