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University of Derby

In research, University of Derby stands highest in Social Sciences (#895 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#317 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,416 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,144
of 28,054 · #3,957 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#119
of 1,094
Research works
5.5k
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
100k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is University of Derby 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 #895 of 10,521 30.9%714 #1053
Business, Management and AccountingField #317 of 2,578 46.9%112 #537
Social SciencesField #1,416 of 6,365 26.1%308 #1361
PsychologyField #507 of 2,181 30.1%197 #831
Health SciencesDomain #3,318 of 11,982 20.2%269 #3101
Clinical PsychologySubfield #218 of 738 29.0%94 #472
Physical SciencesDomain #4,013 of 12,888 25.6%383 #4549
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #947 of 2,578 26.4%114 #889
MedicineField #3,995 of 10,443 19.5%191 #5808
EngineeringField #2,689 of 6,636 23.6%156 #3593

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Derby 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#1,053 #895
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#537 #317
  3. Social Sciences#1,361 #1,416
  4. Psychology#831 #507
  5. Health Sciences#3,101 #3,318
  6. Clinical Psychology#472 #218
  7. Physical Sciences#4,549 #4,013
  8. Sociology and Political Science#889 #947
  9. Medicine#5,808 #3,995
  10. Engineering#3,593 #2,689
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 Derby specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 94.2 works6.2×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 57.7 works4.5×
  3. PsychologyField · 197.1 works4.5×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 103 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 156 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 192 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.42× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.49× its world share, 197 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 308 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Derby?

Ranked on the composite score, Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes, K.L. Edwards and Paul Gilbert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Derby.

  1. 1 Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes United Kingdom · #21,019 worldwide 707 citations · 88 works
  2. 2 K.L. Edwards United Kingdom · #68,808 worldwide 195 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Paul Gilbert United Kingdom · #195,199 worldwide 529 citations · 142 works
  4. 4 David Sheffield United Kingdom · #197,559 worldwide 643 citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Nik Bessis United Kingdom · #199,302 worldwide 209 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Miles Richardson United Kingdom · #202,894 worldwide 176 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Robert W. G. Hunt United Kingdom · #256,701 worldwide 87 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Anthony Carty United Kingdom · #270,736 worldwide 35 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Lu Liu United Kingdom · #304,664 worldwide 385 citations · 157 works
  10. 10 Ashiq Anjum United Kingdom · #348,685 worldwide 160 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at University of Derby

Which keywords describe research at University of Derby?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Well-being, Neuroscience, Emotion Regulation, Psychological Impact, Depression, Environmental Management and Globalization.

▲ 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. Mental Health78▲ 3.7×35 topics
  2. Globalization48▲ 1.70×61 topics
  3. Epidemiology47▼ 0.83×78 topics
  4. Sustainability47▲ 1.35×56 topics
  5. Machine Learning46◆ 0.99×59 topics
  6. Well-being44▲ 8.0×14 topics
  7. Deep Learning41▼ 0.84×59 topics
  8. Public Health40▲ 1.91×33 topics
  9. Depression38▲ 3.0×21 topics
  10. Neuroscience35▲ 8.2×12 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management35▲ 2.6×19 topics
  12. Education34▲ 1.36×45 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation32▲ 7.1×9 topics
  14. Quality of Life31▲ 1.51×39 topics
  15. Social Media30▲ 1.44×24 topics
  16. Anxiety29▲ 4.2×10 topics
  17. Psychological Impact28▲ 6.1×8 topics
  18. Healthcare28▲ 1.74×19 topics
  19. Environmental Management28▲ 4.8×11 topics
  20. Social Justice25▲ 3.0×20 topics
  21. Physical Activity23▲ 3.2×11 topics
  22. Social Support21▲ 2.7×15 topics
  23. Resilience21▲ 3.0×12 topics
  24. Neoliberalism20▲ 4.0×17 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations20▲ 4.0×14 topics
  26. Psychological Distress19▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. Stress Reduction19▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Adolescents18▲ 3.4×8 topics
  29. Cognitive Therapy18▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Mindfulness16▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Self-Compassion16▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Product Design15▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Lifelong Learning14▲ 4.9×7 topics
  34. Resource Efficiency14▲ 7.1×2 topics
  35. Self-Regulation14▲ 5.5×5 topics
  36. Green Practices14▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Sustainable Supply Chain Management14▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Developmental Trajectories13▲ 7.2×3 topics
  39. Positive Emotions12▲ 7.3×2 topics
  40. Criminal Behavior12▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Derby publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Quality and Supply Management.

Mindfulness and Compassi…16Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions: 16 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…14Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 12 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…9Quality and Supply Management: 9 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 9 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 9 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…9Digital Transformation in Industry: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 9 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 8 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…7Resilience and Mental Health: 7 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyStrategy and ManagementManagement Information SystemsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Clinical Psychology 16 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 14 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 12 works
  4. 4 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 9 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 9 works
  6. 6 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  7. 7 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 9 works
  9. 9 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 8 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Derby's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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 Derby

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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.