The University of Manchester (UoM)
United Kingdom (UK)
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect The University of Manchester (UoM)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where The University of Manchester (UoM) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
The University of Manchester (UoM) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
| Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 831 | 177.29 |
Overall Count and Share for 'The University of Manchester (UoM)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.
Research outputs by subject area
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Applied sciences | 118 | 29.39 |
| Biological sciences | 74 | 19.87 |
| Chemistry | 148 | 57.51 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 36 | 7.53 |
| Health sciences | 194 | 21.45 |
| Physical sciences | 239 | 32.68 |
| Social sciences | 22 | 8.87 |
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Leading research topics
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Chemistry | 45 | 18.73 |
| Organic Chemistry | 36 | 15.84 |
| Particle and High Energy Physics | 149 | 13.07 |
| Quantum Physics | 27 | 8.82 |
| Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | 31 | 8.25 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 17 | 7.93 |
| Nanotechnology | 16 | 7.42 |
Share output for the past 5 years
| Subject area or journal group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 137 | 124 | 133 | 180 | 168 |
| Applied sciences | 17 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 0 |
| Health sciences | 18 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 0 |
| Natural sciences | 101 | 85 | 87 | 120 | 0 |
| Biological sciences | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Chemistry | 52 | 44 | 40 | 66 | 52 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Physical sciences | 25 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 0 |
| Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Nature & Science | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with The University of Manchester (UoM).
International vs domestic collaboration by Share
| Type | Percentage |
|---|---|
| International (166 institutions) | 38.6% |
| Domestic (86 institutions) | 61.4% |
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Top 5 domestic collaborators with The University of Manchester (UoM) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | 15.70 / 12.31 | 28.01 |
| University of Cambridge | 12.46 / 11.88 | 24.34 |
| Imperial College London (ICL) | 12.84 / 8.73 | 21.57 |
| UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | 11.69 / 5.17 | 16.86 |
| Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) | 8.29 / 7.17 | 15.46 |
Top 5 international collaborators with The University of Manchester (UoM) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 9.15 / 16.08 | 25.24 |
| Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | 6.90 / 9.01 | 15.91 |
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 7.65 / 4.90 | 12.55 |
| Peking University (PKU) | 6.99 / 5.12 | 12.11 |
| Max Planck Society | 6.30 / 2.64 | 8.94 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for The University of Manchester (UoM). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
- The University of Manchester (UoM)
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- Adolphe Merkle Institute Collaboration (AMI Collaboration)
- Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis Genetics (arcOGEN)
- BRIDGCE UK Network
- Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Genetics and Genomics Study Syndicate (BRAGGSS)
- COSMOS Consortium
- CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence
- Centre for Advanced Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics (CADET)
- Centre for Gastrointestinal Sciences, UoM
- Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII)
- Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study (CAPS)
- Collaborative for Research in Origins (CRiO)
- Colorectal Tumour Gene Identification (CORGI) Consortium
- Cryosphere Research at Manchester (CRAM)
- Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium
- DØ Collaboration
- EPSRC EPR National Service
- Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research GmbH (FAIR GmbH)
- Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub (Future BRH)
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- Genetic and Environmental Risk in Alzheimer's Disease (GERAD)
- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre
- HarwellXPS
- Henry Royce Institute
- Human Brain Project (HBP)
- International Centre for Advanced Materials (ICAM)
- Joint Universities Pandemic and Epidemiological Research (JUNIPER)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC)
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC)
- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine (MCGM)
- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR)
- MiNDSTEp consortium
- Movember Belfast-Manchester Centre of Excellence
- NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (Greater Manchester PSTRC)
- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (Manchester BRC)
- NIHR School for Primary Care Research
- National Institute for Health and Care Research Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (NIHR GM PSRC)
- PSSRU Manchester
- Prostate Cancer Association Group to Investigate Cancer Associated Alterations in the Genome (PRACTICAL) Consortium
- SBND Collaboration
- STFC Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC)
- Singapore Institute of Neurotechnology (SINAPSE)
- Software Sustainability Institute
- SuperSTEM Laboratory
- The AMD Gene Consortium
- The ATLAS Collaboration
- The Autism Genome Project Consortium (AGP)
- The BaBar Collaboration
- The Cockcroft Institute
- The LHCb Collaboration
- The Lancaster-Manchester-Sheffield Consortium for Fundamental Physics (CFP)
- The Mechanisms of Severe Acute Influenza Consortium (MOSAIC) Project
- The QT Interval International GWAS Consortium (QT-IGC)
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
- UK ALMA Regional Centre (UK ARC)
- e-MERLIN/VLBI National Facility