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University of Lincoln

In research, University of Lincoln stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,006 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,710 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,063 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History — History is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,762
of 28,054 · #2,516 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#72
of 1,094
Research works
8.1k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is University of Lincoln 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 #1,006 of 10,521 26.5%927 #873
Health SciencesDomain #1,710 of 11,982 21.6%294 #2714
Physical SciencesDomain #2,063 of 12,888 21.6%568 #2798
Business, Management and AccountingField #553 of 2,578 40.6%91 #435
Life SciencesDomain #1,768 of 7,800 28.5%294 #2470
Social SciencesField #1,509 of 6,365 26.5%430 #944
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #711 of 2,578 27.6%165 #757
EngineeringField #1,897 of 6,636 20.4%210 #1932
Arts and HumanitiesField #686 of 1,998 18.5%171 #933
MedicineField #3,611 of 10,443 20.8%182 #4782

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Lincoln 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#873 #1,006
  2. Health Sciences#2,714 #1,710
  3. Physical Sciences#2,798 #2,063
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#435 #553
  5. Life Sciences#2,470 #1,768
  6. Social Sciences#944 #1,509
  7. Sociology and Political Science#757 #711
  8. Engineering#1,932 #1,897
  9. Arts and Humanities#933 #686
  10. Medicine#4,782 #3,611
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 Lincoln specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 42.8 works6.4×
← 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: 1.29× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 88 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 84 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 182 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.29× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.84× its world share, 171 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.35× its world share, 91 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.19× its world share, 139 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 430 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Lincoln?

Ranked on the composite score, Shaun Lawson, Paul Mooney and Jacquelyn Allen‐Collinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Lincoln.

  1. 1 Shaun Lawson United Kingdom · #99,733 worldwide 240 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Paul Mooney United Kingdom · #110,040 worldwide 238 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Jacquelyn Allen‐Collinson United Kingdom · #127,279 worldwide 147 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Andrea Caputo United Kingdom · #146,118 worldwide 137 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Helen Smith United Kingdom · #186,583 worldwide 34 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Roger Bretherton United Kingdom · #195,155 worldwide 170 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 David Floyd United Kingdom · #212,475 worldwide 91 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Amanda Roberts United Kingdom · #217,062 worldwide 43 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Jonathan J. Cooper United Kingdom · #248,291 worldwide 88 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Daniel S. Mills United Kingdom · #254,261 worldwide 248 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at University of Lincoln

Which keywords describe research at University of Lincoln?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Cognition, Gender, Deep Learning, Literature, Mental Health, Climate Change and Religion.

▲ 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. Globalization90▲ 2.2×81 topics
  2. Deep Learning86▲ 1.20×66 topics
  3. Climate Change76▲ 1.35×86 topics
  4. Sustainability71▲ 1.40×76 topics
  5. Machine Learning64◆ 0.93×62 topics
  6. Mental Health60▲ 1.98×35 topics
  7. Gender49▲ 4.4×33 topics
  8. Identity45▲ 3.0×40 topics
  9. History43▲ 2.9×29 topics
  10. Literature43▲ 3.8×25 topics
  11. Social Cognition43▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Public Health42▲ 1.37×45 topics
  13. Religion40▲ 4.0×22 topics
  14. Economic Growth36▲ 2.1×21 topics
  15. Human Rights33▲ 1.54×35 topics
  16. Nationalism32▲ 3.3×23 topics
  17. Culture30▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Colonialism30▲ 3.0×28 topics
  19. Neoliberalism30▲ 4.0×17 topics
  20. Social Capital29▲ 2.6×14 topics
  21. Democracy29▲ 3.9×19 topics
  22. Ethics28▲ 2.8×24 topics
  23. Environmental Monitoring25▲ 3.1×6 topics
  24. Image Processing24▲ 2.6×10 topics
  25. Genomic Analysis24▲ 4.6×7 topics
  26. Monetary Policy23▲ 4.5×8 topics
  27. Oxytocin22▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Society22▲ 5.5×12 topics
  29. Neuroscience22▲ 3.6×14 topics
  30. Genetic Structure22▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Plant Disease Detection21▲ 9.8×1 topic
  32. Smart Farming21▲ 8.8×1 topic
  33. Evolution21▲ 4.0×13 topics
  34. Animal-Assisted Therapy20▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Dog Domestication20▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Emotion20▲ 4.7×11 topics
  37. Global Governance19▲ 4.0×13 topics
  38. Emotion Recognition18▲ 4.5×5 topics
  39. Race17▲ 7.3×11 topics
  40. Economic Policy14▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Lincoln publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Agriculture and AI, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Political and Economic history of UK and US and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Smart Agriculture and AI: 21 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 20 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 12 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 11 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 11 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 10 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology …9Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 9 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…9Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 9 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…8Employment and Welfare Studies: 8 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…8Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 8 fractional works
Plant ScienceGeneticsPolitical Science and International RelationsSmall Animals6 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 21 works
  2. 2 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 20 works
  3. 3 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 11 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 11 works
  6. 6 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 10 works
  7. 7 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 9 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 8 works
  10. 10 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8 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 available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Lincoln's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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.

Other research institutions in Lincoln

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.