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University of Exeter

In research, University of Exeter stands highest in Social Sciences (#80 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#62 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#178 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and Anthropology (Classics is 7.7× its share of world research).

exeter.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#134
of 22,385 · #219 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#12
of 862
Research works
52k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.42×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
University of Exeter

What is University of Exeter known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #80 of 9,585 15.8%3,189 #84
Social SciencesField #62 of 5,988 16.3%1,504 #72
Health SciencesDomain #178 of 9,902 15.3%1,548 #264
Physical SciencesDomain #198 of 10,670 16.5%2,970 #380
Environmental ScienceField #70 of 3,334 17.6%859 #48
Life SciencesDomain #144 of 6,403 15.3%1,031 #185
MedicineField #195 of 8,541 14.9%1,231 #272
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #65 of 2,526 16.1%563 #71
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #95 of 3,157 17.7%317 #118
EngineeringField #201 of 5,901 15.8%855 #283

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Exeter 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#84 #80
  2. Social Sciences#72 #62
  3. Health Sciences#264 #178
  4. Physical Sciences#380 #198
  5. Environmental Science#48 #70
  6. Life Sciences#185 #144
  7. Medicine#272 #195
  8. Sociology and Political Science#71 #65
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#118 #95
  10. Engineering#283 #201
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does University of Exeter work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at University of Exeter is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (14%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,633 fractional works · 36.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,701 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 638 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 297 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 159 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 136 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 774 fractional works · 7.7% of its workHistory: 151 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 147 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 527 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 183 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 179 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 275 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 245 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 196 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 110 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,432 fractional works · 34.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,000 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 278 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 234 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 953 fractional works · 9.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 189 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 114 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 112 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 505 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 211 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 322 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 143 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 261 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 181 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,821 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 1,446 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 160 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 139 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 100 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 91 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 153 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 315 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 205 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,182 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 542 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 233 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 196 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 355 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 125 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 219 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 132 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversity ofExeter10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences36%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,63336.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,70116.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities7747.7%
    3. Psychology5275.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2752.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2452.4%
    6. Decision Sciences1101.1%
    1. Environmental Science1,0009.9%
    2. Engineering9539.5%
    3. Computer Science5055.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3223.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2612.6%
    6. Materials Science1811.8%
    7. Mathematics820.8%
    8. Energy720.7%
    9. Chemistry450.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,82118.1%
    1. Medicine1,44614.4%
    2. Health Professions3153.1%
    3. Nursing220.2%
    4. Veterinary210.2%
    5. Dentistry180.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,18211.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5425.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3553.5%
    3. Neuroscience2192.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology540.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does University of Exeter specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 45.9 works7.7×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 79.0 works5.1×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 135.8 works4.8×
  4. HistorySubfield · 150.8 works4.7×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 355 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 542 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 54 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 219 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 505 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 322 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 72 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 953 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.00× its world share, 1,000 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 181 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 261 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 315 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 1,446 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.52× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.66× its world share, 774 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 275 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 110 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 245 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 527 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 1,701 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.66×774 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.04×322 works
  3. Environmental Science2.00×1,000 works
  4. Psychology1.72×527 works
  5. Veterinary1.52×21 works
  6. Neuroscience1.34×219 works
  7. Social Sciences1.34×1,701 works
  8. Health Professions1.19×315 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.17×261 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.14×245 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.13×110 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×542 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×275 works
  14. Energy0.78×72 works
  15. Medicine0.75×1,446 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×355 works
  17. Mathematics0.69×82 works
  18. Computer Science0.65×505 works
  19. Engineering0.63×953 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×54 works
  21. Materials Science0.52×181 works
  22. Nursing0.44×22 works
  23. Dentistry0.36×18 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×12 works
  25. Chemistry0.29×45 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.28×10 works

Who are the top researchers at University of Exeter?

Ranked on the quality score, Pierre Friedlingstein, Stephen A. Sitch and William Neil Adger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Exeter.

  1. 1 Pierre Friedlingstein United Kingdom · #131 worldwide 127k citations · 646 works
  2. 2 Stephen A. Sitch United Kingdom · #406 worldwide 90k citations · 795 works
  3. 3 William Neil Adger United Kingdom · #2,977 worldwide 72k citations · 394 works
  4. 4 Timothy M. Lenton United Kingdom · #4,025 worldwide 70k citations · 470 works
  5. 5 Kees Jan van Groenigen United Kingdom · #4,293 worldwide 19k citations · 158 works
  6. 6 Andrew R. Wood United Kingdom · #5,133 worldwide 52k citations · 344 works
  7. 7 Mathew P. White United Kingdom · #5,333 worldwide 27k citations · 269 works
  8. 8 Timothy Mark Frayling United Kingdom · #5,336 worldwide 113k citations · 662 works
  9. 9 Michael N. Weedon United Kingdom · #5,395 worldwide 76k citations · 478 works
  10. 10 Angus Buckling United Kingdom · #7,948 worldwide 27k citations · 398 works
All ranked researchers at University of Exeter

What are the most cited papers from University of Exeter?

The most cited paper from University of Exeter is "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics" (William L. Barnes, Alain Dereux, Thomas W. Ebbesen, 2003), with 11,670 citations. Next come "Principal component analysis: a review and recent developments" (10,078) and "The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consensus for the Reporting of Behavior Change Interventions" (8,236).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surface plasmon subwavelength optics William L. Barnes, Alain Dereux, Thomas W. Ebbesen · Nature Aug 2003 11,670
2 Principal component analysis: a review and recent developments Ian T. Jolliffe, Jorge F. C. L. Cadima · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences Open access 7 Mar 2016 10,078
3 The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consensus for the Reporting of Behavior Change Interventions Susan G. Michie, Michelle Richardson, Marie Johnston et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine Open access 19 Mar 2013 8,236
4 Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials Jonathan A C Sterne, Alex J. Sutton, John P. A. Ioannidis et al. · BMJ Open access 22 Jul 2011 7,789
5 Dementia prevention, intervention, and care Gill Livingston et al. · The Lancet 20 Jul 2017 6,271
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University of Exeter?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Global Warming, Epidemiology, Gender, Colonialism, History and Nationalism.

▲ 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-now 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 Change705▲ 2.6×101 topics
  2. Epidemiology373◆ 0.93×134 topics
  3. Globalization346▲ 1.75×117 topics
  4. Sustainability262◆ 1.07×100 topics
  5. Machine Learning242▼ 0.72×81 topics
  6. Deep Learning224▼ 0.65×79 topics
  7. Public Health223▲ 1.52×64 topics
  8. Mental Health210▲ 1.46×43 topics
  9. Environmental Impact191◆ 1.11×58 topics
  10. Global Warming179▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. History176▲ 2.5×52 topics
  12. Renewable Energy174▲ 1.19×49 topics
  13. Gender167▲ 3.1×51 topics
  14. Remote Sensing162▲ 1.31×38 topics
  15. Identity161▲ 2.2×64 topics
  16. Colonialism160▲ 3.3×45 topics
  17. Biodiversity159▲ 2.1×34 topics
  18. Human Rights152▲ 1.47×63 topics
  19. Nationalism145▲ 3.2×32 topics
  20. Literature138▲ 2.5×49 topics
  21. Conservation136▲ 3.1×23 topics
  22. Religion135▲ 2.9×37 topics
  23. Ethics131▲ 2.6×44 topics
  24. Population Dynamics114▲ 4.4×13 topics
  25. Culture108▲ 2.1×32 topics
  26. Invasive Species106▲ 2.5×20 topics
  27. Neoliberalism99▲ 2.7×26 topics
  28. Feminism97▲ 3.3×24 topics
  29. Ecosystem Services95▲ 2.4×14 topics
  30. Greenhouse Gas Emissions95▲ 3.4×8 topics
  31. Evolution94▲ 3.5×19 topics
  32. Neuroscience92▲ 3.0×17 topics
  33. Society81▲ 4.2×21 topics
  34. Ocean Circulation78▲ 5.6×3 topics
  35. Genetic Variation75▲ 3.4×8 topics
  36. Habitat Fragmentation74▲ 3.4×5 topics
  37. Natural Selection64▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Hydrological Cycle58▲ 5.7×2 topics
  39. Extreme Events56▲ 6.1×2 topics
  40. Adaptive Evolution54▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Exeter publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Classical Antiquity Studies and Historical Economic and Social Studies.

Climate variability and …52Climate variability and models: 52 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…44Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 44 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 42 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 37 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 36 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 35 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 33 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…31Climate Change and Health Impacts: 31 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 30 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 29 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAnthropologyEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 52 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 44 works
  3. 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 42 works
  4. 4 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 37 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 36 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 35 works
  7. 7 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 33 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 31 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 30 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 29 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University of Exeter's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University of Exeter as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%University of Exeter0.038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of University of Exeter over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%University of Exeter15.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.3% in 2014.

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Which institutions have research most like University of Exeter's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Macquarie University has the research profile closest to University of Exeter's, with both strong in Psychology.

  1. 1 Macquarie UniversityAustralia · Both strong in Psychology, Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience 0.78 Compare
  2. 2 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesNetherlands · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Environmental Science, Neuroscience 0.75 Compare
  3. 3 University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Veterinary 0.69 Compare
  4. 4 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences 0.67 Compare
  5. 5 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Neuroscience 0.67 Compare

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