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University of Westminster

In research, University of Westminster stands highest in Social Sciences (#869 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#673 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#582 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies and Urban Studies — Gender Studies is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,670
of 28,054 · #2,923 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#148
of 1,094
Research works
9.9k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is University of Westminster 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 #869 of 10,521 24.5%1,011 #589
Social SciencesField #673 of 6,365 24.9%559 #454
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #582 of 2,578 26.2%199 #315
Business, Management and AccountingField #981 of 2,578 29.7%105 #670
PsychologyField #942 of 2,181 23.5%111 #1214
Health SciencesDomain #5,360 of 11,982 16.9%196 #3527
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #542 of 1,201 16.7%101 #292
Arts and HumanitiesField #928 of 1,998 21.7%150 #447
Life SciencesDomain #3,830 of 7,800 19.7%97 #3670
Physical SciencesDomain #6,692 of 12,888 20.1%241 #4916

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Westminster 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#589 #869
  2. Social Sciences#454 #673
  3. Sociology and Political Science#315 #582
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#670 #981
  5. Psychology#1,214 #942
  6. Health Sciences#3,527 #5,360
  7. Political Science and International Relations#292 #542
  8. Arts and Humanities#447 #928
  9. Life Sciences#3,670 #3,830
  10. Physical Sciences#4,916 #6,692
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 Westminster specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 32.4 works5.8×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 24.6 works5.8×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 114 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.37× its world share, 150 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.11× its world share, 105 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.97× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 111 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 559 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Westminster?

Ranked on the composite score, Chantal Mouffe, David Chandler and D.R. Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Westminster.

  1. 1 Chantal Mouffe United Kingdom · #13,344 worldwide 306 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 David Chandler United Kingdom · #21,494 worldwide 646 citations · 155 works
  3. 3 D.R. Wilson United Kingdom · #41,192 worldwide 416 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Tom Buchanan United Kingdom · #55,832 worldwide 207 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Jean Seaton United Kingdom · #74,965 worldwide 92 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Nichòlas Garnham United Kingdom · #78,961 worldwide 158 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 E. Louise Thomas United Kingdom · #89,279 worldwide 244 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Linda Clarke United Kingdom · #103,900 worldwide 249 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Toshinori Nemoto United Kingdom · #110,957 worldwide 91 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Ipsita Roy United Kingdom · #117,337 worldwide 250 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at University of Westminster

Which keywords describe research at University of Westminster?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Neoliberalism, Gender, Colonialism, Feminism, Social Media and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Globalization121▲ 4.0×86 topics
  2. Identity72▲ 6.4×45 topics
  3. Sustainability66▲ 1.74×59 topics
  4. Social Media58▲ 2.6×26 topics
  5. Public Health51▲ 2.3×36 topics
  6. Human Rights50▲ 3.1×43 topics
  7. Gender49▲ 5.9×32 topics
  8. Neoliberalism45▲ 8.2×22 topics
  9. Mental Health45▲ 1.99×32 topics
  10. Colonialism42▲ 5.8×30 topics
  11. Social Capital36▲ 4.4×16 topics
  12. Feminism34▲ 7.9×19 topics
  13. Nationalism34▲ 4.7×22 topics
  14. History28▲ 2.6×33 topics
  15. Ethnicity28▲ 4.8×13 topics
  16. Culture27▲ 3.4×20 topics
  17. Literature26▲ 3.1×32 topics
  18. Cultural Studies26▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. Governance26▲ 5.1×12 topics
  20. Physical Activity25▲ 3.2×11 topics
  21. Politics24▲ 5.7×17 topics
  22. Social Justice24▲ 2.6×31 topics
  23. International Law23▲ 4.8×14 topics
  24. Ethics22▲ 3.0×23 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship22▲ 3.6×9 topics
  26. Urban Development21▲ 3.8×8 topics
  27. Global Governance20▲ 5.6×16 topics
  28. Monetary Policy20▲ 5.2×8 topics
  29. Migration19▲ 3.7×11 topics
  30. Embodiment18▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Discrimination17▲ 5.7×5 topics
  32. Emotion17▲ 5.3×11 topics
  33. Security Council17▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Market Dynamics17▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Sociology16▲ 7.8×8 topics
  36. Sovereignty16▲ 11×8 topics
  37. Conflict16▲ 6.3×10 topics
  38. Citizenship15▲ 8.0×7 topics
  39. Violence15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  40. Genocide14▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Westminster publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gender, Feminism, and Media, Cinema and Media Studies, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Global Peace and Security Dynamics.

Gender, Feminism, and Me…12Gender, Feminism, and Media: 12 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies11Cinema and Media Studies: 11 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 11 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…11Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 11 fractional worksPolitical and Economic h…10Political and Economic history of UK and US: 10 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 10 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 9 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics8Social Media and Politics: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, transnational identity: 7 fractional works
Gender StudiesEconomics and EconometricsTransportationPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 12 works
  2. 2 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  3. 3 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 11 works
  4. 4 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  6. 6 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 10 works
  7. 7 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 9 works
  8. 8 Social Media and Politics Communication 8 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 7 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 available33.7%not open66.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Westminster'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.

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