University of Wolverhampton
In research, University of Wolverhampton stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,838 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,592 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,682 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,502 of 22,385 · #2,617 all time
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #174 of 862
- Research works
- 8.5k ▼ 28% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 171k 20.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 12.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.96× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 37% world 40%
- International
- 17% world 18%
What is University of Wolverhampton known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,838 of 9,585 | 14.3% | 447 | #1203 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,592 of 5,988 | 11.6% | 217 | #1068 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #4,682 of 9,902 | 10.3% | 212 | #5439 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,020 of 10,670 | 12.0% | 279 | #2581 | |
| MedicineField | #4,820 of 8,541 | 10.1% | 162 | #5567 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,430 of 5,901 | 10.6% | 122 | #2374 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #2,803 of 4,417 | 13.7% | 87 | #1660 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,414 of 2,121 | 13.0% | 82 | #1131 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,270 of 6,403 | 13.7% | 74 | #5001 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,972 of 2,526 | 8.6% | 84 | #1104 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Wolverhampton 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#1,203 #2,838
- Social Sciences#1,068 #2,592
- Health Sciences#5,439 #4,682
- Physical Sciences#2,581 #6,020
- Medicine#5,567 #4,820
- Engineering#2,374 #3,430
- Computer Science#1,660 #2,803
- Psychology#1,131 #1,414
- Life Sciences#5,001 #4,270
- Sociology and Political Science#1,104 #1,972
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does University of Wolverhampton work in?
In 2022-now, 44% of research at University of Wolverhampton is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (16%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences49444.1%
- Social Sciences23921.4%
- Psychology928.2%
- Arts and Humanities635.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting423.8%
- Decision Sciences363.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance211.9%
- Physical Sciences30527.3%
- Engineering13412.0%
- Computer Science958.5%
- Environmental Science393.4%
- Materials Science111.0%
- Physics and Astronomy60.5%
- Energy50.5%
- Chemistry50.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.4%
- Chemical Engineering40.3%
- Mathematics20.2%
- Health Sciences23621.0%
- Medicine18216.3%
- Health Professions464.1%
- Nursing40.4%
- Dentistry30.3%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Life Sciences857.6%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Decision Sciences3.32×36 works
- Psychology2.70×92 works
- Arts and Humanities1.96×63 works
- Social Sciences1.69×239 works
- Health Professions1.55×46 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.17×42 works
- Computer Science1.09×95 works
- Neuroscience0.93×17 works
- Chemical Engineering0.93×4 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×21 works
- Medicine0.85×182 works
- Engineering0.80×134 works
- Nursing0.72×4 works
- Environmental Science0.69×38 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×2 works
- Dentistry0.57×3 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×30 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×32 works
- Energy0.51×5 works
- Veterinary0.42×1 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.38×4 works
- Materials Science0.29×11 works
- Chemistry0.28×5 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×4 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.24×6 works
- Mathematics0.18×2 works
- Decision Sciences 3.3×
- Psychology 2.7×
- Arts and Humanities 2.0×
- Social Sciences 1.7×
- Health Professions 1.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.2×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Chemical Engineering 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.9×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Nursing 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Dentistry 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Energy 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.4×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at University of Wolverhampton?
Ranked on the quality score, Kayvan Kousha, Mike A Thelwall and Ahmad Baroutaji lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Wolverhampton.
- 1
Kayvan Kousha
United Kingdom · #92,091 worldwide 4.7k citations · 166 works
- 2
Mike A Thelwall
United Kingdom · #124,266 worldwide 35k citations · 936 works
- 3
Ahmad Baroutaji
United Kingdom · #165,009 worldwide 8.3k citations · 144 works
- 4
Chris Fullwood
United Kingdom · #231,995 worldwide 2.1k citations · 67 works
- 5
Tohid Nejad Ghaffar Borhani
United Kingdom · #245,736 worldwide 3.4k citations · 81 works
- 6
David Matheson
United Kingdom · #252,679 worldwide 8.4k citations · 112 works
- 7
Ming Yu Cheng
United Kingdom · #331,368 worldwide 1.4k citations · 63 works
- 8
Darren David Chadwick
United Kingdom · #394,572 worldwide 2.3k citations · 78 works
- 9
Sarah Hayes
United Kingdom · #395,243 worldwide 4k citations · 220 works
- 10
Emma Stuart
United Kingdom · #422,226 worldwide 1.4k citations · 103 works
Which keywords describe research at University of Wolverhampton?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Gender, Supply Chain Management, Identity and Public Health.
- Project Success
- Scientific Impact
- Social Impact Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Technology-Enhanced Learning
- Digital Pedagogy
- Violence
- Psychological Impact
- Ethical Considerations
- Additive Manufacturing
- Literature
- Colonialism
- Risk Management
- Identity
- Healthcare
- Big Data
- Supply Chain Management
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Public Health
- Social Media
- Artificial Intelligence
- Gender
- Human Rights
- Risk Factors
- Neuroscience
- Prevalence
- Health Disparities
- COVID-19 Impact
- Health Equity
- Stigma
- Postdigital Education
- Bibliometric Analysis
- Leadership Style
- Research Evaluation
- Construction Projects
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Machine Learning50▲ 1.34×50 topics
- Mental Health47▲ 2.9×36 topics
- Sustainability44▲ 1.63×48 topics
- Globalization43▲ 1.94×55 topics
- Deep Learning42◆ 1.10×60 topics
- Epidemiology39▼ 0.86×85 topics
- Public Health30▲ 1.85×45 topics
- Supply Chain Management27▲ 2.7×15 topics
- Social Media26▲ 1.71×26 topics
- Big Data26▲ 2.4×15 topics
- Artificial Intelligence24▲ 1.51×27 topics
- Healthcare24▲ 1.89×25 topics
- Gender24▲ 3.9×22 topics
- Identity23▲ 2.9×24 topics
- Human Rights20▲ 1.79×22 topics
- Risk Management20▲ 3.8×9 topics
- Risk Factors19▲ 1.51×28 topics
- Colonialism17▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Neuroscience15▲ 4.4×11 topics
- Literature14▲ 2.4×15 topics
- Prevalence14▲ 3.0×11 topics
- Additive Manufacturing14▲ 3.9×5 topics
- Health Disparities13▲ 4.3×9 topics
- Ethical Considerations12▲ 3.2×12 topics
- COVID-19 Impact12▲ 6.1×3 topics
- Psychological Impact12▲ 3.3×8 topics
- Health Equity11▲ 3.5×5 topics
- Violence11▲ 6.8×6 topics
- Stigma11▲ 7.2×4 topics
- Digital Pedagogy10▲ 43×2 topics
- Postdigital Education10▲ 64×1 topic
- Technology-Enhanced Learning10▲ 60×1 topic
- Bibliometric Analysis9▲ 14×2 topics
- Interdisciplinary Research9▲ 8.6×2 topics
- Leadership Style9▲ 5.7×2 topics
- Social Impact Assessment9▲ 23×2 topics
- Research Evaluation8▲ 31×1 topic
- Scientific Impact8▲ 31×1 topic
- Construction Projects8▲ 17×1 topic
- Project Success8▲ 19×1 topic
Which research topics does University of Wolverhampton publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Digital Education and Society, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Construction Project Management and Performance and Sex work and related issues.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 10 works
- 2 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 8 works
- 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 8 works
- 4 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 6 works
- 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 6 works
- 6 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 6 works
- 7 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 6 works
- 8 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
- 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
- 10 Diversity and Impact of Dance Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has University of Wolverhampton's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University of Wolverhampton as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.
Fractional works of University of Wolverhampton over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2012.
Other research institutions in Wolverhampton
- Agricultural Development Advisory Service (United Kingdom)
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Wolverhampton Hospital
- City of Wolverhampton College
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery
- UK Quality Ash Association
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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