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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

In research, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board stands highest in Medicine (#3,682 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,262 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,904
of 28,054 · #12,863 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#433
of 1,094
Research works
1.3k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Cardiff and Vale University Health Board 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 #3,682 of 10,443 9.4%219 #4907
Health SciencesDomain #4,262 of 11,982 8.8%263 #4255

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cardiff and Vale University Health Board 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.05× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 219 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board?

Ranked on the composite score, Neil P. Roberts, Helen Sweetland and Nicholas Drage lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

  1. 1 Neil P. Roberts United Kingdom · #272,614 worldwide 161 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Helen Sweetland United Kingdom · #655,515 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Nicholas Drage United Kingdom · #831,009 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 J. Duckers United Kingdom · #834,693 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Ann Yates United Kingdom · #851,310 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 R. Christopher Goodwin United Kingdom · #1,241,851 worldwide 1 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Which keywords describe research at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Primary Care, Complications, Microbiota and Mutation Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.0×83 topics
  2. Quality of Life21▲ 4.1×38 topics
  3. Mortality18▲ 8.9×11 topics
  4. Guidelines15▲ 9.3×10 topics
  5. Inflammation15▲ 2.1×41 topics
  6. Treatment14▲ 3.2×34 topics
  7. Risk Factors13▲ 3.4×27 topics
  8. Primary Care13▲ 9.7×14 topics
  9. Management12▲ 4.5×22 topics
  10. Complications12▲ 7.0×16 topics
  11. Diagnosis11▲ 3.5×26 topics
  12. Public Health11▲ 2.1×22 topics
  13. Microbiota10▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Mutation Analysis10▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Cystic Fibrosis10▲ 42×3 topics
  16. Pulmonary Infections10▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Bronchiectasis10▲ 101×1 topic
  18. CFTR10▲ 101×1 topic
  19. Rehabilitation9▲ 6.5×12 topics
  20. Clinical Trials9▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Prevention8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  22. Adolescents7▲ 5.6×7 topics
  23. Critical Care7▲ 8.5×8 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Quality Improvement7▲ 10×8 topics
  26. Mental Health Services6▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  28. Surgery6▲ 5.2×7 topics
  29. Postoperative Complications6▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Patient Engagement6▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Systematic Review6▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Children6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  33. Trauma6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  34. Health Care Costs5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Revision Surgery5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Urinary Incontinence5▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Hemorrhage5▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Elderly Patients5▲ 8.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Cardiff and Vale University Health Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Child and Adolescent Health.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…10Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 10 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…3Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…3Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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