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University of Wales

In research, University of Wales stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,080 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,846 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,267 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,530
of 28,054 · #733 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#256
of 1,094
Research works
27k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
830k
30.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is University of Wales 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,080 of 11,982 31.1%77 #368
Physical SciencesDomain #5,846 of 12,888 22.6%85 #966
Social SciencesDomain #8,267 of 10,521 18.2%69 #538

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Wales 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. Health Sciences#368 #3,080
  2. Physical Sciences#966 #5,846
  3. Social Sciences#538 #8,267
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: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.14× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.55× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.34× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Wales?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Hoyle, Robert G. Newcombe and Neil A. Morgan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Wales.

  1. 1 F. Hoyle United Kingdom · #3,528 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Robert G. Newcombe United Kingdom · #19,376 worldwide 440 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Neil A. Morgan United Kingdom · #25,981 worldwide 514 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Sidney J. Holt United Kingdom · #37,852 worldwide 441 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 John C. Fry United Kingdom · #44,554 worldwide 557 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 K. S. Dodgson United Kingdom · #45,369 worldwide 454 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 F.W. Williams United Kingdom · #46,270 worldwide 450 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Michael Benjamin United Kingdom · #49,103 worldwide 233 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 S. J. Ormerod United Kingdom · #49,501 worldwide 566 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Mike Owen United Kingdom · #51,879 worldwide 698 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at University of Wales

Which keywords describe research at University of Wales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Religious Identity, Colonialism, Epidemiology, Devolution, History, Territoriality and Wales.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 1.51×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning9◆ 1.05×32 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 2.3×31 topics
  4. History8▲ 4.5×13 topics
  5. Nationalism8▲ 6.6×8 topics
  6. Colonialism7▲ 6.0×6 topics
  7. Cultural Identity7▲ 5.2×5 topics
  8. Religious Identity7▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Literature7▲ 4.7×6 topics
  10. Devolution6▲ 173×2 topics
  11. Inflammation6▲ 1.17×37 topics
  12. Territoriality6▲ 47×3 topics
  13. Wales6▲ 370×1 topic
  14. Welsh literature6▲ 370×1 topic
  15. National Identity5▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Identity5▲ 2.5×12 topics
  17. Cultural Politics4▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Scotland4▲ 196×1 topic
  19. Union of 17074▲ 196×1 topic
  20. Chemical Kinetics4▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Prevention4▲ 3.3×10 topics
  22. Culture3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  23. Cosmopolitanism3▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Artistic Exchange3▲ 94×1 topic
  25. Cultural Transfer3▲ 94×1 topic
  26. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  27. Human-Computer Interaction3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Emissions2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  29. Gesture Recognition2▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Interactive Evolutionary Computation2▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Music Generation2▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Postcolonialism2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  33. Corruption2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  34. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Tourism2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Premixed Combustion2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Turbulent Flames2▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Combustion2▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Oxidation Mechanism2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Soot Formation2▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Wales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies of British Isles, Scottish History and National Identity, Historical Art and Culture Studies and Music Technology and Sound Studies.

Historical Studies of Br…6Historical Studies of British Isles: 6 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 4 fractional worksHistorical Art and Cultu…3Historical Art and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sou…2Music Technology and Sound Studies: 2 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 2 fractional worksTravel Writing and Liter…2Travel Writing and Literature: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 1 fractional works
HistoryMuseologyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies of British Isles History 6 works
  2. 2 Scottish History and National Identity History 4 works
  3. 3 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 3 works
  4. 4 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  5. 5 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 works
  7. 7 Travel Writing and Literature History 2 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Wales'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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