The Football Association
In research, The Football Association stands highest in Medicine (#7,735 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,350 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,912 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 71.9× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #21,737 of 28,054 · #28,085 all time
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #800 of 1,094
- Research works
- 597 ▲ 44% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 13k 21.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 60% world 28%
What is The Football Association known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #7,735 of 10,443 | 27.4% | 67 | #10070 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #9,350 of 11,982 | 26.4% | 73 | #12782 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #8,912 of 10,521 | 10.7% | 88 | #9922 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Football Association 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.
- Medicine#10,070 #7,735
- Health Sciences#12,782 #9,350
- Social Sciences#9,922 #8,912
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
What does The Football Association specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 71.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 34.8 works72×
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: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4.6×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Social Sciences 1.9×
- Medicine 1.8×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Arts and Humanities 0.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.8×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Environmental Science 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Energy 0.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
- Mathematics 0.0×
Which keywords describe research at The Football Association?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Resistance Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, Risk Factors, Athletic Training, Prevention and Performance Analysis.
- Masculinity
- Sport
- Encephalopathy
- Sport Tourism
- Mega Events
- Prediction Markets
- Economic Impact
- Athlete Development
- Motor Imagery
- Industrial Enterprises
- Sport Psychology
- Entrepreneurship
- Qualitative Research
- Teaching Methods
- Pedagogy
- Muscle Injuries
- Performance Analysis
- Risk Factors
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Injury Prevention
- Epidemiology
- Resistance Training
- Athletic Training
- Prevention
- Training Load
- Sports Injury
- Student Competencies
- Globalization
- Digital Economy
- Investment
- Economic Development
- Innovation Economics
- Sustainable Development
- Expert Performance
- Competitive Balance
- Recovery
- Neuropathology
- Concussion
- Gender
- Fan Culture
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
- Epidemiology31▲ 4.1×30 topics
- Injury Prevention20▲ 86×3 topics
- Resistance Training20▲ 112×2 topics
- High-Intensity Interval Training19▲ 96×2 topics
- Athletic Training18▲ 104×3 topics
- Risk Factors18▲ 8.7×7 topics
- Prevention18▲ 22×5 topics
- Performance Analysis17▲ 42×1 topic
- Training Load17▲ 141×1 topic
- Muscle Injuries17▲ 138×1 topic
- Sports Injury17▲ 138×1 topic
- Pedagogy14▲ 16×2 topics
- Student Competencies14▲ 151×1 topic
- Teaching Methods14▲ 53×1 topic
- Globalization11▲ 3.0×9 topics
- Qualitative Research10▲ 6.3×6 topics
- Digital Economy10▲ 29×4 topics
- Entrepreneurship10▲ 14×4 topics
- Investment9▲ 47×2 topics
- Sport Psychology9▲ 47×2 topics
- Economic Development9▲ 5.6×2 topics
- Industrial Enterprises8▲ 223×1 topic
- Innovation Economics8▲ 223×1 topic
- Motor Imagery8▲ 36×2 topics
- Sustainable Development8▲ 2.7×5 topics
- Athlete Development8▲ 172×1 topic
- Expert Performance8▲ 172×1 topic
- Economic Impact8▲ 6.9×2 topics
- Competitive Balance8▲ 162×1 topic
- Prediction Markets8▲ 162×1 topic
- Recovery7▲ 36×2 topics
- Mega Events7▲ 102×1 topic
- Neuropathology7▲ 28×2 topics
- Sport Tourism7▲ 102×1 topic
- Concussion7▲ 86×1 topic
- Encephalopathy7▲ 55×1 topic
- Gender6▲ 6.2×3 topics
- Sport6▲ 80×2 topics
- Fan Culture6▲ 113×1 topic
- Masculinity6▲ 35×1 topic
Which research topics does The Football Association publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Education, Innovation and Language Studies and Economic and Industrial Development.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 17 works
- 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 17 works
- 3 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 14 works
- 4 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 8 works
- 5 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 8 works
- 6 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 8 works
- 7 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 8 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 7 works
- 9 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 6 works
- 10 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has The Football Association's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017.
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 London
- University College London
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- Queen Mary University of London
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of London
- Brunel University of London
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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.