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University of Bedfordshire

In research, University of Bedfordshire stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,852 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,874 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,335 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,012
of 28,054 · #4,588 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#232
of 1,094
Research works
5.6k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
108k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Bedfordshire 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,852 of 11,982 24.5%130 #1975
Social SciencesDomain #2,874 of 10,521 26.6%304 #1329
MedicineField #3,335 of 10,443 22.1%81 #4112
Social SciencesField #2,350 of 6,365 27.0%149 #1195
Physical SciencesDomain #5,999 of 12,888 15.4%207 #5563
EngineeringField #4,523 of 6,636 13.9%68 #2796
Computer ScienceField #3,523 of 4,667 15.5%87 #2227

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Bedfordshire 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. Health Sciences#1,975 #2,852
  2. Social Sciences#1,329 #2,874
  3. Medicine#4,112 #3,335
  4. Social Sciences#1,195 #2,350
  5. Physical Sciences#5,563 #5,999
  6. Engineering#2,796 #4,523
  7. Computer Science#2,227 #3,523
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: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 87 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.43× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.22× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.85× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 149 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Bedfordshire?

Ranked on the composite score, Yanqing Duan, Keıth Hollınshead and Ramakrishnan Ramanathan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Bedfordshire.

  1. 1 Yanqing Duan United Kingdom · #8,712 worldwide 742 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Keıth Hollınshead United Kingdom · #76,809 worldwide 234 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Ramakrishnan Ramanathan United Kingdom · #102,081 worldwide 366 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Liz Hamp‐Lyons United Kingdom · #148,042 worldwide 160 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Haiming Liu United Kingdom · #156,282 worldwide 189 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Feng Dong United Kingdom · #171,874 worldwide 626 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Michael Preston‐Shoot United Kingdom · #192,969 worldwide 77 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Rosemary Davidson United Kingdom · #242,016 worldwide 113 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Raymond Kwan United Kingdom · #245,294 worldwide 98 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Gail Kinman United Kingdom · #258,491 worldwide 124 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at University of Bedfordshire

Which keywords describe research at University of Bedfordshire?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Machine Learning, Big Data, Healthcare, Deep Learning, Public Health, Reflective Practice and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Machine Learning42▲ 1.88×53 topics
  2. Deep Learning36▲ 1.54×55 topics
  3. Mental Health36▲ 3.6×28 topics
  4. Healthcare24▲ 3.1×16 topics
  5. Big Data23▲ 3.6×14 topics
  6. Public Health23▲ 2.3×29 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence20▲ 2.1×22 topics
  8. Sustainability20▲ 1.20×29 topics
  9. Globalization19▲ 1.43×39 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management17▲ 2.7×10 topics
  11. Neural Networks16▲ 1.54×26 topics
  12. Internet of Things16▲ 2.6×14 topics
  13. Higher Education14▲ 3.8×11 topics
  14. Security14▲ 3.1×12 topics
  15. Risk Factors12▲ 1.63×22 topics
  16. Identity12▲ 2.3×21 topics
  17. Data Mining11▲ 2.2×14 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations11▲ 4.8×15 topics
  19. Reflective Practice11▲ 8.6×6 topics
  20. Gender11▲ 3.0×17 topics
  21. Prevalence11▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Resilience10▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Social Interaction10▲ 3.5×9 topics
  24. Primary Care9▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. IoT Security9▲ 4.2×3 topics
  26. Psychological Impact9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  27. Student Perceptions9▲ 7.2×5 topics
  28. Gender Differences8▲ 3.2×11 topics
  29. Predictive Analytics8▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Language Teaching8▲ 4.5×3 topics
  31. Feminism8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  32. Discrimination7▲ 5.5×3 topics
  33. Firm Performance7▲ 5.7×2 topics
  34. Professional Development7▲ 5.3×3 topics
  35. Analytics7▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Business Intelligence7▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Stigma7▲ 7.1×3 topics
  38. Second Language Acquisition6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Corrective Feedback6▲ 12×1 topic
  40. L2 Motivation6▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Bedfordshire publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Big Data and Business In…7Big Data and Business Intelligence: 7 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…6Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 6 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…6EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 6 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …5Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 5 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…4Education Systems and Policy: 4 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional worksReflective Practices in Education: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…3Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional works
Management Information SystemsInformation SystemsLanguage and LinguisticsHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 6 works
  3. 3 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 6 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 5 works
  5. 5 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  7. 7 Education Systems and Policy Education 4 works
  8. 8 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  9. 9 Reflective Practices in Education Education 3 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Bedfordshire's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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