York St John University
In research, York St John University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,065 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#797 of 5,988 worldwide) and Psychology (#760 of 2,121 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 4.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,542 of 22,385 · #3,086 all time
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #137 of 862
- Research works
- 2.6k ▲ 29% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 30k 11.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 15.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.21× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 42% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is York St John University 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 | #1,065 of 9,585 | 15.4% | 551 | #1031 | |
| Social SciencesField | #797 of 5,988 | 14.6% | 285 | #864 | |
| PsychologyField | #760 of 2,121 | 17.5% | 102 | #828 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,118 of 2,526 | 11.1% | 106 | #1109 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #4,419 of 9,902 | 16.8% | 103 | #7016 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #978 of 1,896 | 12.5% | 82 | #692 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,337 of 10,670 | 16.9% | 91 | #7989 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where York St John University 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#1,031 #1,065
- Social Sciences#864 #797
- Psychology#828 #760
- Sociology and Political Science#1,109 #1,118
- Health Sciences#7,016 #4,419
- Arts and Humanities#692 #978
- Physical Sciences#7,989 #6,337
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 York St John University work in?
In 2022-now, 69% of research at York St John University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Psychology (13%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.8× 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 Sciences63868.9%
- Social Sciences32134.7%
- Psychology12113.0%
- Arts and Humanities9310.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting646.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance252.7%
- Decision Sciences141.5%
- Health Sciences13014.1%
- Medicine798.5%
- Health Professions485.2%
- Nursing20.2%
- Dentistry20.2%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Physical Sciences11512.4%
- Computer Science576.2%
- Environmental Science262.8%
- Engineering171.9%
- Physics and Astronomy40.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.4%
- Energy30.3%
- Materials Science10.2%
- Mathematics10.1%
- Chemistry10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Life Sciences434.6%
What does York St John University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Clinical PsychologySubfield · 45.9 works4.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology4.28×121 works
- Arts and Humanities3.48×93 works
- Social Sciences2.74×321 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.15×64 works
- Health Professions1.96×48 works
- Decision Sciences1.54×14 works
- Neuroscience1.26×19 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×25 works
- Computer Science0.79×57 works
- Environmental Science0.57×26 works
- Medicine0.44×79 works
- Nursing0.42×2 works
- Dentistry0.38×2 works
- Energy0.31×3 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×4 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×11 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×1 works
- Veterinary0.24×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.21×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×10 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.20×4 works
- Engineering0.12×17 works
- Mathematics0.12×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
- Chemistry0.06×1 works
- Materials Science0.04×1 works
- Psychology 4.3×
- Arts and Humanities 3.5×
- Social Sciences 2.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.1×
- Health Professions 2.0×
- Decision Sciences 1.5×
- Neuroscience 1.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.2×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Energy 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at York St John University?
Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Salman Shabbir, Beth Teresa Bell and Brett Heasman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is York St John University.
- 1
Muhammad Salman Shabbir
United Kingdom · #57,691 worldwide 3.5k citations · 111 works
- 2
Beth Teresa Bell
United Kingdom · #340,441 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
- 3
Brett Heasman
United Kingdom · #376,319 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
- 4
Daniel J. Madigan
United Kingdom · #507,220 worldwide 5.4k citations · 176 works
- 5
Lorna Hamilton
United Kingdom · #513,859 worldwide 1k citations · 42 works
- 6
Brendan Paddison
United Kingdom · #549,351 worldwide 564 citations · 46 works
- 7
Olalekan Adeban Adekola
United Kingdom · #570,319 worldwide 1.4k citations · 71 works
- 8
Matthew Clarke
United Kingdom · #622,931 worldwide 2.5k citations · 270 works
- 9
David Weir
United Kingdom · #655,869 worldwide 2k citations · 128 works
- 10
Stephen Gibson
United Kingdom · #731,834 worldwide 1.7k citations · 91 works
Which keywords describe research at York St John University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Religion, Globalization, Well-being, Gender, Social Justice, Identity and Community Development.
- Psychological Adjustment
- Secularism
- Self-Regulation
- Ethical Considerations
- Academic Achievement
- Health
- Ethics
- Resilience
- Literature
- Faith-Based Organizations
- NGOs
- Higher Education
- History
- Social Capital
- Development
- Healthcare
- Social Media
- Social Justice
- Identity
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Religion
- Gender
- Well-being
- Quality of Life
- Community Development
- Neoliberalism
- Leadership
- Humanitarianism
- Civil Society
- International Aid
- Social Services
- Social Support
- Feminism
- Coping Strategies
- Emotion Regulation
- Community Engagement
- Market Dynamics
- Intersectionality
- Student Perceptions
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
- Mental Health53▲ 4.0×34 topics
- Globalization50▲ 2.8×60 topics
- Religion38▲ 9.0×24 topics
- Identity30▲ 4.5×30 topics
- Gender30▲ 6.0×27 topics
- Social Justice30▲ 5.4×21 topics
- Well-being28▲ 7.7×13 topics
- Social Media26▲ 2.0×24 topics
- Quality of Life25▲ 1.89×31 topics
- Healthcare23▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Community Development23▲ 13×4 topics
- Development22▲ 6.5×9 topics
- Neoliberalism21▲ 6.4×14 topics
- Social Capital21▲ 4.3×12 topics
- Leadership20▲ 4.5×19 topics
- History20▲ 3.1×19 topics
- Humanitarianism20▲ 35×4 topics
- Higher Education19▲ 3.9×15 topics
- Civil Society19▲ 19×4 topics
- NGOs18▲ 21×3 topics
- International Aid18▲ 42×2 topics
- Faith-Based Organizations18▲ 64×1 topic
- Social Services18▲ 43×1 topic
- Literature17▲ 3.4×19 topics
- Social Support17▲ 3.4×15 topics
- Resilience16▲ 3.6×11 topics
- Feminism16▲ 6.1×13 topics
- Ethics16▲ 3.3×23 topics
- Coping Strategies15▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Health14▲ 3.8×9 topics
- Emotion Regulation14▲ 4.8×9 topics
- Academic Achievement14▲ 8.6×8 topics
- Community Engagement14▲ 4.5×7 topics
- Ethical Considerations14▲ 4.2×13 topics
- Market Dynamics12▲ 17×2 topics
- Self-Regulation11▲ 6.9×5 topics
- Intersectionality11▲ 6.4×9 topics
- Secularism11▲ 12×5 topics
- Student Perceptions11▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Psychological Adjustment10▲ 7.7×5 topics
Which research topics does York St John University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Religious Tourism and Spaces and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 18 works
- 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
- 3 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 7 works
- 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 5 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
- 6 Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Clinical Psychology 7 works
- 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
- 8 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 6 works
- 9 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 6 works
- 10 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 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 York St John University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher 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 York St John University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.
Fractional works of York St John University 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 18.9% in 2007.
Other research institutions in York
- University of York
- Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom)
- York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- York Archaeological Trust
- Higher Education Academy
- York Minster
- Antibiotic Research UK
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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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