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University of Hertfordshire

In research, University of Hertfordshire stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,251 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,436 of 11,982 worldwide) and Engineering (#883 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Clinical Psychology — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,372
of 28,054 · #1,128 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#57
of 1,094
Research works
16k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
344k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is University of Hertfordshire 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,251 of 12,888 25.1%757 #1319
Health SciencesDomain #1,436 of 11,982 21.7%412 #750
EngineeringField #883 of 6,636 23.6%309 #1514
Social SciencesDomain #1,482 of 10,521 25.2%664 #726
Life SciencesDomain #1,693 of 7,800 21.5%205 #926
MedicineField #2,369 of 10,443 21.2%299 #965
Social SciencesField #1,470 of 6,365 27.8%266 #896
Computer ScienceField #1,328 of 4,667 23.2%182 #906
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #786 of 2,318 24.8%82 —
PsychologyField #888 of 2,181 23.6%159 #485

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Hertfordshire 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. Physical Sciences#1,319 #1,251
  2. Health Sciences#750 #1,436
  3. Engineering#1,514 #883
  4. Social Sciences#726 #1,482
  5. Life Sciences#926 #1,693
  6. Medicine#965 #2,369
  7. Social Sciences#896 #1,470
  8. Computer Science#906 #1,328
  9. Psychology#485 #888
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 Hertfordshire specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 63.2 works6.0×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 80.5 works3.8×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 53 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.44× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 182 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 309 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.41× its world share, 109 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 102 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 299 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.46× its world share, 86 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 78 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.55× its world share, 159 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 266 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 Hertfordshire?

Ranked on the composite score, Sam Salek, Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Richard Price lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Hertfordshire.

  1. 1 Sam Salek United Kingdom · #23,450 worldwide 384 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Geoffrey M. Hodgson United Kingdom · #24,748 worldwide 732 citations · 147 works
  3. 3 Richard Price United Kingdom · #29,502 worldwide 314 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 M. Sarzi United Kingdom · #32,146 worldwide 1.1k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Douglas Warner United Kingdom · #42,405 worldwide 290 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Chiaki Kobayashi United Kingdom · #46,582 worldwide 730 citations · 76 works
  7. 7 John Tzilivakis United Kingdom · #48,486 worldwide 274 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Frances Bunn United Kingdom · #53,439 worldwide 298 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Kerstin Dautenhahn United Kingdom · #54,732 worldwide 986 citations · 139 works
  10. 10 Kathleen Lewis United Kingdom · #58,630 worldwide 286 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at University of Hertfordshire

Which keywords describe research at University of Hertfordshire?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Black Holes, Public Health, Neuroscience, Star Formation and Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning84▲ 1.20×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning81▲ 1.21×71 topics
  3. Epidemiology67▼ 0.83×90 topics
  4. Mental Health66▲ 2.2×36 topics
  5. Sustainability52◆ 1.05×56 topics
  6. Public Health52▲ 1.75×40 topics
  7. Neural Networks47▲ 1.51×36 topics
  8. Globalization42◆ 1.04×57 topics
  9. Quality of Life40▲ 1.37×44 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency35▲ 1.85×28 topics
  11. Healthcare31▲ 1.36×21 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence31◆ 1.10×28 topics
  13. Depression30▲ 1.69×22 topics
  14. Neuroscience29▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Gender26▲ 2.4×28 topics
  16. Black Holes26▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Primary Care24▲ 3.2×14 topics
  18. Resilience24▲ 2.5×13 topics
  19. Genetics23▲ 1.62×19 topics
  20. Heat Transfer23▲ 2.3×16 topics
  21. Star Formation22▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Prevalence21▲ 2.6×11 topics
  23. Ethics21▲ 2.1×20 topics
  24. Anxiety20▲ 2.1×11 topics
  25. Well-being18▲ 2.4×14 topics
  26. Dark Matter15▲ 6.3×4 topics
  27. Cosmology14▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Global Health14▲ 4.7×5 topics
  29. Quality Improvement14▲ 3.6×8 topics
  30. Galaxies14▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Stellar Populations14▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Emotion Recognition14▲ 3.7×5 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice13▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Accretion Disks13▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Exoplanets13▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Magnetic Fields13▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Stellar Astrophysics13▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Autism Spectrum Disorders12▲ 6.0×2 topics
  39. Astronomical Instrumentation11▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Spectrograph11▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Hertfordshire publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

Galaxies: Formation, Evo…14Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 14 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …13Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 13 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…11Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 11 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…9Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 9 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 8 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…8Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 8 fractional worksObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: 8 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…7Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 7 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  2. 2 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 11 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 9 works
  5. 5 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  7. 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  8. 8 Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Clinical Psychology 8 works
  9. 9 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

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 Hertfordshire's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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