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University of East Anglia

In research, University of East Anglia stands highest in Social Sciences (#432 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#407 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,004 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, History and History and Philosophy of Science — Classics is 12.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#842
of 28,054 · #336 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#36
of 1,094
Research works
33k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
33.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is University of East Anglia 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 #432 of 10,521 23.9%1,514 #156
Social SciencesField #407 of 6,365 25.8%661 #208
Health SciencesDomain #1,004 of 11,982 19.6%726 #466
MedicineField #930 of 10,443 18.7%555 #568
Physical SciencesDomain #1,204 of 12,888 22.4%788 #330
Life SciencesDomain #779 of 7,800 30.4%430 #528
Environmental ScienceField #450 of 3,551 33.0%238 #63
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #331 of 2,578 28.1%227 #147
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #591 of 3,409 43.7%123 #146
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #627 of 3,579 28.2%189 #419

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of East Anglia 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#156 #432
  2. Social Sciences#208 #407
  3. Health Sciences#466 #1,004
  4. Medicine#568 #930
  5. Physical Sciences#330 #1,204
  6. Life Sciences#528 #779
  7. Environmental Science#63 #450
  8. Sociology and Political Science#147 #331
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#146 #591
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#419 #627
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 East Anglia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 26.1 works13×
  2. HistorySubfield · 62.0 works5.6×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 24.7 works4.6×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 123 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 189 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 85 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 123 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 102 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 140 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 238 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 41 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 48 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 149 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 555 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.19× its world share, 319 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 107 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 42 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 124 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 261 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 661 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of East Anglia?

Ranked on the composite score, W. Neil Adger, Ken Hyland and P. D. Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of East Anglia.

  1. 1 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom · #934 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Ken Hyland United Kingdom · #1,163 worldwide 1.7k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 P. D. Jones United Kingdom · #1,948 worldwide 3.4k citations · 191 works
  4. 4 André Gunder Frank United Kingdom · #2,577 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 R. Kerry Turner United Kingdom · #4,458 worldwide 2k citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Robert Sugden United Kingdom · #9,918 worldwide 1k citations · 84 works
  7. 7 T. M. L. Wigley United Kingdom · #10,145 worldwide 1.6k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 John Street United Kingdom · #14,416 worldwide 322 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Keith R. Briffa United Kingdom · #14,434 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Timothy J. Osborn United Kingdom · #16,136 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at University of East Anglia

Which keywords describe research at University of East Anglia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Literature, Mental Health, Gender, History, Colonialism and Identity.

▲ 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. Climate Change202▲ 2.2×87 topics
  2. Globalization167▲ 2.5×92 topics
  3. Epidemiology141◆ 1.03×120 topics
  4. Mental Health110▲ 2.2×42 topics
  5. Literature89▲ 4.8×40 topics
  6. Sustainability83◆ 0.99×65 topics
  7. Identity79▲ 3.1×52 topics
  8. Public Health78▲ 1.56×51 topics
  9. History78▲ 3.2×34 topics
  10. Gender74▲ 4.0×38 topics
  11. Inflammation68◆ 0.95×70 topics
  12. Colonialism68▲ 4.2×36 topics
  13. Culture65▲ 3.6×25 topics
  14. Religion64▲ 3.9×26 topics
  15. Human Rights64▲ 1.78×41 topics
  16. Social Media60▲ 1.22×23 topics
  17. Global Warming58▲ 4.1×14 topics
  18. Nationalism55▲ 3.4×29 topics
  19. Neoliberalism53▲ 4.3×23 topics
  20. Philosophy52▲ 3.4×24 topics
  21. Depression48▲ 1.59×23 topics
  22. Ethics48▲ 2.9×31 topics
  23. Resilience45▲ 2.7×15 topics
  24. Society45▲ 6.7×14 topics
  25. Primary Care38▲ 2.9×14 topics
  26. Social Interaction36▲ 2.6×10 topics
  27. Ocean Circulation36▲ 7.9×3 topics
  28. Democracy34▲ 2.8×21 topics
  29. Feminism30▲ 3.0×17 topics
  30. Corpus Linguistics29▲ 3.9×5 topics
  31. Vulnerability28▲ 3.5×7 topics
  32. Embodiment26▲ 4.0×7 topics
  33. Public Opinion24▲ 5.7×6 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice23▲ 5.2×7 topics
  35. Medieval21▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Neural Basis21▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Market Dynamics21▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Manuscripts19▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Monasticism19▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Europe19▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does University of East Anglia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medieval Literature and History, Climate variability and models, Translation Studies and Practices and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Medieval Literature and …19Medieval Literature and History: 19 fractional worksClimate variability and …16Climate variability and models: 16 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 15 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 13 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 13 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 13 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 12 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…11Migration, Health and Trauma: 11 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 11 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 11 fractional works
ClassicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeLanguage and LinguisticsPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 19 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 15 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 13 works
  5. 5 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  6. 6 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 13 works
  7. 7 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 11 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 11 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 11 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of East Anglia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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.

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