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University of Portsmouth

In research, University of Portsmouth stands highest in Social Sciences (#441 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#444 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#229 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Gender Studies — Paleontology is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,191
of 28,054 · #1,318 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#48
of 1,094
Research works
17k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
374k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is University of Portsmouth 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 #441 of 10,521 28.5%1,419 #454
Social SciencesField #444 of 6,365 23.9%713 #442
Business, Management and AccountingField #229 of 2,578 45.9%206 #339
Physical SciencesDomain #1,296 of 12,888 26.9%1,111 #1392
Health SciencesDomain #1,216 of 11,982 20.6%406 #1207
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #286 of 2,578 26.2%301 #427
MedicineField #1,517 of 10,443 22.2%260 #2575
Environmental ScienceField #542 of 3,551 32.0%197 #850
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #293 of 1,775 41.7%136 #475
EngineeringField #1,323 of 6,636 19.7%344 #1488

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Portsmouth 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#454 #441
  2. Social Sciences#442 #444
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#339 #229
  4. Physical Sciences#1,392 #1,296
  5. Health Sciences#1,207 #1,216
  6. Sociology and Political Science#427 #286
  7. Medicine#2,575 #1,517
  8. Environmental Science#850 #542
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#475 #293
  10. Engineering#1,488 #1,323
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 Portsmouth specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 25.2 works6.6×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 98.5 works6.0×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 48.7 works4.3×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 253 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 86 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 344 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 197 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.09× its world share, 147 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 120 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.56× its world share, 142 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.03× its world share, 206 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 136 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 178 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 713 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Portsmouth?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Thomas, Paul Hansen and Alan Collins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Portsmouth.

  1. 1 D. Thomas United Kingdom · #2,758 worldwide 3.1k citations · 194 works
  2. 2 Paul Hansen United Kingdom · #3,342 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Alan Collins United Kingdom · #3,393 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 David Wands United Kingdom · #6,827 worldwide 2.4k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Claudia Maraston United Kingdom · #10,192 worldwide 1.8k citations · 99 works
  6. 6 Ashley J. Ross United Kingdom · #10,591 worldwide 1.6k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Gong‐Bo Zhao United Kingdom · #10,981 worldwide 2k citations · 83 works
  8. 8 R. C. Nichol United Kingdom · #11,042 worldwide 3.4k citations · 200 works
  9. 9 Philip Scott United Kingdom · #14,479 worldwide 652 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 David A. Wake United Kingdom · #14,593 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at University of Portsmouth

Which keywords describe research at University of Portsmouth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Renewable Energy, Control Systems, Hardware-in-the-Loop, Real-Time Simulation, Smart Grid, Power Electronics and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Globalization120▲ 1.95×82 topics
  2. Deep Learning120◆ 1.11×70 topics
  3. Sustainability111▲ 1.44×72 topics
  4. Machine Learning109◆ 1.06×77 topics
  5. Renewable Energy106▲ 2.3×32 topics
  6. Climate Change103▲ 1.21×78 topics
  7. Environmental Impact87▲ 1.63×45 topics
  8. Public Health80▲ 1.75×48 topics
  9. Social Media65▲ 1.44×31 topics
  10. Smart Grid64▲ 5.4×5 topics
  11. Economic Growth60▲ 2.2×24 topics
  12. Power Electronics59▲ 5.7×5 topics
  13. Corporate Governance59▲ 2.5×22 topics
  14. Control Systems57▲ 9.8×6 topics
  15. Gender57▲ 3.3×38 topics
  16. Identity57▲ 2.5×37 topics
  17. Hardware-in-the-Loop56▲ 71×1 topic
  18. Real-Time Simulation56▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Health47▲ 3.7×15 topics
  20. Cultural Studies47▲ 3.9×15 topics
  21. Security47▲ 2.3×20 topics
  22. Law Enforcement38▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Sociology36▲ 8.4×8 topics
  24. Health Care Utilization36▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Mental Illness34▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Substance Abuse34▲ 15×2 topics
  27. International Relations34▲ 4.5×20 topics
  28. Monetary Policy34▲ 4.4×8 topics
  29. Homelessness33▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Housing First33▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Supernovae33▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Violence33▲ 7.1×8 topics
  33. Emergence29▲ 55×2 topics
  34. Black Holes29▲ 9.8×3 topics
  35. Drug Trafficking29▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Solidarity29▲ 32×4 topics
  37. Anthropology28▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Durkheim28▲ 598×1 topic
  39. Tarde28▲ 598×1 topic
  40. Neural Correlates28▲ 9.4×7 topics

Which research topics does University of Portsmouth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Real-time simulation and control systems, Homelessness and Social Issues, Emile Durkheim and Sociology and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Real-time simulation and…56Real-time simulation and control systems: 56 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 33 fractional worksEmile Durkheim and Sociology: 28 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 20 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 19 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 17 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 16 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 15 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 15 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 14 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 56 works
  2. 2 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 33 works
  3. 3 Emile Durkheim and Sociology Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  6. 6 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 16 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 15 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 14 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Portsmouth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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.

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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.