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University of Manchester

In research, University of Manchester stands highest in Social Sciences (#46 of 10,521 worldwide), Sociology and Political Science (#15 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#40 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, History and Philosophy of Science and Finance — Public Administration is 3.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#87
of 28,054 · #64 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#5
of 1,094
Research works
138k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3M
31.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is University of Manchester 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 #46 of 10,521 27.4%4,942 #36
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #15 of 2,578 30.6%889 #28
Social SciencesField #40 of 6,365 30.2%2,437 #31
Physical SciencesDomain #99 of 12,888 21.4%6,308 #70
Health SciencesDomain #107 of 11,982 20.4%3,084 #56
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #14 of 1,201 28.4%461 #14
MedicineField #122 of 10,443 18.9%2,412 #83
Business, Management and AccountingField #51 of 2,578 30.7%476 #29
EngineeringField #137 of 6,636 20.8%2,473 #88
Life SciencesDomain #173 of 7,800 23.1%1,383 #121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Manchester 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#36 #46
  2. Sociology and Political Science#28 #15
  3. Social Sciences#31 #40
  4. Physical Sciences#70 #99
  5. Health Sciences#56 #107
  6. Political Science and International Relations#14 #14
  7. Medicine#83 #122
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#29 #51
  9. Engineering#88 #137
  10. Life Sciences#121 #173
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 Manchester specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 3.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 25.9 works3.1×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 65.5 works2.7×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 122.9 works2.6×
  4. MusicSubfield · 32.2 works2.5×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 109.4 works2.5×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 119.4 works2.4×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 182 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 749 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 121 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 292 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 62 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.50× its world share, 370 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 930 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 229 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 125 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 2,473 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 590 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 691 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 240 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.71× its world share, 597 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 100 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 529 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 2,412 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 648 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 476 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 204 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 476 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 702 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 2,437 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Manchester?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Newman, David W. Denning and Alan J. Silman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Manchester.

  1. 1 Michael Newman · #676 worldwide 4k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 David W. Denning · #1,436 worldwide 1.6k citations · 128 works
  3. 3 Alan J. Silman · #1,549 worldwide 1.9k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 A. K. Geǐm · #1,718 worldwide 3.4k citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Zhiguo Ding · #3,266 worldwide 4.4k citations · 315 works
  6. 6 Terence Ranger · #3,283 worldwide 452 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 T.F. Cootes · #3,422 worldwide 1.9k citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Stephen G. Oliver · #4,815 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Michael Polanyi · #5,160 worldwide 1k citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Alan S. Milward · #5,509 worldwide 424 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at University of Manchester

Which keywords describe research at University of Manchester?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Neoliberalism, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Colonialism, Sustainability and Gender.

▲ 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. Epidemiology530▼ 0.85×133 topics
  2. Globalization519▲ 1.68×133 topics
  3. Machine Learning433▼ 0.84×92 topics
  4. Deep Learning371▼ 0.69×84 topics
  5. Sustainability354◆ 0.93×108 topics
  6. Mental Health313▲ 1.36×45 topics
  7. Climate Change309▼ 0.73×105 topics
  8. Inflammation273▼ 0.84×83 topics
  9. Renewable Energy265▲ 1.17×51 topics
  10. Public Health248◆ 1.09×63 topics
  11. Quality of Life244◆ 1.08×56 topics
  12. Neoliberalism227▲ 4.0×26 topics
  13. Neural Networks220◆ 0.91×40 topics
  14. Human Rights209▲ 1.29×60 topics
  15. Colonialism198▲ 2.6×45 topics
  16. Identity196▲ 1.71×65 topics
  17. Gender183▲ 2.1×49 topics
  18. Economic Growth179▲ 1.34×27 topics
  19. Depression177▲ 1.28×26 topics
  20. Energy Efficiency174▲ 1.18×36 topics
  21. History173▲ 1.57×46 topics
  22. Mechanical Properties170◆ 1.11×37 topics
  23. Nationalism153▲ 2.1×32 topics
  24. Nanocomposites153▲ 1.21×22 topics
  25. Ethics145▲ 1.91×42 topics
  26. Social Justice134▲ 1.46×42 topics
  27. Resilience131▲ 1.73×18 topics
  28. Religion130▲ 1.74×34 topics
  29. Social Support129▲ 1.47×20 topics
  30. Culture126▲ 1.51×29 topics
  31. Social Capital124▲ 1.50×19 topics
  32. Heat Transfer123▲ 1.58×18 topics
  33. Ethical Considerations110▲ 2.1×20 topics
  34. Global Governance98▲ 2.7×21 topics
  35. Politics95▲ 2.2×19 topics
  36. Health Disparities94▲ 2.3×9 topics
  37. Monetary Policy93▲ 2.4×12 topics
  38. Income Inequality86▲ 3.9×7 topics
  39. Cosmopolitanism69▲ 4.1×8 topics
  40. Security Council56▲ 6.7×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Manchester publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Employment and Welfare Studies, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Graphene research and applications and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies.

Employment and Welfare S…41Employment and Welfare Studies: 41 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…37Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 37 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 34 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 33 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 33 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…32Social Policy and Reform Studies: 32 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 31 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 31 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International RelationsMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 41 works
  2. 2 Global Peace and Security DynamicsPolitical Science and International Relations 37 works
  3. 3 Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Chemistry 35 works
  4. 4 Advanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 34 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 33 works
  7. 7 Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismFinance 33 works
  8. 8 Social Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 32 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 31 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 31 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Manchester's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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 Manchester

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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.