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Alzheimer Scotland

alzscot.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#21,962
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,187
of 2,253
Research works
206
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
42.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 6.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.59× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.62× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alzheimer Scotland?

Ranked on the composite score, Belinda Dewar and Anna Jack-Waugh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alzheimer Scotland.

  1. 1 Belinda Dewar United Kingdom · #700,470 worldwide 32 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Anna Jack-Waugh United Kingdom · #1,217,537 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Alzheimer Scotland

Which keywords describe research at Alzheimer Scotland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Biomarkers, Neuroimaging, Caregiver Burden, Cognitive Training, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Decline and Dementia.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Aging4▲ 38×7 topics
  2. Biomarkers4▲ 24×4 topics
  3. Neuroimaging3▲ 53×3 topics
  4. Caregiver Burden3▲ 127×2 topics
  5. Cognitive Training3▲ 151×2 topics
  6. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 47×2 topics
  7. Cognitive Decline3▲ 111×2 topics
  8. Dementia3▲ 142×1 topic
  9. Mild Cognitive Impairment3▲ 158×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology2▲ 2.0×11 topics
  11. Inflammation1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  12. Genetics1▲ 7.8×5 topics
  13. Mental Health1▲ 3.8×9 topics
  14. Quality of Life1▲ 3.7×8 topics
  15. Deep Learning1▲ 1.36×3 topics

Which research topics does Alzheimer Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, Brain Tumor Detection and Classification and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Dementia and Cognitive I…3Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 1 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…1Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 0 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 0 fractional worksCognitive Abilities and Testing: 0 fractional worksDown syndrome and intellectual disability research: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisNeurologyGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Down syndrome and intellectual disability research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 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 available69.8%not open30.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alzheimer Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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