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University of York

In research, University of York stands highest in Social Sciences (#146 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#154 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#568 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Software and Music — Classics is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#483
of 28,054 · #275 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#26
of 1,094
Research works
47k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6M
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is University of York 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 #146 of 10,521 28.0%2,740 #92
Social SciencesField #154 of 6,365 30.6%1,218 #105
Physical SciencesDomain #568 of 12,888 21.3%2,028 #353
PsychologyField #98 of 2,181 25.9%415 #109
Health SciencesDomain #655 of 11,982 25.4%873 #235
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #154 of 2,578 30.1%427 #109
Health ProfessionsField #128 of 1,928 28.1%274 #32
Arts and HumanitiesField #141 of 1,998 22.4%559 #68
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #65 of 916 28.6%208 #22
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #98 of 1,201 26.0%213 #92

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of York 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#92 #146
  2. Social Sciences#105 #154
  3. Physical Sciences#353 #568
  4. Psychology#109 #98
  5. Health Sciences#235 #655
  6. Sociology and Political Science#109 #154
  7. Health Professions#32 #128
  8. Arts and Humanities#68 #141
  9. General Health Professions#22 #65
  10. Political Science and International Relations#92 #98
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 York specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 32.2 works8.7×
  2. SoftwareSubfield · 29.9 works7.4×
  3. MusicSubfield · 33.8 works6.6×
  4. HistorySubfield · 114.0 works5.7×
  5. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 46.3 works4.8×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 140 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 262 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 186 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.48× its world share, 145 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 558 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 100 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 475 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 270 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 123 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 98 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.51× its world share, 210 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 274 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 574 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.09× its world share, 559 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 181 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 79 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 287 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.17× its world share, 415 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 1,218 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of York?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris D. Thomas, Samuel L. Braunstein and Keith S. Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of York.

  1. 1 Chris D. Thomas · #3,682 worldwide 2k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Samuel L. Braunstein · #3,911 worldwide 2.3k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Keith S. Wilson · #7,978 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Mark Sculpher · #8,132 worldwide 871 citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Yongcheol Shin · #9,294 worldwide 6.8k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Julie Glanville · #9,856 worldwide 13k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 O.S. Heavens · #11,662 worldwide 759 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Derek Attridge · #13,305 worldwide 223 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Hugh MacPherson · #15,736 worldwide 403 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Alan Burns · #15,768 worldwide 772 citations · 104 works
All ranked researchers at University of York

Which keywords describe research at University of York?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Literature, History, Mental Health, Colonialism, Gender, Neoliberalism and Ethics.

▲ 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. Globalization256▲ 2.1×106 topics
  2. Machine Learning182◆ 0.89×76 topics
  3. Deep Learning181▼ 0.84×75 topics
  4. Epidemiology165▼ 0.66×122 topics
  5. Mental Health164▲ 1.79×41 topics
  6. Climate Change151◆ 0.89×94 topics
  7. Public Health145▲ 1.59×60 topics
  8. Sustainability129▼ 0.85×87 topics
  9. History126▲ 2.9×41 topics
  10. Literature116▲ 3.4×45 topics
  11. Identity110▲ 2.4×55 topics
  12. Gender108▲ 3.2×47 topics
  13. Colonialism105▲ 3.5×38 topics
  14. Quality of Life105▲ 1.16×51 topics
  15. Economic Growth104▲ 1.95×22 topics
  16. Human Rights100▲ 1.55×49 topics
  17. Ethics97▲ 3.2×36 topics
  18. Religion94▲ 3.1×30 topics
  19. Neoliberalism93▲ 4.2×23 topics
  20. Nationalism92▲ 3.2×27 topics
  21. Culture81▲ 2.5×23 topics
  22. Social Support76▲ 2.2×18 topics
  23. Primary Care75▲ 3.2×14 topics
  24. Health72▲ 2.9×20 topics
  25. Philosophy69▲ 2.5×26 topics
  26. Social Interaction65▲ 2.6×11 topics
  27. Society65▲ 5.4×18 topics
  28. Inequality58▲ 4.0×16 topics
  29. Feminism57▲ 3.2×19 topics
  30. Social Cognition53▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Income Inequality50▲ 5.6×7 topics
  32. Emotion50▲ 3.9×12 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism46▲ 6.7×7 topics
  34. Language Development44▲ 5.8×5 topics
  35. Neural Mechanisms42▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Economic Evaluation42▲ 5.5×3 topics
  37. Cost-effectiveness Analysis40▲ 7.5×1 topic
  38. Health Utility Measures40▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Europe39▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Trade38▲ 7.4×4 topics

Which research topics does University of York publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Historical Economic and Social Studies, Medieval Literature and History and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Health Systems, Economic…40Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 40 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …31Historical Economic and Social Studies: 31 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 24 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 23 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…22Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 22 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 22 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 20 fractional worksFace Recognition and Per…19Face Recognition and Perception: 19 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 19 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 19 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsClassicsPaleontologyHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 40 works
  2. 2 Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics and Econometrics 31 works
  3. 3 Medieval Literature and HistoryClassics 24 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesPaleontology 23 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistory 22 works
  6. 6 Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismFinance 22 works
  7. 7 Social Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 20 works
  8. 8 Face Recognition and PerceptionCognitive Neuroscience 19 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 19 works
  10. 10 Political Philosophy and EthicsPolitical Science and International Relations 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of York's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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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.