University of Liverpool
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 University of Liverpool's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where University of Liverpool is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
University of Liverpool 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 | 554 | 87.65 |
Overall Count and Share for 'University of Liverpool' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.
Research outputs by subject area
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Applied sciences | 97 | 21.27 |
| Biological sciences | 66 | 10.40 |
| Chemistry | 80 | 23.21 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 36 | 5.90 |
| Health sciences | 120 | 13.78 |
| Physical sciences | 137 | 7.86 |
| Social sciences | 18 | 5.23 |
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Leading research topics
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Chemistry | 29 | 11.10 |
| Organic Chemistry | 15 | 6.10 |
| Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | 30 | 5.56 |
| Particle and High Energy Physics | 113 | 4.80 |
| Chemical Engineering | 15 | 3.32 |
| Ecology | 13 | 3.04 |
| Geology | 14 | 2.60 |
| Clinical Sciences | 31 | 2.53 |
Share output for the past 5 years
| Subject area or journal group | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 72 | 70 | 65 | 99 | 89 |
| Applied sciences | 11 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 0 |
| Natural sciences | 51 | 48 | 45 | 61 | 0 |
| Biological sciences | 14 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Chemistry | 19 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 23 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Physical sciences | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nature & Science | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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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 University of Liverpool.
International vs domestic collaboration by Share
| Type | Percentage |
|---|---|
| International (141 institutions) | 64.4% |
| Domestic (58 institutions) | 35.6% |
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Top 5 domestic collaborators with University of Liverpool by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | 6.37 / 8.16 | 14.54 |
| The University of Manchester (UoM) | 3.60 / 10.31 | 13.91 |
| University of Cambridge | 3.57 / 7.97 | 11.54 |
| UCL | 4.07 / 6.78 | 10.85 |
| University of Bristol (UoB) | 4.27 / 3.14 | 7.40 |
Top 5 international collaborators with University of Liverpool by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University (XJTLU) | 16.61 / 25.15 | 41.76 |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) | 16.61 / 13.34 | 29.95 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 6.38 / 8.10 | 14.47 |
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 4.83 / 4.24 | 9.08 |
| Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | 3.72 / 5.31 | 9.03 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for University of Liverpool. 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.
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.
- ALICE Collaboration
- CDF Collaboration
- COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study (COVID-CNS)
- Cardiovascular Analytics Group, Hong Kong
- Centre for Integrated research into Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA)
- Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET+)
- Epi4K Consortium
- European Twisted Mass Collaboration (ETM Collaboration)
- Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research GmbH (FAIR GmbH)
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- Genotype-to-Phenotype UK National Virology Consortium
- GoT2D Consortium
- H1 Collaboration
- Harris/Wellbeing Centre for Preterm Birth Research
- Henry Royce Institute
- ICGC Prostate Cancer Project: Adenocarcinoma
- International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO)
- Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS)
- Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (Liverpool ECMC)
- MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Integrated Research into Musculoskeletal Ageing
- Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Programme
- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
- Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC)
- NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF)
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Gastrointestinal Infections
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (NIHR HPRUEZI)
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections
- NIHR North West Coast Applied Research Collaboration
- National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC)
- National Oceanography Centre Liverpool (NOCL)
- SBND Collaboration
- STFC Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC)
- SuperSTEM Laboratory
- The AMD Gene Consortium
- The ATLAS Collaboration
- The BaBar Collaboration
- The Cockcroft Institute
- The HERMES Collaboration
- The LAGUNA-LBNO Collaboration
- The LHCb Collaboration
- The Mechanisms of Severe Acute Influenza Consortium (MOSAIC) Project
- The Pandemic Institute
- The T2K Collaboration
- Wellcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Centre for Global Health Research (WTCGHR)
- West China-Liverpool Biomedical Research Centre
- X-ray Magnetic Scattering (XMaS)
- Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University (XJTLU)
- Zhejiang-United Kingdom Joint Lab of Ocular Biomechanics