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Age UK

In research, Age UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,044 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,428 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,242
of 28,054 · #5,944 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#201
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Age UK known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,044 of 11,982 17.1%90 #7420
MedicineField #6,428 of 10,443 16.4%84 #5991

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 3.08× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.44× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.87× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.95× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.91× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.97× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Age UK?

Ranked on the composite score, Stuart Farrow, Peter S. Marshall and Anthony Cahn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Age UK.

  1. 1 Stuart Farrow United Kingdom · #320,036 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Peter S. Marshall United Kingdom · #706,323 worldwide 39 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Anthony Cahn United Kingdom · #768,906 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Michelle Mitchell United Kingdom · #1,335,337 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Lesley Carter United Kingdom · #1,507,597 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Igor Schagaev United Kingdom · #1,544,576 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Age UK

Which keywords describe research at Age UK?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Medicinal Chemistry, Glycosylation, Treatment, Monoclonal Antibodies, Genetics and Pharmacokinetics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.0×56 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.0×40 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 3.6×18 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry8▲ 14×8 topics
  5. Genetics8▲ 4.9×10 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy7▲ 5.4×11 topics
  7. Biomarkers7▲ 4.4×12 topics
  8. Glycosylation7▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Monoclonal Antibodies7▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 10×5 topics
  11. Transcriptional Regulation6▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Immunology6▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Proteasome Inhibitors6▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Asthma5▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Therapeutic Antibodies5▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Drug Discovery5▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Allergic Diseases5▲ 38×1 topic
  19. Eosinophils5▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Immune Response5▲ 3.8×17 topics
  21. BET Bromodomains5▲ 74×1 topic
  22. PROTACs5▲ 74×1 topic
  23. Transition Metal Catalysis4▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Organic Synthesis4▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Autoantibodies4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  26. Antibody Engineering4▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Fc Receptors4▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Lymphoma4▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Angiogenesis4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  30. Molecular Docking4▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Virtual Screening4▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Minimal Residual Disease4▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Tumor Regression4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Diagnosis Criteria4▲ 47×1 topic
  35. International Myeloma Working Group4▲ 47×1 topic
  36. PET Imaging4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  37. Staging System4▲ 28×2 topics
  38. CAR T Cells4▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Chimeric Antigen Receptor4▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Transition Metal Complexes4▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Age UK publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Asthma and respiratory d…5Asthma and respiratory diseases: 5 fractional worksProtein Degradation and …5Protein Degradation and Inhibitors: 5 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…4Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 4 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: 2 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 5 works
  2. 2 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 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 2 works
  9. 9 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Age UK's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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