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Research in Northwood

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Northwood, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.9k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
107k
36.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Northwood

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Northwood?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mount Vernon Cancer CentreHospital / health system 549 #20,321
2Catalyst Health Economics Consultants LtdHospital / health system 122 #29,203 all time
3BMI Bishops Wood HospitalHospital / health system 6 not ranked
4RAFTNonprofit 5 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre: 80.5%Catalyst Health Economics Consultants Ltd: 17.9%BMI Bishops Wood Hospital: 0.9%RAFT: 0.7%80%largest
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre549 · 80.5%Catalyst Health Economics Consultants Ltd122 · 17.9%BMI Bishops Wood Hospital6 · 0.9%RAFT5 · 0.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Northwood work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research in Northwood is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 102 fractional works · 75.2% of its workMedicine: 98 fractional works · 72.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 18.2% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 11.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthwood135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences4%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9872.5%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology128.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy53.8%
    2. Engineering32.2%
    3. Computer Science21.4%
    4. Chemistry10.8%
    5. Environmental Science10.5%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    3. Psychology11.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Northwood strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Northwood is most concentrated in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (11.3× the world share in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine).

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.2 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 84 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×84 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.68×10 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.67×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.12×1 works
  5. Health Professions0.89×3 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.82×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.56×1 works
  9. Psychology0.41×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.30×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  14. Energy0.16×0 works
  15. Engineering0.16×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.14×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  23. Veterinary0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Northwood?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Radiation Therapy and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Chemotherapy20▲ 21×20 topics
  2. Immunotherapy15▲ 15×17 topics
  3. Radiotherapy13▲ 24×10 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 17×11 topics
  5. Prostate Cancer11▲ 58×5 topics
  6. Clinical Trials10▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 5.2×17 topics
  8. Radiation Therapy9▲ 48×4 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations8▲ 14×10 topics
  10. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Breast Cancer8▲ 22×10 topics
  13. Survival Analysis8▲ 20×7 topics
  14. Biomarkers7▲ 7.6×10 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors7▲ 12×11 topics
  16. Screening7▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Genomic Profiling6▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Biopsy6▲ 67×2 topics
  19. Genetic Variants6▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Gleason Grading6▲ 100×1 topic
  21. MRI Imaging6▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Treatment6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  23. Dosimetry5▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Targeted Therapy5▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Precision Medicine5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization5▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Gene Expression5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  28. Hormone Therapy5▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 39×3 topics
  30. Androgen Receptor4▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Metastatic4▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Metastatic Prostate Cancer4▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Molecular Biology4▲ 79×1 topic
  34. Image-Guided Radiotherapy4▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Monte Carlo Simulation4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Radiotherapy Physics4▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Metastasis4▲ 9.2×10 topics
  38. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. Metastatic Breast Cancer4▲ 52×2 topics
  40. Prognostic Markers4▲ 26×3 topics

What research is done in Northwood?

Prostate Cancer Diagnosi…4Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…4Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…4Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 4 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carc…3Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer T…2Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 2 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…2Wound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiationSurgeryCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 4 works
  4. 4 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Northwood14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 37.6% in 2010.

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