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University of Nottingham

In research, University of Nottingham stands highest in Social Sciences (#138 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#256 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#148 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Classics and Small Animals — Veterinary is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#244
of 28,054 · #150 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#14
of 1,094
Research works
90k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6M
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is University of Nottingham 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 #138 of 10,521 25.8%3,193 #73
Physical SciencesDomain #256 of 12,888 19.7%3,835 #178
Social SciencesField #148 of 6,365 27.9%1,402 #95
Health SciencesDomain #330 of 11,982 19.4%2,234 #136
MedicineField #351 of 10,443 18.4%1,743 #178
Arts and HumanitiesField #69 of 1,998 20.8%607 #51
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #90 of 2,578 26.7%515 #80
EngineeringField #257 of 6,636 17.7%1,817 #174
Life SciencesDomain #408 of 7,800 23.8%1,272 #217
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #226 of 3,409 34.0%362 #94

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Nottingham 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#73 #138
  2. Physical Sciences#178 #256
  3. Social Sciences#95 #148
  4. Health Sciences#136 #330
  5. Medicine#178 #351
  6. Arts and Humanities#51 #69
  7. Sociology and Political Science#80 #90
  8. Engineering#174 #257
  9. Life Sciences#217 #408
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#94 #226
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 Nottingham specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 64.4 works4.5×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 28.2 works4.5×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 53.6 works4.1×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 58.5 works3.6×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 362 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 541 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 79 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 261 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 157 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 534 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 91 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 92 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 1,817 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 370 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 273 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 120 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 345 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 372 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 1,743 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 47 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.50× its world share, 64 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.00× its world share, 607 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 285 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 103 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 267 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 529 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 1,402 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Nottingham?

Ranked on the composite score, Hywel C Williams, John Clare and Mike Wright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Nottingham.

  1. 1 Hywel C Williams United Kingdom · #1,208 worldwide 1.9k citations · 173 works
  2. 2 John Clare United Kingdom · #2,578 worldwide 2k citations · 201 works
  3. 3 Mike Wright United Kingdom · #2,710 worldwide 2.2k citations · 145 works
  4. 4 Christopher Day United Kingdom · #3,117 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Andrew R. Green United Kingdom · #3,462 worldwide 1.2k citations · 137 works
  6. 6 Stephen Joseph United Kingdom · #3,708 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Giles M. Foody United Kingdom · #4,675 worldwide 1.8k citations · 109 works
  8. 8 Zoltán Dörnyei United Kingdom · #5,173 worldwide 935 citations · 70 works
  9. 9 R. Hill United Kingdom · #7,757 worldwide 3.9k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Edmund Burke United Kingdom · #11,259 worldwide 1.4k citations · 272 works
All ranked researchers at University of Nottingham

Which keywords describe research at University of Nottingham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Power Electronics, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Colonialism, Gender, Renewable Energy Integration and Identity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology369◆ 0.88×129 topics
  2. Globalization293▲ 1.42×112 topics
  3. Machine Learning261▼ 0.76×83 topics
  4. Deep Learning248▼ 0.69×77 topics
  5. Sustainability230◆ 0.90×95 topics
  6. Climate Change226▼ 0.80×96 topics
  7. Mental Health221▲ 1.43×40 topics
  8. Inflammation206◆ 0.94×82 topics
  9. Public Health184▲ 1.20×57 topics
  10. Quality of Life152◆ 1.00×53 topics
  11. Power Electronics150▲ 4.3×8 topics
  12. Identity149▲ 1.94×61 topics
  13. History139▲ 1.88×51 topics
  14. Environmental Impact138▼ 0.77×55 topics
  15. Renewable Energy136◆ 0.90×46 topics
  16. Gender134▲ 2.4×46 topics
  17. Human Rights130▲ 1.20×54 topics
  18. Colonialism130▲ 2.6×39 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency124▲ 1.25×39 topics
  20. Literature121▲ 2.1×51 topics
  21. Renewable Energy Integration113▲ 3.2×6 topics
  22. Depression110▲ 1.18×25 topics
  23. Mechanical Properties109◆ 1.06×35 topics
  24. Culture105▲ 1.88×29 topics
  25. Nationalism104▲ 2.1×31 topics
  26. Religion101▲ 2.0×34 topics
  27. Model Predictive Control99▲ 3.6×6 topics
  28. Ethics99▲ 1.94×44 topics
  29. Heat Transfer87▲ 1.66×17 topics
  30. Neoliberalism85▲ 2.3×21 topics
  31. Thermal Analysis79▲ 5.8×8 topics
  32. Society68▲ 3.3×15 topics
  33. Politics67▲ 2.4×21 topics
  34. Thermal Comfort59▲ 4.3×2 topics
  35. Electric Motor Drives48▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Permanent Magnet Machines48▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Photovoltaic Systems47▲ 5.1×3 topics
  38. Electric Vehicle Charging45▲ 4.9×2 topics
  39. Multilevel Converters44▲ 7.5×1 topic
  40. Voltage Source Inverters44▲ 7.5×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Nottingham publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Advanced DC-DC Converters.

Electric Motor Design an…48Electric Motor Design and Analysis: 48 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…44Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 44 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…42Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 42 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters39Advanced DC-DC Converters: 39 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 28 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 27 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…27Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 27 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 26 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 25 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…24Employment and Welfare Studies: 24 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionAutomotive EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 42 works
  4. 4 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 28 works
  6. 6 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 27 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 27 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
  9. 9 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 25 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 24 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Nottingham's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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 Nottingham

All research institutions in Nottingham

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.