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University of Northampton

In research, University of Northampton stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,122 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,841 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,116 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,829
of 28,054 · #8,602 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#300
of 1,094
Research works
3.9k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is University of Northampton 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 #2,122 of 10,521 22.6%338 #2005
Social SciencesField #1,841 of 6,365 21.7%192 #1594
Health SciencesDomain #7,116 of 11,982 18.4%82 #7091
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,741 of 2,578 19.2%74 #1350
Physical SciencesDomain #8,760 of 12,888 20.6%121 #10044

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Northampton 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#2,005 #2,122
  2. Social Sciences#1,594 #1,841
  3. Health Sciences#7,091 #7,116
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,350 #1,741
  5. Physical Sciences#10,044 #8,760
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.

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: 0.79× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.20× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.41× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 192 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Northampton?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul S Phillips, John Horton and Peter Kraftl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Northampton.

  1. 1 Paul S Phillips United Kingdom · #86,836 worldwide 205 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 John Horton United Kingdom · #133,565 worldwide 191 citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Peter Kraftl United Kingdom · #181,051 worldwide 161 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Jeff Ollerton United Kingdom · #217,191 worldwide 251 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Margaret Bates United Kingdom · #293,978 worldwide 84 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Sarah Neill United Kingdom · #298,245 worldwide 35 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 J. A. Campbell United Kingdom · #331,592 worldwide 182 citations · 91 works
  8. 8 Jane Callaghan United Kingdom · #365,060 worldwide 115 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Jörg Huber United Kingdom · #383,056 worldwide 51 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Janet M Wilson United Kingdom · #472,877 worldwide 35 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at University of Northampton

Which keywords describe research at University of Northampton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Globalization, Sustainability, Mental Health, Identity, Reflective Practice, Health and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Sustainability28▲ 1.97×35 topics
  2. Globalization28▲ 2.4×41 topics
  3. Mental Health22▲ 2.5×28 topics
  4. Gender21▲ 6.5×21 topics
  5. Machine Learning20◆ 1.05×40 topics
  6. Identity17▲ 3.9×21 topics
  7. Sustainable Development17▲ 1.80×19 topics
  8. Social Media16▲ 1.93×19 topics
  9. Education15▲ 1.49×31 topics
  10. Economic Growth14▲ 2.9×17 topics
  11. Higher Education13▲ 4.2×9 topics
  12. Health12▲ 5.4×9 topics
  13. Innovation12▲ 1.93×21 topics
  14. Social Justice12▲ 3.4×19 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management12▲ 2.1×11 topics
  16. Social Capital11▲ 3.7×11 topics
  17. Reflective Practice11▲ 9.8×6 topics
  18. Neoliberalism10▲ 5.0×13 topics
  19. Child Development10▲ 4.0×6 topics
  20. Student Engagement10▲ 4.2×10 topics
  21. Youth Engagement10▲ 7.3×4 topics
  22. Nationalism9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Feminism9▲ 5.3×13 topics
  24. Inequality9▲ 6.6×4 topics
  25. Europe9▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Student Perceptions8▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Community Engagement8▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Self-Regulation8▲ 7.6×5 topics
  29. Professional Development8▲ 6.7×10 topics
  30. Height8▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Informal Learning8▲ 10.0×5 topics
  32. Wages8▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Teacher Education7▲ 9.8×6 topics
  34. Academic Achievement7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  35. Community Development7▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Intersectionality7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  37. Masculinity7▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Mega Events7▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Sport Tourism7▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Student Voice7▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Northampton publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Economic and Social Studies, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Early Childhood Education and Development and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Historical Economic and …8Historical Economic and Social Studies: 8 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…7Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 7 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 5 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 4 fractional worksChildren's Rights and Participation: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…4Higher Education Learning Practices: 4 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 4 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceEducationGender Studies1 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  3. 3 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 5 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 5 works
  6. 6 Education Systems and Policy Education 4 works
  7. 7 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 4 works
  9. 9 Higher Education and Employability Education 4 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 3 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Northampton's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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.

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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.