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The London College

In research, The London College stands highest in Medicine (#1,927 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,552 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,922 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,906
of 28,054 · #3,779 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#157
of 1,094
Research works
2.3k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is The London 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
MedicineField #1,927 of 10,443 17.7%176 #2989
Health SciencesDomain #2,552 of 11,982 18.6%198 #3675
Social SciencesDomain #2,922 of 10,521 24.9%162 #2108
Physical SciencesDomain #4,558 of 12,888 22.1%153 #4433
Social SciencesField #3,238 of 6,365 28.1%68 #2458
Life SciencesDomain #4,204 of 7,800 17.8%84 #3379
EngineeringField #3,768 of 6,636 23.4%62 #5712

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The London 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. Medicine#2,989 #1,927
  2. Health Sciences#3,675 #2,552
  3. Social Sciences#2,108 #2,922
  4. Physical Sciences#4,433 #4,558
  5. Social Sciences#2,458 #3,238
  6. Life Sciences#3,379 #4,204
  7. Engineering#5,712 #3,768
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: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.52× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 176 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The London College?

Ranked on the composite score, Sidney Webb and Anthony Delano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The London College.

  1. 1 Sidney Webb United Kingdom · #28,744 worldwide 130 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Anthony Delano United Kingdom · #927,864 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at The London College

Which keywords describe research at The London College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Epidemiology, Sociology, Deep Learning, Globalization, Inflammation, Youth and Music.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 1.21×83 topics
  2. Deep Learning25▲ 1.24×60 topics
  3. Machine Learning20◆ 1.01×52 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 1.53×56 topics
  5. Globalization19▲ 1.60×41 topics
  6. Identity15▲ 3.6×20 topics
  7. Treatment13▲ 1.85×30 topics
  8. Quality of Life11▲ 1.33×41 topics
  9. Diagnosis11▲ 1.93×23 topics
  10. Genetics11▲ 2.5×17 topics
  11. Depression10▲ 1.99×19 topics
  12. Public Health10▲ 1.20×25 topics
  13. Biomarkers10▲ 2.5×14 topics
  14. Sociology10▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Culture10▲ 3.1×13 topics
  16. Management10▲ 2.1×19 topics
  17. Global Burden10▲ 3.0×11 topics
  18. Technology8▲ 2.7×9 topics
  19. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.0×18 topics
  20. Aging8▲ 2.4×11 topics
  21. Precision Medicine8▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Mortality7▲ 2.1×11 topics
  23. Youth7▲ 8.6×3 topics
  24. Music7▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Respiratory7▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Neuroimaging6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  27. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 3.8×5 topics
  28. COPD6▲ 16×1 topic
  29. spirometry6▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Authenticity6▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Subcultures6▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Asthma6▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Immunology5▲ 8.5×2 topics
  34. Allergic Diseases5▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Eosinophils5▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Cognitive Decline5▲ 7.3×2 topics
  37. Caregiver Burden5▲ 7.2×3 topics
  38. Cognitive Training5▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Dementia4▲ 8.1×1 topic
  40. Mild Cognitive Impairment4▲ 9.0×1 topic

Which research topics does The London College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Music History and Culture, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…5Asthma and respiratory diseases: 5 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…4Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 4 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 2 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMusicPhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Music History and Culture Music 6 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 5 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  5. 5 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The London College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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