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Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

In research, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust stands highest in Medicine (#2,756 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,633 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,093
of 28,054 · #10,481 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#370
of 1,094
Research works
1.4k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Belfast Health and Social Care Trust 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
MedicineField #2,756 of 10,443 10.3%264 #3262
Health SciencesDomain #3,633 of 11,982 10.3%297 #3651

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Belfast Health and Social Care Trust 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 264 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, W. Glenn McCluggage, Simon Walsh and Colm G. Hanratty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

  1. 1 W. Glenn McCluggage United Kingdom · #12,316 worldwide 439 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Simon Walsh United Kingdom · #87,185 worldwide 254 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Colm G. Hanratty United Kingdom · #162,106 worldwide 189 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 James Spratt United Kingdom · #177,651 worldwide 172 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Damian Fogarty United Kingdom · #768,315 worldwide 51 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Julie Rankin United Kingdom · #950,232 worldwide 0 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Lana Dixon United Kingdom · #1,085,917 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Marc Silvestri United Kingdom · #1,444,335 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Karen Cairns United Kingdom · #1,525,335 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 C. Lyons United Kingdom · #1,603,818 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Which keywords describe research at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Primary Care, Treatment, Guidelines, Radiotherapy, Genetic Mutations and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 2.7×91 topics
  2. Chemotherapy20▲ 7.6×22 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 3.8×39 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 2.1×48 topics
  5. Quality of Life14▲ 2.5×37 topics
  6. Primary Care13▲ 9.2×13 topics
  7. Diagnosis13▲ 3.6×33 topics
  8. Mortality12▲ 5.4×10 topics
  9. Guidelines11▲ 6.6×12 topics
  10. Clinical Trials11▲ 4.5×12 topics
  11. Immunotherapy11▲ 4.2×17 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 5.4×13 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations11▲ 6.8×15 topics
  14. Radiotherapy11▲ 7.5×12 topics
  15. Risk Factors10▲ 2.5×21 topics
  16. Biomarkers10▲ 3.8×10 topics
  17. Management10▲ 3.2×24 topics
  18. Metastasis9▲ 7.3×9 topics
  19. Depression9▲ 2.8×15 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  21. Mutation Analysis8▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Complications8▲ 4.4×14 topics
  23. Global Burden7▲ 3.7×10 topics
  24. Quality Improvement7▲ 10×7 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 6.8×8 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors7▲ 4.5×13 topics
  27. Surgery7▲ 5.5×11 topics
  28. Prevention7▲ 4.5×14 topics
  29. Medical Education7▲ 7.3×10 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 7.4×4 topics
  31. Genomic Analysis6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  32. Cervical Cancer6▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Robotic Surgery6▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Cancer Incidence6▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Molecular Classification6▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Ovarian Cancer6▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Reflective Practice5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Cytoreductive Surgery5▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Fallopian Tube Origin5▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Tumor Models5▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Belfast Health and Social Care Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Innovations in Medical Education and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Ovarian cancer diagnosis…5Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…5Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 3 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …3Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 3 fractional works
Reproductive MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 3 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Belfast Health and Social Care Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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