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The King's College

In research, The King's College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,399 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,823 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,814 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,975
of 28,054 · #2,102 all time
Rank in United States
#1,492
of 4,192
Research works
7.4k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
152k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is The King's College 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 #5,399 of 10,521 10.4%182 #925
Physical SciencesDomain #8,823 of 12,888 11.6%108 #2279
Social SciencesField #4,814 of 6,365 11.6%80 #816
Health SciencesDomain #9,685 of 11,982 9.9%76 #2609

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The King's College 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#925 #5,399
  2. Physical Sciences#2,279 #8,823
  3. Social Sciences#816 #4,814
  4. Health Sciences#2,609 #9,685
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.

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: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.19× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.83× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The King's College?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony Giddens, Nicholas Kaldor and Michael Ignatieff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The King's College.

  1. 1 Anthony Giddens United States · #164 worldwide 4.9k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Nicholas Kaldor United States · #6,167 worldwide 2.2k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Michael Ignatieff United States · #33,494 worldwide 156 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Simon Goldhill United States · #44,260 worldwide 140 citations · 94 works
  5. 5 J. H. Clapham United States · #48,421 worldwide 159 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 G. E. R. Lloyd United States · #74,621 worldwide 114 citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Tony Judt United States · #124,969 worldwide 41 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 A. C. Pigou United States · #127,251 worldwide 141 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Michael Sonenscher United States · #129,443 worldwide 63 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Catherine Bailey United States · #139,309 worldwide 184 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at The King's College

Which keywords describe research at The King's College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Religion, Globalization, History, Philosophy, Colonialism, Literature and Conflict.

▲ 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. Globalization20▲ 2.6×45 topics
  2. Nationalism18▲ 9.7×16 topics
  3. Epidemiology16◆ 1.03×68 topics
  4. History14▲ 4.9×21 topics
  5. Religion13▲ 6.9×22 topics
  6. Identity11▲ 3.8×17 topics
  7. Literature11▲ 5.1×16 topics
  8. Colonialism11▲ 5.7×23 topics
  9. Philosophy11▲ 6.0×13 topics
  10. Gender10▲ 4.7×20 topics
  11. Culture9▲ 4.3×13 topics
  12. Human Rights9▲ 2.1×21 topics
  13. Conflict8▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Ethnicity8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  15. Society8▲ 10×8 topics
  16. Innovation7▲ 1.76×14 topics
  17. Ethics7▲ 3.5×15 topics
  18. Reconciliation6▲ 96×2 topics
  19. Global Governance6▲ 6.8×11 topics
  20. Transition6▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Political Philosophy6▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Public Opinion6▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Consociationalism5▲ 113×1 topic
  24. Northern Ireland5▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Cultural Studies5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  26. Neuroscience5▲ 4.5×12 topics
  27. Historiography5▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Federalism5▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Cultural History5▲ 9.9×6 topics
  30. Sovereignty5▲ 12×5 topics
  31. American founding4▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Constitutional government4▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Feminism4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  34. Archaeology4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  35. Art4▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Theology4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  37. Chirality4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Roman Economy3▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Urban Workshops3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Imperialism3▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does The King's College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Irish and British Studies, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Historical and Literary Studies and Historical and Literary Analyses.

Irish and British Studies: 5 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Analyses: 2 fractional worksRenaissance Literature and Culture: 2 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…2Classical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksQuantum Electrodynamics …2Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropologyLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 3 works
  4. 4 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  5. 5 Renaissance Literature and Culture Classics 2 works
  6. 6 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  8. 8 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 2 works
  9. 9 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  10. 10 Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available19.8%not open80.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The King's College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower 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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