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University of Brighton

In research, University of Brighton stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,314 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#969 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,438 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies — Gender Studies is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,757
of 28,054 · #2,336 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#151
of 1,094
Research works
9.8k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
211k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is University of Brighton 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 #1,314 of 10,521 29.5%523 #593
Social SciencesField #969 of 6,365 29.1%257 #522
Health SciencesDomain #3,438 of 11,982 16.7%226 #1430
Physical SciencesDomain #4,021 of 12,888 20.3%364 #3378
MedicineField #3,747 of 10,443 14.9%157 #2136
EngineeringField #2,842 of 6,636 16.0%161 #2978
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,194 of 2,578 27.6%101 #553
PsychologyField #1,285 of 2,181 29.1%90 #756
Computer ScienceField #2,863 of 4,667 29.8%75 #1511
Life SciencesDomain #5,001 of 7,800 14.5%79 #3804

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Brighton 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#593 #1,314
  2. Social Sciences#522 #969
  3. Health Sciences#1,430 #3,438
  4. Physical Sciences#3,378 #4,021
  5. Medicine#2,136 #3,747
  6. Engineering#2,978 #2,842
  7. Sociology and Political Science#553 #1,194
  8. Psychology#756 #1,285
  9. Computer Science#1,511 #2,863
  10. Life Sciences#3,804 #5,001
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.

What does University of Brighton specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 22.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 161 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 157 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.38× its world share, 82 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.49× its world share, 90 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 257 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Brighton?

Ranked on the composite score, John Taylor, Andrew Church and Tim Brady lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Brighton.

  1. 1 John Taylor United Kingdom · #33,380 worldwide 175 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Andrew Church United Kingdom · #43,467 worldwide 396 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Tim Brady United Kingdom · #52,013 worldwide 392 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Ivor Goodson United Kingdom · #62,584 worldwide 337 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Adam Kilgarriff United Kingdom · #69,205 worldwide 334 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Alan Tomlinson United Kingdom · #71,957 worldwide 206 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Lesley Murray United Kingdom · #75,669 worldwide 175 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Howard Rush United Kingdom · #80,802 worldwide 204 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Kath Browne United Kingdom · #81,537 worldwide 141 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Matthew Adams United Kingdom · #102,077 worldwide 277 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at University of Brighton

Which keywords describe research at University of Brighton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Globalization, Identity, Neoliberalism, Ethical Considerations, Discrimination and Feminism.

▲ 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. Globalization51▲ 2.2×58 topics
  2. Mental Health48▲ 2.8×34 topics
  3. Sustainability40▲ 1.36×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology39▼ 0.83×76 topics
  5. Machine Learning38◆ 0.98×55 topics
  6. Identity35▲ 4.0×34 topics
  7. Gender33▲ 5.1×23 topics
  8. Social Media27▲ 1.61×26 topics
  9. Education26▲ 1.28×33 topics
  10. Quality of Life25▲ 1.44×32 topics
  11. Public Health24▲ 1.37×36 topics
  12. Healthcare23▲ 1.70×21 topics
  13. History22▲ 2.7×21 topics
  14. Neoliberalism22▲ 5.2×19 topics
  15. Human Rights22▲ 1.75×27 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations20▲ 5.1×14 topics
  17. Big Data19▲ 1.80×17 topics
  18. Feminism19▲ 5.5×13 topics
  19. Ethics18▲ 3.2×16 topics
  20. Heat Transfer18▲ 3.0×13 topics
  21. Social Justice18▲ 2.5×22 topics
  22. Well-being18▲ 3.9×12 topics
  23. Discrimination17▲ 7.4×5 topics
  24. Medical Education17▲ 5.5×8 topics
  25. Culture16▲ 2.5×19 topics
  26. Stigma15▲ 9.4×4 topics
  27. Cultural Studies15▲ 3.4×14 topics
  28. Health Disparities15▲ 4.8×8 topics
  29. Nationalism15▲ 2.7×18 topics
  30. Evidence-Based Practice14▲ 9.3×7 topics
  31. Health14▲ 3.0×13 topics
  32. Intersectionality14▲ 6.5×9 topics
  33. Neuroscience13▲ 3.8×12 topics
  34. Chemical Kinetics12▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Gender Identity11▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Multiphase Flow11▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Income Inequality10▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Medicine10▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Patient Engagement10▲ 6.3×4 topics
  40. Masculinity9▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Brighton publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Global Health and Surgery, Combustion and flame dynamics and Sport and Mega-Event Impacts.

LGBTQ Health, Identity, …8LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 8 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery8Global Health and Surgery: 8 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 7 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 6 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 6 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer: 6 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engi…6Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 6 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 5 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 5 fractional works
Social PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputational MechanicsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 8 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 7 works
  4. 4 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 6 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Computational Mechanics 6 works
  7. 7 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 6 works
  9. 9 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 5 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Brighton's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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.

Other research institutions in Brighton

All research institutions in Brighton

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.