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British Medical Association

In research, British Medical Association stands highest in General Health Professions (#784 of 1,886 worldwide), Health Professions (#1,389 of 3,315 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,081 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,355
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#610
of 1,844
Research works
784
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
British Medical Association

What is British Medical Association 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
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #784 of 1,886 4.5%178
Health ProfessionsField #1,389 of 3,315 5.6%234
Health SciencesDomain #7,081 of 16,688 6.7%486
MedicineField #8,130 of 14,558 7.8%245
Social SciencesDomain #9,654 of 14,833 8.2%218

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where British Medical Association 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 British Medical Association work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at British Medical Association is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 57.4% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 43.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 24.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 16.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 14.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 11.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBritish MedicalAssociation53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences24%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2343.0%
    2. Health Professions713.5%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences916.5%
    2. Psychology12.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences11.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science611.3%
    2. Engineering12.7%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.27× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.12× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.12×7 works
  2. Environmental Science2.27×6 works
  3. Medicine2.24×23 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.79×0 works
  5. Nursing1.71×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.30×9 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.10×1 works
  8. Psychology0.92×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.79×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.69×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.45×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.43×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  14. Engineering0.18×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  16. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at British Medical Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen Lock, Trish Groves and Helen Elwell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Medical Association.

  1. 1 Stephen Lock United Kingdom · #423,766 worldwide 3.4k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Trish Groves United Kingdom · #773,409 worldwide 14k citations · 182 works
  3. 3 Helen Elwell United Kingdom · #1,202,363 worldwide 247 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 E. G. Graham Little United Kingdom · #1,706,225 worldwide 193 citations · 338 works
  5. 5 Stella Lowry United Kingdom · #2,387,291 worldwide 551 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sampson Gamgee United Kingdom · #2,435,282 worldwide 88 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 W. Jobson Horne United Kingdom · #2,451,545 worldwide 262 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 F. Rowland Humphreys United Kingdom · #2,696,076 worldwide 94 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 W. Soltau Fenwick United Kingdom · #2,869,402 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Jobson Horne United Kingdom · #2,890,508 worldwide 13 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at British Medical Association

What are the most cited papers from British Medical Association?

The most cited paper from British Medical Association is "SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials" (An‐Wen Chan, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G. Altman et al., 2013), with 8,142 citations. Next come "Controlled Sedation with Alphaxalone-Alphadolone" (2,925) and "Reporting guidelines for clinical trial reports for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the CONSORT-AI extension" (1,301).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials An‐Wen Chan, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G. Altman et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 5 Feb 2013 8,142
2 Controlled Sedation with Alphaxalone-Alphadolone Michael A. E. Ramsay, T.M. Savege, B. R. J. Simpson et al. · BMJ Open access 22 Jun 1974 2,925
3 Reporting guidelines for clinical trial reports for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the CONSORT-AI extension Xiaoxuan Liu et al. · Nature Medicine Open access Sep 2020 1,301
4 Guidelines for Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols Melanie Jane Calvert et al. · JAMA Open access 6 Feb 2018 829
5 Guidelines for clinical trial protocols for interventions involving artificial intelligence: the SPIRIT-AI extension Samantha Cruz Rivera et al. · Nature Medicine Open access Sep 2020 726
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Which keywords describe research at British Medical Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mortality, Global Warming, Health Effects, Infectious Diseases, Heat Waves, Human Health and Climate Consequences.

▲ 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. Public Health8▲ 9.8×13 topics
  2. Mortality6▲ 21×5 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 2.6×4 topics
  4. Global Warming3▲ 13×2 topics
  5. Health Effects3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  6. Infectious Diseases3▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Heat Waves3▲ 77×1 topic
  8. Human Health3▲ 30×1 topic
  9. Diagnosis2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  10. Climate Consequences2▲ 434×1 topic
  11. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.5×2 topics
  12. Nuclear War2▲ 434×1 topic
  13. Healthcare2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  14. Medical Ethics2▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Parental Discretion2▲ 216×1 topic
  16. Pediatric2▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Ethical Climate2▲ 125×1 topic
  18. Moral Distress2▲ 125×1 topic
  19. Management2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  20. Professionalism2▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Health2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  22. Violence2▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Ethical Challenges2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Guidelines2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  25. Global Burden2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  26. Conflict1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Ethics1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Democratic Republic of Congo1▲ 154×1 topic
  29. Fukushima Daiichi1▲ 156×1 topic
  30. Health Equity1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  31. Iraq1▲ 154×1 topic
  32. nuclear accident1▲ 156×1 topic
  33. Air Pollution1▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Corporate Political Activity1▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  36. Medical Education1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  37. Nuclear Fuel1▲ 150×1 topic
  38. Particulate Matter1▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Radiation Protection1▲ 150×1 topic
  40. Risk Perception1▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does British Medical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate Change and Health Impacts, Nuclear Issues and Defense, Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare and Ethics in medical practice.

Climate Change and Healt…3Climate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense2Nuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues …2Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional worksEthics in medical practice2Ethics in medical practice: 2 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 1 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…1Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPolitical Science and International RelationsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Medical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is British Medical Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%British Medical Association0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of British Medical Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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