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University of Surrey

In research, University of Surrey stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#39 of 2,578 worldwide), Social Sciences (#167 of 10,521 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#78 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing, Radiation and Veterinary — Signal Processing is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#481
of 28,054 · #367 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#25
of 1,094
Research works
40k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is University of Surrey 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
Business, Management and AccountingField #39 of 2,578 43.1%212 #12
Social SciencesDomain #167 of 10,521 35.7%1,425 #158
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #78 of 2,578 42.7%245 #102
Social SciencesField #222 of 6,365 37.9%644 #200
Physical SciencesDomain #547 of 12,888 26.4%2,549 #350
EngineeringField #315 of 6,636 25.0%1,007 #225
Computer ScienceField #225 of 4,667 29.6%733 #243
Health SciencesDomain #604 of 11,982 23.1%738 #527
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #170 of 1,884 31.2%253 #196
PsychologyField #197 of 2,181 31.7%238 #201

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Surrey 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. Business, Management and Accounting#12 #39
  2. Social Sciences#158 #167
  3. Sociology and Political Science#102 #78
  4. Social Sciences#200 #222
  5. Physical Sciences#350 #547
  6. Engineering#225 #315
  7. Computer Science#243 #225
  8. Health Sciences#527 #604
  9. Artificial Intelligence#196 #170
  10. Psychology#201 #197
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 Surrey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Signal Processing takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 64.3 works4.1×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 26.9 works3.8×
  3. VeterinaryField · 20.6 works2.9×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 46.0 works2.8×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 96 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 199 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 114 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 49 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.83× its world share, 733 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 1,007 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 246 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 141 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 46 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 212 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 149 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 545 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.94× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 139 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 212 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 75 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 116 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 238 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 644 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Surrey?

Ranked on the composite score, Yaochu Jin, Lewis Elton and Richard Shepherd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Surrey.

  1. 1 Yaochu Jin United Kingdom · #4,440 worldwide 3.7k citations · 236 works
  2. 2 Lewis Elton United Kingdom · #5,104 worldwide 790 citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Richard Shepherd United Kingdom · #7,535 worldwide 648 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Derk‐Jan Dijk United Kingdom · #13,793 worldwide 698 citations · 106 works
  5. 5 Xiatian Zhu United Kingdom · #15,045 worldwide 1k citations · 81 works
  6. 6 David Gilbert United Kingdom · #17,317 worldwide 405 citations · 80 works
  7. 7 I. J. Thompson United Kingdom · #17,871 worldwide 952 citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Eugene Sadler‐Smith United Kingdom · #24,732 worldwide 438 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Qiuqiang Kong United Kingdom · #27,269 worldwide 442 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Mehrdad Dianati United Kingdom · #28,696 worldwide 548 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at University of Surrey

Which keywords describe research at University of Surrey?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Energy Efficiency, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Channel Estimation, MIMO Systems and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Deep Learning359▲ 2.0×79 topics
  2. Machine Learning194◆ 1.15×82 topics
  3. Neural Networks165▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Sustainability148▲ 1.18×76 topics
  5. Epidemiology143▼ 0.70×113 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency124▲ 2.5×29 topics
  7. Globalization119▲ 1.18×81 topics
  8. Public Health106▲ 1.41×47 topics
  9. Environmental Impact102▲ 1.16×45 topics
  10. Mental Health100▲ 1.32×37 topics
  11. Social Media84◆ 1.14×28 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks83▲ 2.2×14 topics
  13. Renewable Energy83◆ 1.11×39 topics
  14. Health Effects78▲ 2.5×21 topics
  15. Economic Growth71▲ 1.62×22 topics
  16. Consumer Behavior56▲ 1.73×14 topics
  17. Security55▲ 1.63×22 topics
  18. Cathode Materials51▲ 2.5×3 topics
  19. Wireless Communications51▲ 5.6×5 topics
  20. Channel Estimation51▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Wireless Communication49▲ 6.3×6 topics
  22. Neoliberalism45▲ 2.5×19 topics
  23. MIMO Systems45▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Beamforming41▲ 7.5×4 topics
  25. 5G Networks41▲ 3.9×5 topics
  26. COVID-19 Impact40▲ 4.6×5 topics
  27. Unsupervised Learning37▲ 5.1×3 topics
  28. Convolutional Networks36▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Wireless Networks34▲ 4.3×9 topics
  30. Channel Modeling34▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Massive MIMO32▲ 7.7×3 topics
  32. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces32▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access32▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Pose Estimation31▲ 5.3×3 topics
  35. Spectral Efficiency30▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Physical Layer Security26▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Cellular Networks26▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Interference Alignment26▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Nucleosynthesis26▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Community Perceptions25▲ 6.9×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Surrey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research and Music and Audio Processing.

Advanced Wireless Commun…32Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 32 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Op…26Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 26 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 25 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 23 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 22 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 22 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…20Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 20 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Recognition: 20 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 19 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceSignal ProcessingAerospace Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  3. 3 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  4. 4 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 23 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 22 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  9. 9 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 20 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 19 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Surrey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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.

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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.