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Chief Scientist Office

cso.scot.nhs.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
96
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Chief Scientist Office is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.02× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 9.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.28× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.04× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Chief Scientist Office?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Health Equity, Social Support, Health Disparities, Mortality Risk, Social Relationships and Neighborhood Effects.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Health10▲ 7.3×21 topics
  2. Mental Health6▲ 5.8×20 topics
  3. Health Equity5▲ 31×4 topics
  4. Health Disparities5▲ 27×5 topics
  5. Social Support5▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Epidemiology5▲ 1.29×38 topics
  7. Mortality Risk5▲ 25×3 topics
  8. Neighborhood Effects5▲ 49×3 topics
  9. Social Relationships5▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Loneliness4▲ 89×1 topic
  11. Socioeconomic Inequalities4▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Risk Factors4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  13. Climate Change3▲ 1.31×10 topics
  14. Sustainability3▲ 1.75×9 topics
  15. Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×15 topics
  16. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  17. Adolescents2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  18. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  19. Depression2▲ 2.9×9 topics
  20. Habitat Selection2▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Physical Activity2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  22. Primary Care2▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Social Determinants2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  24. Capacity Building2▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  26. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  27. Health Promotion2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Cortical Connectivity2▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Health Education2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  30. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Adolescent Health2▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Earnings Management2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Financial Reporting2▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  35. Health Promoting Schools2▲ 75×1 topic
  36. International Law2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  37. School Health Promotion2▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  39. Chronic Disease1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Developmental Trajectories1▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Chief Scientist Office publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts, Electronic Health Records Systems, Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation and Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research.

Cultural Insights and Di…0Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 0 fractional worksElectronic Health Record…0Electronic Health Records Systems: 0 fractional worksNursing Diagnosis and Do…0Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation: 0 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psych…0Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 0 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 0 fractional worksMetal Alloys Wear and Properties: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and N…0History of Science and Natural History: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 0 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cu…0French Historical and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsHealth Information ManagementIssues, ethics and legal aspectsClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  2. 2 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 0 works
  3. 3 Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation Issues, ethics and legal aspects 0 works
  4. 4 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 History of Science and Natural History History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 0 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 available58.2%not open41.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.4%domestic only69.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chief Scientist Office's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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