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University College London

In research, University College London stands highest in Social Sciences (#6 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cognitive Neuroscience (Ophthalmology is 4.2× its share of world research).

ucl.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#16
of 22,385 · #25 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#3
of 862
Research works
238k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.3M
39.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.41×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
University College London

What is University College London known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6 of 9,585 16.8%8,757 #7
Social SciencesField #6 of 5,988 17.3%4,103 #12
Health SciencesDomain #14 of 9,902 15.2%11,771 #21
PsychologyField #3 of 2,121 17.5%1,798 #2
MedicineField #13 of 8,541 15.2%10,290 #19
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #1 of 543 16.6%815 #2
Clinical PsychologySubfield #2 of 767 18.1%740 #5
NeuroscienceField #3 of 1,092 16.0%1,562 #4
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #7 of 2,526 16.9%1,340 #16
Life SciencesDomain #18 of 6,403 14.3%4,543 #19

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#7 #6
  2. Social Sciences#12 #6
  3. Health Sciences#21 #14
  4. Psychology#2 #3
  5. Medicine#19 #13
  6. Cognitive Neuroscience#2 #1
  7. Clinical Psychology#5 #2
  8. Neuroscience#4 #3
  9. Sociology and Political Science#16 #7
  10. Life Sciences#19 #18
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does University College London work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at University College London is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13k fractional works · 35.7% of its workMedicine: 12k fractional works · 31.3% of its workSurgery: 1,314 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 825 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 804 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 787 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 759 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 649 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 646 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 582 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 560 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 514 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 478 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 416 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 328 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 311 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 309 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 243 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 236 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 178 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 155 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 125 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 125 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 95 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 435 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1,368 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 837 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 176 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 108 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 247 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 137 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 124 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 130 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9,696 fractional works · 25.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,533 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,483 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 638 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 607 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 232 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 193 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 184 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 174 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 170 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 148 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 119 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 81 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 176 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2,034 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 827 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 465 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 374 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 232 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,334 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 232 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 185 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 185 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 184 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 158 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 119 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 270 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 828 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 592 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 176 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 564 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 159 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 298 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 403 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 217 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9,136 fractional works · 24.4% of its workEngineering: 3,258 fractional works · 8.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 799 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 693 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 257 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 230 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 218 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 205 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 166 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 149 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 138 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 88 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 212 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1,908 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 726 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 302 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 266 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 141 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 130 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 141 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,070 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 249 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 199 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 123 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 251 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 870 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 279 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 270 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 579 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 312 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 96 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 77 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 489 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 133 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 84 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 175 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 427 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 182 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 245 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 270 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 89 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 181 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 155 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5,186 fractional works · 13.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,554 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,425 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 548 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 158 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 288 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1,787 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 938 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 394 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 246 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 209 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 464 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 341 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 123 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 304 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 204 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 77 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversityCollege London37kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12k31.3%
    2. Health Professions1,3683.7%
    3. Nursing1370.4%
    4. Dentistry1300.3%
    5. Veterinary170.0%
  2. Social Sciences9,69625.9%
    1. Social Sciences4,53312.1%
    2. Psychology2,0345.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities1,3343.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8282.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting5641.5%
    6. Decision Sciences4031.1%
    1. Engineering3,2588.7%
    2. Computer Science1,9085.1%
    3. Environmental Science1,0702.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy8702.3%
    5. Materials Science5791.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences4891.3%
    7. Mathematics4271.1%
    8. Chemistry2700.7%
    9. Energy1810.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering820.2%
  4. Life Sciences5,18613.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,5546.8%
    2. Neuroscience1,7874.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology4641.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3040.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics770.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does University College London specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 415.8 works4.2×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 648.7 works3.5×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 938.3 works3.4×
  4. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 393.7 works3.4×
  5. AgingSubfield · 29.1 works3.2×
  6. NeurologySubfield · 646.3 works3.0×
  7. NeuroscienceField · 1,786.6 works3.0×
  8. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 21.8 works2.9×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 304 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 2,554 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 464 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.95× its world share, 1,787 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 77 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 82 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 270 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 1,908 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 489 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 181 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 3,258 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 1,070 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 579 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 428 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 870 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 130 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 1,368 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 12k worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 137 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 17 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 1,334 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 564 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 403 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 828 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 2,034 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 4,533 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.95×1,787 works
  2. Psychology1.79×2,034 works
  3. Medicine1.63×12k works
  4. Health Professions1.39×1,368 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.28×2,554 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.24×1,334 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×464 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.12×403 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.05×870 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×828 works
  11. Mathematics0.97×428 works
  12. Social Sciences0.96×4,533 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×489 works
  14. Nursing0.75×137 works
  15. Dentistry0.72×130 works
  16. Computer Science0.66×1,908 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.63×82 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×77 works
  19. Engineering0.58×3,258 works
  20. Environmental Science0.58×1,070 works
  21. Energy0.53×181 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×564 works
  23. Chemistry0.46×270 works
  24. Materials Science0.44×579 works
  25. Veterinary0.34×17 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×304 works

Who are the top researchers at University College London?

Ranked on the quality score, Fulong Wu, Karl John Friston and Daisy E. Fancourt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University College London.

  1. 1 Fulong Wu United Kingdom · #351 worldwide 22k citations · 383 works
  2. 2 Karl John Friston United Kingdom · #470 worldwide 310k citations · 1,950 works
  3. 3 Daisy E. Fancourt United Kingdom · #621 worldwide 21k citations · 539 works
  4. 4 Nicholas McGranahan United Kingdom · #836 worldwide 45k citations · 516 works
  5. 5 Charles Swanton United Kingdom · #1,051 worldwide 113k citations · 1,241 works
  6. 6 Dorian Q. Fuller United Kingdom · #1,163 worldwide 31k citations · 420 works
  7. 7 Alexander C. Jenkins United Kingdom · #1,255 worldwide 22k citations · 143 works
  8. 8 Sergio A. Quezada United Kingdom · #1,594 worldwide 39k citations · 400 works
  9. 9 Guanjie He United Kingdom · #1,761 worldwide 21k citations · 362 works
  10. 10 Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom · #3,600 worldwide 165k citations · 1,266 works
All ranked researchers at University College London

What are the most cited papers from University College London?

The most cited paper from University College London is "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (Matthew James Page et al., 2021), with 105,915 citations. Next come "RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials" (33,250) and "Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision" (31,624).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 29 Mar 2021 105,915
2 RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · BMJ Open access 28 Aug 2019 33,250
3 Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision Christian Szegedy, Vincent Vanhoucke, Sergey Ioffe et al. Conference paper Jun 2016 31,624
4 The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) Mervyn Singer, Clifford Scott Deutschman, Christopher W. Seymour et al. · JAMA Open access 22 Feb 2016 29,012
5 DeepLab: Semantic Image Segmentation with Deep Convolutional Nets, Atrous Convolution, and Fully Connected CRFs Liang-Chieh Chen, George Papandreou, Iasonas Kokkinos et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 27 Apr 2017 22,754
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University College London?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Neurological Disorders, Public Health, Inflammation, Neuroimaging, Quality of Life, Neurodegeneration and Treatment.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology2,100▲ 1.41×136 topics
  2. Inflammation1,058▲ 1.33×82 topics
  3. Deep Learning939▼ 0.73×83 topics
  4. Public Health933▲ 1.71×72 topics
  5. Machine Learning907▼ 0.73×92 topics
  6. Globalization886▲ 1.21×148 topics
  7. Quality of Life838▲ 1.55×58 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress817▲ 1.33×61 topics
  9. Mental Health800▲ 1.50×48 topics
  10. Treatment769▲ 1.69×52 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders668▲ 3.1×20 topics
  12. Risk Factors602▲ 1.46×37 topics
  13. Depression587▲ 1.79×26 topics
  14. Genetics580▲ 2.2×27 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease526▲ 1.23×39 topics
  16. Diagnosis499▲ 1.43×41 topics
  17. Biomarkers478▲ 1.83×18 topics
  18. Neurodegeneration472▲ 4.1×10 topics
  19. Neuroimaging462▲ 4.5×11 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations456▲ 2.8×23 topics
  21. Aging456▲ 2.2×18 topics
  22. Immunotherapy411▲ 1.52×19 topics
  23. Mortality384▲ 1.80×13 topics
  24. Neoliberalism364▲ 2.7×27 topics
  25. Social Support354▲ 1.76×19 topics
  26. Anxiety353▲ 1.98×12 topics
  27. Mitochondrial Dysfunction348▲ 3.2×12 topics
  28. Adolescents336▲ 2.5×10 topics
  29. Prevalence327▲ 2.1×15 topics
  30. Health Equity327▲ 3.0×6 topics
  31. Surgery308▲ 2.4×12 topics
  32. Neurobiology302▲ 3.1×10 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation301▲ 2.5×9 topics
  34. Health Disparities300▲ 3.1×9 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation292▲ 2.7×6 topics
  36. Parkinson's Disease283▲ 3.0×8 topics
  37. Macular Degeneration243▲ 5.3×3 topics
  38. Cognitive Decline239▲ 5.3×2 topics
  39. Epilepsy224▲ 5.4×4 topics
  40. Cognitive Training197▲ 5.7×2 topics

Which research topics does University College London publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Health disparities and outcomes and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Dementia and Cognitive I…184Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 184 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…124Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 124 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 124 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 122 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 117 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 110 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 107 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …104Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 104 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 95 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 94 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthCognitive NeuroscienceHealthPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 184 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 124 works
  3. 3 Health disparities and outcomes Health 124 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 122 works
  5. 5 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 117 works
  6. 6 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 110 works
  7. 7 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 107 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 104 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 95 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 94 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University College London's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University College London as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.15% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%University College London0.14% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of University College London over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%University College London14.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2015.

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Which institutions have research most like University College London's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Toronto has the research profile closest to University College London's, with both strong in Neuroscience.

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine 0.94 Compare
  2. 2 Western UniversityCanada · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine 0.94 Compare
  3. 3 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology 0.91 Compare
  4. 4 Universität HamburgGermany · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine 0.87 Compare
  5. 5 University of California, IrvineUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine 0.87 Compare

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In research, University College London stands highest in Social Sciences (#6 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cognitive Neuroscience (Ophthalmology is 4.2× its share of world research).

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