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British Heart Foundation

In research, British Heart Foundation stands highest in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#73 of 738 worldwide), Medicine (#1,322 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,908 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 26.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,468
of 28,054 · #3,534 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#177
of 1,094
Research works
1.7k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
52.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is British Heart Foundation 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
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #73 of 738 33.5%82 #158
MedicineField #1,322 of 10,443 33.7%203 #1141
Health SciencesDomain #1,908 of 11,982 33.4%211 #1404
Life SciencesDomain #3,056 of 7,800 33.3%63 #1960

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where British Heart Foundation 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. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#158 #73
  2. Medicine#1,141 #1,322
  3. Health Sciences#1,404 #1,908
  4. Life Sciences#1,960 #3,056
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 British Heart Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 26.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 82.5 works26×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 203 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at British Heart Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Henry Fok, Ye Li and Mazyar Kanani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Heart Foundation.

  1. 1 Henry Fok United Kingdom · #71,767 worldwide 143 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Ye Li United Kingdom · #694,198 worldwide 97 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Mazyar Kanani United Kingdom · #1,226,305 worldwide 6 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Belinda Linden United Kingdom · #1,427,566 worldwide 2 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at British Heart Foundation

Which keywords describe research at British Heart Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Inflammation, Cardiac Imaging, Echocardiography and Obesity.

▲ 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. Heart Failure38▲ 29×13 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 11×35 topics
  3. Inflammation28▲ 4.5×64 topics
  4. Epidemiology24▲ 2.0×53 topics
  5. Myocardial Infarction24▲ 35×7 topics
  6. Guidelines23▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress21▲ 4.2×43 topics
  8. Cardiac Imaging19▲ 53×3 topics
  9. Echocardiography18▲ 22×8 topics
  10. Obesity18▲ 7.9×19 topics
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging15▲ 20×7 topics
  12. Diagnosis15▲ 5.4×16 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis15▲ 18×11 topics
  14. Coronary Artery Disease14▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Treatment14▲ 4.0×18 topics
  16. Cancer14▲ 3.4×36 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment12▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations12▲ 9.4×11 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 13×8 topics
  20. Radiation Exposure11▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Computed Tomography Angiography11▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Myocardial Perfusion11▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Renal Function10▲ 37×4 topics
  24. Chamber Quantification10▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Diastolic Function10▲ 44×1 topic
  26. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide9▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Hospital Readmission9▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Dilated Cardiomyopathy9▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Hypertension9▲ 11×12 topics
  30. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Cardiomyopathies8▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Myosin8▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 6.4×10 topics
  35. Atrial Fibrillation8▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 11×7 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 21×4 topics
  38. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 8.2×5 topics
  39. Vascular Function7▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Arrhythmias7▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does British Heart Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies.

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 10 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …9Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 9 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosi…8Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 8 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 6 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available59.4%not open40.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has British Heart Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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