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Brighton and Sussex Medical School

In research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School stands highest in Medicine (#1,473 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,929 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,614 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,953
of 28,054 · #4,797 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#193
of 1,094
Research works
2.6k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
68k
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Brighton and Sussex Medical School 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 #1,473 of 10,443 16.4%368 #1849
Health SciencesDomain #1,929 of 11,982 17.5%431 #1976
Social SciencesDomain #3,614 of 10,521 27.2%124 #3550
Life SciencesDomain #3,491 of 7,800 20.6%102 #2659

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brighton and Sussex Medical School 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,849 #1,473
  2. Health Sciences#1,976 #1,929
  3. Social Sciences#3,550 #3,614
  4. Life Sciences#2,659 #3,491
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Brighton and Sussex Medical School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 30.1 works8.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.63× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 368 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.31× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.49× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School?

Ranked on the composite score, Sube Banerjee, Mara Cercignani and Neil A. Harrison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

  1. 1 Sube Banerjee United Kingdom · #11,670 worldwide 627 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Mara Cercignani United Kingdom · #42,876 worldwide 356 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Neil A. Harrison United Kingdom · #44,600 worldwide 413 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Valerie Jenkins United Kingdom · #62,315 worldwide 298 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Hugo Critchley United Kingdom · #106,020 worldwide 482 citations · 120 works
  6. 6 Florian Kern United Kingdom · #125,117 worldwide 169 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Sarah N. Garfinkel United Kingdom · #126,365 worldwide 216 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Helen Smith United Kingdom · #129,697 worldwide 309 citations · 119 works
  9. 9 Alessandro Colasanti United Kingdom · #144,450 worldwide 223 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Sumita Verma United Kingdom · #152,829 worldwide 143 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Which keywords describe research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Aging, Depression, Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 2.8×102 topics
  2. Inflammation42▲ 3.0×66 topics
  3. Public Health35▲ 3.5×42 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 4.2×33 topics
  5. Quality of Life28▲ 2.8×45 topics
  6. Depression26▲ 4.3×18 topics
  7. Aging26▲ 7.0×15 topics
  8. Mental Health25▲ 2.5×32 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 4.0×21 topics
  10. Risk Factors22▲ 2.9×27 topics
  11. Treatment20▲ 2.5×35 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy19▲ 17×6 topics
  13. Medical Education18▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Cancer18▲ 1.97×38 topics
  15. Social Support16▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Genetics15▲ 3.2×16 topics
  17. Neuroscience15▲ 7.6×9 topics
  18. Biomarkers15▲ 3.2×15 topics
  19. Mortality15▲ 3.7×13 topics
  20. Primary Care15▲ 5.7×15 topics
  21. Anxiety14▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance14▲ 4.6×9 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 6.6×9 topics
  24. Immune Response14▲ 3.6×17 topics
  25. Global Burden13▲ 3.6×12 topics
  26. Reflective Practice13▲ 10×5 topics
  27. HIV Transmission12▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Neuroimaging12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  29. Health Disparities12▲ 6.8×7 topics
  30. Mortality Rates12▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Alzheimer's Disease11▲ 5.6×5 topics
  32. Clinical Practice11▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Competency-Based Education10▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Assessment Methods10▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Empathy10▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Faculty Development10▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Continuing Medical Education10▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Professional Identity Formation10▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Caregiver Burden9▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Viral Load9▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Brighton and Sussex Medical School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Empathy and Medical Education, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Innovations in Medical E…10Innovations in Medical Education: 10 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…9Empathy and Medical Education: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…9HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…7Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 7 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 6 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 5 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults4Frailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 4 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthInfectious DiseasesCognitive Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  2. 2 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 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 available68.7%not open31.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brighton and Sussex Medical School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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.

Other research institutions in Brighton

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.