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In research, Cochrane stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,547 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#2,525 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,488 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#7,663
of 22,385 · #3,153 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#262
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
102k
72.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%

What is Cochrane known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,547 of 9,902 21.0%84 #1593
MedicineField #2,525 of 8,541 21.0%67 #1591
Social SciencesDomain #7,488 of 9,585 14.7%61 #5059

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cochrane 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,593 #2,547
  2. Medicine#1,591 #2,525
  3. Social Sciences#5,059 #7,488
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Cochrane work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Cochrane is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Social Sciences (19%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 98 fractional works · 46.2% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 36.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 34.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCochrane211fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences35%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7736.6%
    2. Health Professions167.7%
    3. Dentistry20.9%
    4. Nursing20.9%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences4018.7%
    2. Psychology94.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities94.5%
    4. Decision Sciences94.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    1. Engineering83.7%
    2. Computer Science83.6%
    3. Environmental Science31.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    5. Materials Science20.8%
    6. Energy20.8%
    7. Mathematics10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience52.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.92× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.37× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.37×9 works
  2. Health Professions2.92×16 works
  3. Dentistry1.94×2 works
  4. Nursing1.91×2 works
  5. Medicine1.90×77 works
  6. Neuroscience1.58×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.54×9 works
  8. Social Sciences1.48×40 works
  9. Psychology1.47×10 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×4 works
  11. Energy0.82×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.54×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.46×8 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.39×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×3 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×2 works
  20. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.26×3 works
  22. Engineering0.25×8 works
  23. Materials Science0.22×2 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cochrane?

Ranked on the quality score, Ella Flemyng, Gemma Férriz Villanueva and Lee‐Yee Chong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cochrane.

  1. 1 Ella Flemyng United Kingdom · #189,716 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Gemma Férriz Villanueva United Kingdom · #326,871 worldwide 2.4k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Lee‐Yee Chong United Kingdom · #388,088 worldwide 3k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Hanna Bergman United Kingdom · #392,349 worldwide 4k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Nicola Maayan United Kingdom · #422,442 worldwide 2.7k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Lee Yee Chong United Kingdom · #457,249 worldwide 3.2k citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Katrin Probyn United Kingdom · #466,686 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Chris Mavergames United Kingdom · #525,762 worldwide 4.3k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 John Hilton United Kingdom · #588,427 worldwide 2.6k citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Karla Soares‐Weiser United Kingdom · #657,347 worldwide 56k citations · 230 works
All ranked researchers at Cochrane

What are the most cited papers from Cochrane?

The most cited paper from Cochrane is "PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation" (Andrea C. Tricco et al., 2018), with 43,960 citations. Next come "RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials" (33,250) and "The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration" (28,074).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation Andrea C. Tricco et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 3 Sep 2018 43,960
2 RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · BMJ Open access 28 Aug 2019 33,250
3 The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration Alessandro Liberati, Douglas G. Altman, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · PLoS Medicine ReviewOpen access 20 Jul 2009 28,074
4 PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Statement Jessie McGowan, Margaret Sampson, Douglas M Salzwedel et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 19 Mar 2016 5,939
5 Shared Decision Making: A Model for Clinical Practice Glyn Jones Elwyn, Dominick L. Frosch, Richard Thomson et al. · Journal of General Internal Medicine Open access 22 May 2012 4,461
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cochrane?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Meta-Analysis, Quality Assessment, Publication Bias, Research Methodology, Evidence Synthesis, PRISMA Statement and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 1.97×86 topics
  2. Quality of Life9▲ 2.9×35 topics
  3. Meta-Analysis8▲ 6.8×12 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 1.60×35 topics
  5. Quality Assessment7▲ 18×2 topics
  6. Publication Bias6▲ 62×2 topics
  7. Research Methodology6▲ 47×2 topics
  8. Evidence Synthesis6▲ 106×1 topic
  9. Mental Health6▲ 1.95×20 topics
  10. PRISMA Statement6▲ 106×1 topic
  11. Public Health6▲ 1.90×32 topics
  12. Treatment6▲ 2.2×29 topics
  13. Qualitative Research6▲ 3.1×10 topics
  14. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  15. Critical Care4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  16. Global Burden4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  17. Chronic Pain4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  18. Pain Management4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  19. Character Education4▲ 3.6×2 topics
  20. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  22. Local Wisdom3▲ 3.4×5 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders3▲ 2.9×12 topics
  24. Resuscitation3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. 21st Century Skills3▲ 5.1×2 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. Behavior Change3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  28. Educational Policy3▲ 5.0×2 topics
  29. End-of-Life2▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Foreign Policy2▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  32. Kampus Merdeka2▲ 8.1×1 topic
  33. Merdeka Belajar2▲ 8.1×1 topic
  34. Palliative Care2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Elderly Patients2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  36. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Health Care Costs2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Healthcare Interventions2▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Implementation Science2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Systematic Review2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Cochrane publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods, Health Policy Implementation Science and Delphi Technique in Research.

  1. 1 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 6 works
  2. 2 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 2 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  8. 8 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.9%domestic only58.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cochrane's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cochrane as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cochrane0.00086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cochrane over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Cochrane15.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.6% in 2014.

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