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Age UK

In research, Age UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,720 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,504 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,723
of 22,385 · #2,032 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#219
of 862
Research works
1.2k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Age UK

What is Age UK known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,720 of 9,902 13.0%90 #1587
MedicineField #2,504 of 8,541 12.7%84 #1612

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Age UK 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 fields of science does Age UK work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Age UK is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Chemistry (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 102 fractional works · 40.0% of its workMedicine: 95 fractional works · 37.3% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 70 fractional works · 27.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 17.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 13.2% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 23.1% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 9.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAge UK255fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences9%

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
    1. Medicine9537.3%
    2. Health Professions41.5%
    3. Veterinary20.9%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4517.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology145.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics52.0%
    4. Neuroscience41.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    1. Chemistry249.4%
    2. Engineering93.5%
    3. Computer Science83.2%
    4. Environmental Science62.3%
    5. Mathematics52.1%
    6. Materials Science41.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences93.5%
    2. Psychology62.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.2%
    5. Decision Sciences20.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.34× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.27× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.66× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.98× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.57× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.57×2 works
  2. Chemistry5.98×24 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.66×5 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology5.27×14 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.34×45 works
  6. Medicine1.94×95 works
  7. Mathematics1.77×5 works
  8. Neuroscience0.96×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.86×2 works
  10. Psychology0.71×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.57×4 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.56×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.47×6 works
  15. Dentistry0.45×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×8 works
  18. Materials Science0.39×4 works
  19. Energy0.33×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.28×9 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  22. Engineering0.24×9 works
  23. Nursing0.22×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×2 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Age UK?

Ranked on the quality score, Markus A. Queisser, David Michalovich and Palwinder K. Mander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Age UK.

  1. 1 Markus A. Queisser United Kingdom · #249,316 worldwide 2.8k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 David Michalovich United Kingdom · #272,829 worldwide 9.1k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Palwinder K. Mander United Kingdom · #430,175 worldwide 3.4k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Nikolina Nakić United Kingdom · #562,529 worldwide 1.6k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Jonathan Davitte United Kingdom · #642,866 worldwide 2.3k citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Lee M. Booty United Kingdom · #724,650 worldwide 2.9k citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Simon McNamara United Kingdom · #943,320 worldwide 537 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Tom Gentry United Kingdom · #1,257,415 worldwide 420 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Glyn Bradley United Kingdom · #1,394,579 worldwide 687 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Lydia Eccersley United Kingdom · #1,457,305 worldwide 815 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Age UK

What are the most cited papers from Age UK?

The most cited paper from Age UK is "A tutorial on particle filters for online nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian tracking" (M.S. Arulampalam, Simon R. Maskell, Neil Gordon et al., 2002), with 11,594 citations. Next come "FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population" (4,362) and "The systems biology markup language (SBML): a medium for representation and exchange of biochemical network models" (3,190).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A tutorial on particle filters for online nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian tracking M.S. Arulampalam, Simon R. Maskell, Neil Gordon et al. · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 2002 11,594
2 FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population Mitja Kurki et al. · Nature Open access169 authors 18 Jan 2023 4,362
3 The systems biology markup language (SBML): a medium for representation and exchange of biochemical network models Michael Hucka et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 28 Feb 2003 3,190
4 The support of human genetic evidence for approved drug indications Matthew R. Nelson, Hannah Tipney, Jeffery L. Painter et al. · Nature Genetics 29 Jun 2015 1,812
5 Plasma proteomic associations with genetics and health in the UK Biobank Benjamin B. Sun et al. · Nature Open access 4 Oct 2023 1,716
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Age UK?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Medicinal Chemistry, Glycosylation, Monoclonal Antibodies, Genetics, Transcriptional Regulation and Treatment.

▲ 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 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
  1. Epidemiology21▲ 2.0×58 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 3.0×45 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 3.4×18 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry9▲ 14×8 topics
  5. Genetics9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  6. Biomarkers8▲ 4.6×12 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy8▲ 5.5×12 topics
  8. Cancer8▲ 2.2×26 topics
  9. Glycosylation8▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Monoclonal Antibodies8▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 17×7 topics
  12. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 9.5×6 topics
  13. Therapeutic Antibodies6▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Asthma6▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Immunology6▲ 22×2 topics
  16. BET Bromodomains6▲ 74×1 topic
  17. PROTACs6▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Proteasome Inhibitors6▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Immune Response6▲ 4.0×17 topics
  20. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.2×12 topics
  21. Drug Discovery6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  22. Allergic Diseases6▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Eosinophils6▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Organic Synthesis5▲ 18×6 topics
  26. Transition Metal Catalysis5▲ 24×4 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 4.5×6 topics
  28. Antibody Engineering5▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Fc Receptors5▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Autoantibodies5▲ 7.9×6 topics
  31. Molecular Docking4▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Virtual Screening4▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Lymphoma4▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Minimal Residual Disease4▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Diagnosis Criteria4▲ 44×1 topic
  36. International Myeloma Working Group4▲ 44×1 topic
  37. PET Imaging4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Staging System4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Transition Metal Complexes4▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Tumor Regression4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Age UK publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Protein Degradation and …6Protein Degradation and Inhibitors: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…6Asthma and respiratory diseases: 6 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…5Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 5 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…4Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksStatistical Methods in C…3Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 3 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 3 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 2 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPhysiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 6 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  5. 5 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 4 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 3 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 2 works
  10. 10 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 2 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.

openly available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.2%domestic only65.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Age UK's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Age UK as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Age UK0.00095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Age UK 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.

still counting10%20%Age UK15.2% 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 19.5% in 2021.

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