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Research in Wakefield

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Wakefield, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Research institutions
19
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.7k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
11.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wakefield

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 Wakefield?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pinderfields HospitalHospital / health system 770 #21,141 all time
2Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system 633 #16,323
3West Yorkshire PoliceNonprofit 441 #14,361 all time
4South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 227 #26,387 all time
5Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS TrustHospital / health system 164 #33,219 all time
6Wakefield CollegeUniversity 133 #33,049 all time
7The Howard FoundationNonprofit 117 not ranked
8Fieldhead HospitalHospital / health system 81 not ranked
9Police and Crime Commissioner for West YorkshireGovernment institution 53 not ranked
10Miscarriage AssociationNonprofit 31 not ranked
11Spectrum Community Health CICNonprofit 16 not ranked
12Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science NetworkHospital / health system 14 not ranked
13Efamol (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
14Ossett AcademyUniversity 12 not ranked
15Elisha Systems (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
16Central Alliance (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
17TQ Environmental (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
18National Coal Mining Museum for EnglandArchive 1 not ranked
19One to One Development TrustInstitution 1 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.

Pinderfields Hospital: 28.3%Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: 23.3%West Yorkshire Police: 16.2%South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: 8.4%15 others listed: 23.8%28%largest
Pinderfields Hospital770 · 28.3%Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust633 · 23.3%West Yorkshire Police441 · 16.2%South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust227 · 8.4%15 others listed646 · 23.8%

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

Which fields of science does Wakefield work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Wakefield is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 362 fractional works · 67.4% of its workMedicine: 300 fractional works · 55.9% of its workSurgery: 59 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 29 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 18.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWakefield537fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine30055.9%
    2. Health Professions5410.1%
    3. Dentistry40.8%
    4. Nursing30.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences376.9%
    2. Psychology346.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities173.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Engineering173.2%
    2. Computer Science163.1%
    3. Environmental Science40.8%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Chemistry10.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology142.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology81.4%
    3. Neuroscience61.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wakefield strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wakefield is most concentrated in Emergency Medicine (23.0× the world share in Emergency Medicine).

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 26.6 works23×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.81× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 264 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.81×48 works
  2. Medicine2.89×264 works
  3. Psychology1.95×28 works
  4. Dentistry1.74×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.40×7 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.17×16 works
  7. Nursing0.89×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×8 works
  9. Neuroscience0.57×4 works
  10. Social Sciences0.57×34 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×12 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.42×16 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.40×2 works
  15. Engineering0.23×16 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×3 works
  17. Mathematics0.16×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.15×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  21. Energy0.11×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  25. Veterinary0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Wakefield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Patient Satisfaction, Quality Improvement, Primary Care, Quality of Life and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 3.2×99 topics
  2. Complications26▲ 9.7×16 topics
  3. Mortality26▲ 8.3×11 topics
  4. Quality of Life24▲ 3.0×35 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction21▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Risk Factors20▲ 3.5×29 topics
  7. Public Health20▲ 2.5×34 topics
  8. Quality Improvement18▲ 17×7 topics
  9. Inflammation18▲ 1.56×40 topics
  10. Management17▲ 3.9×22 topics
  11. Primary Care16▲ 8.2×13 topics
  12. Treatment16▲ 2.4×31 topics
  13. Diagnosis15▲ 3.0×27 topics
  14. Mental Health14▲ 1.88×26 topics
  15. Guidelines14▲ 5.4×12 topics
  16. Medical Education13▲ 9.0×10 topics
  17. Health Care Utilization12▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Genetics12▲ 3.2×15 topics
  19. Resuscitation12▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Health Policy12▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes11▲ 9.9×5 topics
  22. Surgery11▲ 5.9×9 topics
  23. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Health Outcomes10▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Emergency Department Crowding10▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Triage Systems10▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Ethical Considerations10▲ 5.3×8 topics
  28. Prevalence10▲ 4.5×10 topics
  29. Prevention9▲ 4.1×12 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 4.2×7 topics
  31. Critical Care9▲ 6.6×8 topics
  32. Transportation8▲ 8.3×3 topics
  33. Injury Severity8▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Prehospital Care8▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Trauma Center8▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Reflective Practice7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  37. Sepsis7▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  39. Assessment Methods7▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Integrated Care7▲ 30×2 topics

What research is done in Wakefield?

Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 9 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 7 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…5Innovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…5Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 4 fractional worksSensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 4 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…4Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …4Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyComputer Networks and Communications3 others

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

  1. 1 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  7. 7 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Wakefield5.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.1% in 2003.

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