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Arthritis UK

In research, Arthritis UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#814 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#879 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology (Rheumatology is 31.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,283
of 22,385 · #1,744 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#165
of 862
Research works
1.3k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Arthritis UK

What is Arthritis 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 #814 of 9,902 18.3%267 #742
MedicineField #879 of 8,541 18.4%239 #803

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arthritis 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 Arthritis UK work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Arthritis UK is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (7%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 290 fractional works · 72.3% of its workMedicine: 259 fractional works · 64.4% of its workRheumatology: 57 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 65 fractional works · 16.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArthritis UK401fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25964.4%
    2. Health Professions266.6%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology379.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology164.0%
    3. Neuroscience82.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Social Sciences143.5%
    2. Psychology61.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Engineering82.1%
    2. Environmental Science30.8%
    3. Computer Science20.5%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Arthritis UK specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 31.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 57.2 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.02× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 259 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.02×16 works
  2. Medicine3.35×259 works
  3. Health Professions2.50×26 works
  4. Veterinary1.98×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.73×37 works
  6. Nursing1.72×3 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.60×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.27×8 works
  9. Psychology0.51×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×4 works
  11. Dentistry0.37×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.34×4 works
  13. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×14 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.27×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.16×3 works
  17. Engineering0.14×8 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.07×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arthritis UK?

Ranked on the quality score, Eleanor J. Jones, Emily Earle and Henci Goer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arthritis UK.

  1. 1 Eleanor J. Jones United Kingdom · #509,150 worldwide 387 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Emily Earle United Kingdom · #4,088,720 worldwide 282 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Henci Goer United Kingdom · #4,335,048 worldwide 250 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Arthritis UK

What are the most cited papers from Arthritis UK?

The most cited paper from Arthritis UK is "Fast, sensitive and accurate integration of single-cell data with Harmony" (Ilya Korsunsky, Nghia Millard, Jean Fan et al., 2019), with 11,339 citations. Next come "EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update" (5,808) and "2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative" (5,002).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fast, sensitive and accurate integration of single-cell data with Harmony Ilya Korsunsky, Nghia Millard, Jean Fan et al. · Nature Methods Open access 18 Nov 2019 11,339
2 EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update Josef S Smolen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 6 Mar 2017 5,808
3 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative Daniel Aletaha et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 10 Aug 2010 5,002
4 OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis Raveendhara R. Bannuru et al. · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open access 3 Jul 2019 3,686
5 Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal Laure Wynants et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 7 Apr 2020 3,312
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arthritis UK?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Risk, Cytokines, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Biological Therapy and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs.

▲ 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. Inflammation71▲ 8.4×63 topics
  2. Epidemiology48▲ 3.0×78 topics
  3. Autoantibodies35▲ 37×7 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Risk29▲ 23×9 topics
  5. Cytokines26▲ 22×7 topics
  6. Rheumatoid Arthritis25▲ 63×3 topics
  7. Biological Therapy24▲ 103×2 topics
  8. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs24▲ 116×1 topic
  9. Joint Inflammation24▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Aging17▲ 7.7×12 topics
  11. Chronic Pain16▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Osteoarthritis16▲ 31×6 topics
  13. Regeneration16▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Psychological Factors16▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Mesenchymal Stem Cells15▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Treatment15▲ 3.0×29 topics
  17. Matrix Metalloproteinases15▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Clinical Trials14▲ 5.4×15 topics
  19. Cartilage14▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Chondrocyte14▲ 72×1 topic
  21. Low Back Pain13▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Global Burden13▲ 5.8×8 topics
  23. Primary Care12▲ 7.8×12 topics
  24. Complications11▲ 5.7×14 topics
  25. Musculoskeletal Disorders11▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 8.7×7 topics
  27. Disability11▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Health Status Questionnaires11▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Measurement Properties11▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Rehabilitation10▲ 6.2×11 topics
  31. Ankylosing Spondylitis8▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Spondyloarthritis8▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Arthroplasty8▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Central Sensitization8▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis8▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Exercise8▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 8.3×6 topics
  38. Chronic Conditions8▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Muscle Mass8▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Toll-like Receptors8▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Arthritis UK publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…24Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 24 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 14 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 11 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 8 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 8 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 7 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 5 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 5 fractional works
RheumatologyPharmacologyHematologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 24 works
  2. 2 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 14 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 11 works
  4. 4 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 8 works
  5. 5 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 8 works
  6. 6 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 7 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  10. 10 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 5 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 available76.8%not open23.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.8%domestic only59.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arthritis UK's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Arthritis UK as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Arthritis UK0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Arthritis 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%30%Arthritis UK18.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 2015.

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