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University of Sunderland

In research, University of Sunderland stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,568 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,745 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,243 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,491
of 28,054 · #5,142 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#253
of 1,094
Research works
4.8k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
79k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is University of Sunderland 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 #2,568 of 10,521 21.1%386 #1128
Health SciencesDomain #3,745 of 11,982 15.5%165 #4983
Social SciencesField #2,243 of 6,365 22.9%196 #1169
MedicineField #4,334 of 10,443 14.0%120 #4961
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,321 of 2,578 23.8%70 #893
Physical SciencesDomain #7,449 of 12,888 18.3%142 #6996

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Sunderland 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#1,128 #2,568
  2. Health Sciences#4,983 #3,745
  3. Social Sciences#1,169 #2,243
  4. Medicine#4,961 #4,334
  5. Sociology and Political Science#893 #1,321
  6. Physical Sciences#6,996 #7,449
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: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.20× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.47× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.60× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 196 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Sunderland?

Ranked on the composite score, Maddalena Taras, J. N. Langley and Peter Hayes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Sunderland.

  1. 1 Maddalena Taras United Kingdom · #46,621 worldwide 187 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 J. N. Langley United Kingdom · #82,656 worldwide 378 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Peter Hayes United Kingdom · #174,780 worldwide 93 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 C. Hawkins United Kingdom · #180,135 worldwide 138 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Stuart Parkes United Kingdom · #205,132 worldwide 17 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 John Clayton United Kingdom · #248,935 worldwide 69 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Donald M. MacRaild United Kingdom · #262,478 worldwide 34 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Gilbert Cockton United Kingdom · #300,041 worldwide 230 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Donna Chambers United Kingdom · #302,920 worldwide 55 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Derek Hall United Kingdom · #303,029 worldwide 93 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at University of Sunderland

Which keywords describe research at University of Sunderland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Neoliberalism, Social Capital, Reflective Practice, Mental Health, Social Media, Globalization and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning30▲ 1.27×44 topics
  2. Epidemiology29◆ 1.00×66 topics
  3. Deep Learning27◆ 1.08×50 topics
  4. Globalization26▲ 1.79×33 topics
  5. Sustainability25▲ 1.42×35 topics
  6. Mental Health25▲ 2.3×32 topics
  7. Social Media24▲ 2.3×15 topics
  8. Gender20▲ 5.0×21 topics
  9. Social Capital18▲ 4.7×11 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence18▲ 1.76×21 topics
  11. COVID-1918▲ 1.77×17 topics
  12. Quality of Life17▲ 1.59×30 topics
  13. Neoliberalism16▲ 6.3×11 topics
  14. Healthcare16▲ 1.95×16 topics
  15. Reflective Practice14▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Big Data14▲ 2.0×14 topics
  17. Depression14▲ 2.1×13 topics
  18. Higher Education14▲ 3.4×13 topics
  19. Leadership13▲ 3.8×14 topics
  20. Literature12▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Culture12▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Ethics11▲ 3.2×14 topics
  23. Emotion Recognition11▲ 8.1×5 topics
  24. Anxiety11▲ 3.2×9 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship11▲ 3.9×9 topics
  26. Well-being10▲ 3.7×12 topics
  27. Technology Integration10▲ 4.6×7 topics
  28. Psychological Impact10▲ 4.0×9 topics
  29. Organizational Performance9▲ 5.1×9 topics
  30. Professional Development8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  31. Discrimination8▲ 5.6×4 topics
  32. Lifelong Learning8▲ 5.3×7 topics
  33. Media7▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. Neurodevelopmental Disorders7▲ 7.1×3 topics
  35. Autism Spectrum Disorders7▲ 9.1×2 topics
  36. Neuroanatomy7▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Career Development7▲ 7.9×5 topics
  38. Early Intervention7▲ 10.0×2 topics
  39. Film6▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Theory6▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Sunderland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Theatre and Performance Studies and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Shakespeare, Adaptation,…6Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 6 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…6Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 6 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…4Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 4 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 4 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryCognitive NeuroscienceVisual Arts and Performing ArtsClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  3. 3 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Sunderland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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 Sunderland

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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.