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Swansea University

In research, Swansea University stands highest in Social Sciences (#456 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#900 of 12,888 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#207 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Clinical Psychology — History is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#875
of 28,054 · #579 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#40
of 1,094
Research works
29k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
704k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Swansea 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 #456 of 10,521 28.5%1,245 #368
Physical SciencesDomain #900 of 12,888 23.9%1,614 #588
Business, Management and AccountingField #207 of 2,578 41.6%126 #269
Health SciencesDomain #1,019 of 11,982 18.4%811 #652
MedicineField #935 of 10,443 18.6%615 #1190
Social SciencesField #610 of 6,365 31.6%551 #369
EngineeringField #699 of 6,636 22.8%594 #417
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #342 of 2,578 35.9%196 #228
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #332 of 1,775 37.0%97 #507
Life SciencesDomain #1,477 of 7,800 23.9%324 #1001

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swansea 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#368 #456
  2. Physical Sciences#588 #900
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#269 #207
  4. Health Sciences#652 #1,019
  5. Medicine#1,190 #935
  6. Social Sciences#369 #610
  7. Engineering#417 #699
  8. Sociology and Political Science#228 #342
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#507 #332
  10. Life Sciences#1,001 #1,477
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 Swansea University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 51.4 works4.0×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 41.7 works3.3×
  3. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 117.3 works2.8×
  4. Safety ResearchSubfield · 31.1 works2.8×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 118 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 89 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 325 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 594 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 213 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 149 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 70 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.46× its world share, 129 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 172 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 615 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.36× its world share, 157 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 97 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 258 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 550 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swansea University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Ronan A Lyons and Nidal Hilal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swansea University.

  1. 1 Yogesh K. Dwivedi United Kingdom · #810 worldwide 3.2k citations · 172 works
  2. 2 Ronan A Lyons United Kingdom · #837 worldwide 2.8k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Nidal Hilal United Kingdom · #2,489 worldwide 2.4k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 O. C. Zienkiewicz United Kingdom · #3,271 worldwide 1.8k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Ian Russell United Kingdom · #9,572 worldwide 760 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Richard Taylor United Kingdom · #11,729 worldwide 505 citations · 76 works
  7. 7 Richard Hall United Kingdom · #12,385 worldwide 562 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Victor Turner United Kingdom · #18,076 worldwide 2.7k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Nripendra P. Rana United Kingdom · #18,241 worldwide 806 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Julian Halcox United Kingdom · #18,651 worldwide 455 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Swansea University

Which keywords describe research at Swansea University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Mental Health, Efficiency, Primary Care, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology160◆ 1.01×118 topics
  2. Climate Change132▲ 1.23×85 topics
  3. Machine Learning128◆ 0.98×78 topics
  4. Public Health124▲ 2.1×53 topics
  5. Deep Learning122◆ 0.89×71 topics
  6. Mental Health94▲ 1.61×38 topics
  7. Sustainability88◆ 0.91×67 topics
  8. Globalization84◆ 1.07×78 topics
  9. Social Media68▲ 1.18×25 topics
  10. Healthcare65▲ 1.44×29 topics
  11. Quality of Life62◆ 1.07×45 topics
  12. COVID-1961◆ 1.12×26 topics
  13. Primary Care57▲ 3.8×15 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease56▲ 1.27×32 topics
  15. Risk Factors55▲ 1.24×32 topics
  16. Efficiency53▲ 4.4×6 topics
  17. Big Data52▲ 1.43×20 topics
  18. Gender51▲ 2.4×34 topics
  19. Identity48▲ 1.67×43 topics
  20. History46▲ 1.65×31 topics
  21. Physical Activity46▲ 2.3×12 topics
  22. Genetics45▲ 1.61×23 topics
  23. Prevalence43▲ 2.7×11 topics
  24. Social Support42▲ 1.89×15 topics
  25. Anxiety39▲ 2.1×12 topics
  26. Nationalism39▲ 2.1×24 topics
  27. Colonialism39▲ 2.0×24 topics
  28. Health Equity38▲ 3.5×5 topics
  29. Semiconductors36▲ 3.0×5 topics
  30. Crystal Growth35▲ 3.1×10 topics
  31. Health Disparities35▲ 3.3×9 topics
  32. Stability33▲ 3.6×8 topics
  33. Photovoltaics32▲ 4.9×4 topics
  34. Population Dynamics32▲ 3.1×11 topics
  35. Emotion Recognition30▲ 4.0×5 topics
  36. Light-Emitting Diodes29▲ 4.7×3 topics
  37. Organometal Halide Perovskites29▲ 6.3×1 topic
  38. Perovskite Solar Cells29▲ 6.3×1 topic
  39. Comorbidity24▲ 5.4×4 topics
  40. Model Checking21▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Swansea University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Conducting polymers and applications, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics.

Perovskite Materials and…29Perovskite Materials and Applications: 29 fractional worksConducting polymers and …20Conducting polymers and applications: 20 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 17 fractional worksOrganic Electronics and Photovoltaics: 16 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health16COVID-19 and Mental Health: 16 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 16 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 15 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…14Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 14 fractional worksHistorical Studies of British Isles: 14 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 13 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 20 works
  3. 3 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  4. 4 Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 16 works
  6. 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 16 works
  7. 7 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies of British Isles History 14 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 13 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swansea 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.

Other research institutions in Swansea

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.