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Ashworth Hospital

In research, Ashworth Hospital stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,834 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#39,326
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,110
of 2,253
Research works
215
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Ashworth Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #13,834 of 16,945 22.0%146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ashworth Hospital 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.68× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 15.01× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 15.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ashworth Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, M. J. MacCulloch and Tom Mason lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ashworth Hospital.

  1. 1 M. J. MacCulloch United Kingdom · #750,135 worldwide 68 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Tom Mason United Kingdom · #960,706 worldwide 19 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Ashworth Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ashworth Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Integrated Care, Crisis Resolution, Home Treatment, Criminal Behavior, Psychopathy and Emotion Recognition.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mental Health28▲ 12×30 topics
  2. Mental Disorders18▲ 85×2 topics
  3. Integrated Care17▲ 158×2 topics
  4. Crisis Resolution15▲ 305×1 topic
  5. Home Treatment15▲ 305×1 topic
  6. Criminal Behavior15▲ 146×2 topics
  7. Psychopathy14▲ 198×2 topics
  8. Emotion Recognition14▲ 52×3 topics
  9. Risk Assessment14▲ 11×1 topic
  10. Violent Recidivism14▲ 330×1 topic
  11. Ethical Considerations13▲ 18×6 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 5.2×8 topics
  13. Primary Care11▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Psychiatric Treatment11▲ 174×2 topics
  15. Public Health11▲ 3.7×17 topics
  16. Informed Consent10▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Coercive Measures10▲ 230×1 topic
  18. Mental Health Law10▲ 230×1 topic
  19. Aggression10▲ 102×2 topics
  20. Prevalence10▲ 11×9 topics
  21. Psychiatric Disorders9▲ 28×4 topics
  22. Healthcare Workers8▲ 28×5 topics
  23. Depression8▲ 5.2×8 topics
  24. Psychological Impact8▲ 18×7 topics
  25. Psychopathology8▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Intimate Partner Violence8▲ 107×2 topics
  27. Neuroscience8▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Gender Differences7▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Phenomenology7▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Personality Traits7▲ 28×5 topics
  31. Job Satisfaction7▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Psychological Adjustment6▲ 26×4 topics
  33. DSM6▲ 79×1 topic
  34. Neurobiological Correlates6▲ 30×3 topics
  35. Self-Experience6▲ 79×1 topic
  36. Elderly Care6▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Borderline Personality Disorder6▲ 124×1 topic
  38. DSM-56▲ 124×1 topic
  39. Cyberbullying6▲ 70×2 topics
  40. Bullying5▲ 116×1 topic

Which research topics does Ashworth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Gender, Feminism, and Media and Schizophrenia research and treatment.

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending: 0 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 0 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Me…0Gender, Feminism, and Media: 0 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…0Schizophrenia research and treatment: 0 fractional worksSexual Assault and Victi…0Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies: 0 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 0 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 0 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksStalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment: 0 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGender StudiesPsychiatry and Mental healthCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Clinical Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  5. 5 Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens 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 available13.2%not open86.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ashworth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher 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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