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Centre for Inflammation Research

In research, Centre for Inflammation Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#866 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,066 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,906 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 18.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,155
of 28,054 · #2,095 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#89
of 1,094
Research works
1.5k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
55.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Centre for Inflammation Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #866 of 7,800 33.2%99 #830
MedicineField #2,066 of 10,443 31.5%126 #1402
Health SciencesDomain #2,906 of 11,982 31.3%132 #1785

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Inflammation Research 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. Life Sciences#830 #866
  2. Medicine#1,402 #2,066
  3. Health Sciences#1,785 #2,906
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 Centre for Inflammation Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 18.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 32.9 works18×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 36.7 works14×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.76× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 14.05× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.53× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 14.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Inflammation Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Vendrell, Prakash Ramachandran and Jeremy Hughes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Inflammation Research.

  1. 1 Marc Vendrell · #280,653 worldwide 229 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Prakash Ramachandran · #397,230 worldwide 61 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jeremy Hughes · #647,981 worldwide 80 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jens Høiriis Nielsen · #706,012 worldwide 87 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Phil Reid · #1,398,620 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Inflammation Research

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Inflammation Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Immunity, Oxidative Stress, Innate Immunity, Metabolism and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Inflammation38▲ 7.1×70 topics
  2. Epidemiology33▲ 3.2×84 topics
  3. Cancer20▲ 5.7×41 topics
  4. Immunity15▲ 14×9 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress14▲ 3.4×42 topics
  6. Diagnosis10▲ 4.1×27 topics
  7. Metabolism9▲ 7.0×12 topics
  8. Innate Immunity9▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Immune Response9▲ 6.1×20 topics
  10. Treatment9▲ 2.8×28 topics
  11. Management8▲ 4.2×15 topics
  12. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 7.2×11 topics
  13. Genetics7▲ 4.1×13 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.5×13 topics
  15. Pathogenesis7▲ 5.6×20 topics
  16. Macrophage7▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Polarization7▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Activation7▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Tumor-associated7▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Biomarkers7▲ 3.9×16 topics
  21. Stem Cells7▲ 10×13 topics
  22. Thrombosis7▲ 9.2×7 topics
  23. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Gene Expression6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Autoimmunity6▲ 17×5 topics
  26. Macrophages6▲ 14×7 topics
  27. Angiogenesis6▲ 7.4×14 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance6▲ 5.1×8 topics
  29. Cytokines6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  30. Inflammatory Diseases6▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Regulation6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  32. TGF-ß5▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Fibrosis5▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 17×5 topics
  35. Immune Regulation5▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Immune Responses4▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Immunology4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Toll-like Receptors4▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Autoantibodies4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  40. Hepatic Steatosis4▲ 9.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Inflammation Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune cells in cancer, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Gut microbiota and health.

Immune cells in cancer7Immune cells in cancer: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 3 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…3Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 3 fractional worksNeutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 3 fractional worksPhagocytosis and Immune …2Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation: 2 fractional works
ImmunologyEpidemiologyMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 7 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 3 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 3 works
  8. 8 Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms Immunology 3 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation Immunology 2 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Inflammation Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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