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University of Essex

In research, University of Essex stands highest in Social Sciences (#241 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#401 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#157 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, Cognitive Neuroscience and Political Science and International Relations — Finance is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,359
of 28,054 · #713 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#56
of 1,094
Research works
26k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
672k
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is University of Essex 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 #241 of 10,521 27.2%1,894 #189
Social SciencesField #401 of 6,365 27.8%875 #177
PsychologyField #157 of 2,181 22.7%274 #276
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #102 of 1,201 25.7%218 #46
Business, Management and AccountingField #223 of 2,578 37.7%213 #270
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #231 of 2,578 29.9%325 #88
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #190 of 1,775 26.3%259 #101
Health SciencesDomain #1,614 of 11,982 21.7%356 #1996
Strategy and ManagementSubfield #99 of 635 40.0%64 #176
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #223 of 1,272 29.8%162 #104

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Essex 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#189 #241
  2. Social Sciences#177 #401
  3. Psychology#276 #157
  4. Political Science and International Relations#46 #102
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#270 #223
  6. Sociology and Political Science#88 #231
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#101 #190
  8. Health Sciences#1,996 #1,614
  9. Strategy and Management#176 #99
  10. Economics and Econometrics#104 #223
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 Essex specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 70.3 works7.0×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 107.0 works4.4×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 217.6 works4.4×
  4. HistorySubfield · 46.0 works4.3×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 125 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 340 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 243 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 115 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 45 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 125 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.12× its world share, 203 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.99× its world share, 213 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 70 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.65× its world share, 259 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.72× its world share, 274 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 875 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Essex?

Ranked on the composite score, Jules Pretty, R. Loudon and Simon M. Lucas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Essex.

  1. 1 Jules Pretty United Kingdom · #7,153 worldwide 938 citations · 87 works
  2. 2 R. Loudon United Kingdom · #9,048 worldwide 1.3k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Simon M. Lucas United Kingdom · #15,279 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Diego Pérez-Liébana United Kingdom · #15,322 worldwide 900 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Ken Plummer United Kingdom · #16,761 worldwide 514 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Neil R. Baker United Kingdom · #20,200 worldwide 1k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Robert Bernasconi United Kingdom · #25,845 worldwide 179 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Ernesto Laclau United Kingdom · #35,948 worldwide 458 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 M. Gordon United Kingdom · #36,946 worldwide 2.5k citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Michaël Harloe United Kingdom · #39,860 worldwide 236 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at University of Essex

Which keywords describe research at University of Essex?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Monetary Policy, Human Rights, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Economic Growth, Democracy and Economic Policy.

▲ 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. Globalization182▲ 2.8×99 topics
  2. Deep Learning177▲ 1.56×74 topics
  3. Human Rights119▲ 3.5×51 topics
  4. Mental Health119▲ 2.5×41 topics
  5. Machine Learning117◆ 1.08×75 topics
  6. Economic Growth91▲ 3.2×22 topics
  7. Neural Networks86▲ 1.68×36 topics
  8. Public Health85▲ 1.77×51 topics
  9. Monetary Policy82▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Corporate Governance70▲ 2.9×24 topics
  11. Social Media67▲ 1.42×26 topics
  12. Democracy67▲ 5.7×22 topics
  13. Gender67▲ 3.7×39 topics
  14. History62▲ 2.7×39 topics
  15. Neoliberalism59▲ 5.0×24 topics
  16. Social Capital57▲ 3.2×14 topics
  17. Ethics53▲ 3.3×31 topics
  18. Identity52▲ 2.2×50 topics
  19. Economic Policy51▲ 30×7 topics
  20. Labor Market50▲ 5.1×13 topics
  21. Political Economy48▲ 5.6×15 topics
  22. Colonialism46▲ 2.9×34 topics
  23. Public Opinion46▲ 11×6 topics
  24. International Law44▲ 4.3×18 topics
  25. Global Governance43▲ 5.8×16 topics
  26. Nationalism43▲ 2.8×24 topics
  27. Income Inequality40▲ 8.4×7 topics
  28. Health Disparities38▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. Emotion38▲ 5.5×12 topics
  30. Governance38▲ 3.5×16 topics
  31. International Relations37▲ 4.6×17 topics
  32. Motor Imagery31▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Liquidity30▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Violence30▲ 6.2×10 topics
  35. Social Policy29▲ 9.1×5 topics
  36. Rhetoric28▲ 7.7×5 topics
  37. Institutional Theory26▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. British Politics26▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Depoliticisation26▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Unemployment26▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Essex publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political and Economic history of UK and US, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Political and Economic h…26Political and Economic history of UK and US: 26 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…23EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 23 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 19 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…19Corporate Finance and Governance: 19 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…18Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 18 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 18 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…14Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 14 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 14 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 13 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCognitive NeuroscienceAccountingFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  2. 2 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 23 works
  3. 3 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 19 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 19 works
  5. 5 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 18 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 18 works
  7. 7 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  8. 8 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 14 works
  10. 10 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 13 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Essex's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher 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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