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University of Huddersfield

In research, University of Huddersfield stands highest in Social Sciences (#817 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#600 of 6,365 worldwide) and Engineering (#644 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music — Music is 23.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,726
of 28,054 · #1,898 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#68
of 1,094
Research works
13k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
209k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is University of Huddersfield 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 #817 of 10,521 28.9%862 #463
Social SciencesField #600 of 6,365 29.7%402 #318
EngineeringField #644 of 6,636 23.2%498 #1201
Health SciencesDomain #1,188 of 11,982 24.7%319 #1313
Physical SciencesDomain #1,815 of 12,888 23.6%872 #2299
Business, Management and AccountingField #510 of 2,578 39.5%100 #452
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #568 of 2,578 31.7%166 #440
MedicineField #2,540 of 10,443 22.3%211 #2907
Computer ScienceField #1,464 of 4,667 25.9%194 #1237
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #457 of 1,351 18.0%107 #647

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Huddersfield 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#463 #817
  2. Social Sciences#318 #600
  3. Engineering#1,201 #644
  4. Health Sciences#1,313 #1,188
  5. Physical Sciences#2,299 #1,815
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#452 #510
  7. Sociology and Political Science#440 #568
  8. Medicine#2,907 #2,540
  9. Computer Science#1,237 #1,464
  10. Mechanical Engineering#647 #457
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 Huddersfield specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 23.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 42.6 works24×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 194 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.52× its world share, 498 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 54 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 96 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.11× its world share, 133 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 100 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 71 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 126 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 402 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Huddersfield?

Ranked on the composite score, Keith Johnson, Christopher J. Cowton and Barry M. Doyle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Huddersfield.

  1. 1 Keith Johnson United Kingdom · #58,387 worldwide 245 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Christopher J. Cowton United Kingdom · #64,207 worldwide 254 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Barry M. Doyle United Kingdom · #65,729 worldwide 175 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Chi Keung Marco Lau United Kingdom · #117,969 worldwide 432 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 John L. Thompson United Kingdom · #121,013 worldwide 177 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Pauline Stafford United Kingdom · #121,960 worldwide 142 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Matthew J. Hill United Kingdom · #132,591 worldwide 163 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 James Avis United Kingdom · #142,248 worldwide 220 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Gerard McElwee United Kingdom · #145,130 worldwide 110 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Nigel King United Kingdom · #152,922 worldwide 325 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at University of Huddersfield

Which keywords describe research at University of Huddersfield?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Globalization, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Vibration Analysis, Identity, Sustainability and Sociology.

▲ 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 Learning122▲ 1.64×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning110▲ 1.54×72 topics
  3. Globalization97▲ 2.3×66 topics
  4. Mental Health73▲ 2.3×35 topics
  5. Sustainability69▲ 1.30×69 topics
  6. Epidemiology59▼ 0.68×85 topics
  7. Neural Networks56▲ 1.68×31 topics
  8. Identity49▲ 3.1×37 topics
  9. Vibration Analysis41▲ 6.9×7 topics
  10. Public Health39▲ 1.22×37 topics
  11. Social Capital37▲ 3.2×14 topics
  12. Culture36▲ 3.1×14 topics
  13. Gender36▲ 3.0×29 topics
  14. Neoliberalism32▲ 4.1×18 topics
  15. Corporate Governance30▲ 1.84×16 topics
  16. Social Justice30▲ 2.3×24 topics
  17. Technology29▲ 2.5×14 topics
  18. Nonlinear Dynamics26▲ 5.5×7 topics
  19. Sociology26▲ 8.8×5 topics
  20. Psychological Impact26▲ 3.6×10 topics
  21. Rolling Contact Fatigue24▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Music24▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Youth23▲ 7.7×4 topics
  24. Fault Diagnosis23▲ 7.2×7 topics
  25. Wavelet Transform22▲ 4.5×6 topics
  26. Authenticity21▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Rap21▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Subcultures21▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Feminism20▲ 3.2×12 topics
  30. Condition Monitoring19▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Empirical Mode Decomposition19▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Ethnomusicology18▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Tool Wear18▲ 6.0×3 topics
  34. Gear Dynamics15▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Mesh Stiffness15▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Indigenous Knowledge15▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Data Citation14▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Cultural Conservation14▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Ecomusicology14▲ 27×1 topic
  40. High-Speed Trains13▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Huddersfield publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Music History and Culture, Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques, Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis and Diverse Musicological Studies.

Music History and Culture21Music History and Culture: 21 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis …19Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 19 fractional worksGear and Bearing Dynamic…15Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis: 15 fractional worksDiverse Musicological St…14Diverse Musicological Studies: 14 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 12 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 12 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…10Advanced machining processes and optimization: 10 fractional worksYouth Education and Soci…9Youth Education and Societal Dynamics: 9 fractional worksOptical measurement and …9Optical measurement and interference techniques: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and…9Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques: 9 fractional works
MusicControl and Systems EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition1 others

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

  1. 1 Music History and Culture Music 21 works
  2. 2 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 19 works
  3. 3 Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 14 works
  5. 5 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  9. 9 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 9 works
  10. 10 Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Mechanical Engineering 9 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Huddersfield's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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