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Cystic Fibrosis Trust

In research, Cystic Fibrosis Trust stands highest in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#1,647 of 2,717 worldwide), Medicine (#11,450 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,441 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 27.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,619
of 28,054 · #27,313 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#989
of 1,094
Research works
319
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Cystic Fibrosis Trust 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
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,647 of 2,717 19.0%140
MedicineField #11,450 of 17,978 17.7%215
Health SciencesDomain #14,441 of 20,462 16.8%243

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cystic Fibrosis Trust 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).

What does Cystic Fibrosis Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 27.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 34.0 works28×
  2. MedicineField · 50.7 works3.3×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.72× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.35× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cystic Fibrosis Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cystic Fibrosis, Microbiota, Pulmonary Infections, Bronchiectasis, CFTR, Diagnosis, Primary Care and Treatment.

▲ 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. Cystic Fibrosis28▲ 501×2 topics
  2. Microbiota27▲ 155×2 topics
  3. Pulmonary Infections27▲ 589×2 topics
  4. Bronchiectasis27▲ 1168×1 topic
  5. CFTR27▲ 1168×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology6▲ 1.87×22 topics
  7. Diagnosis6▲ 7.6×9 topics
  8. Treatment5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  9. Primary Care4▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life4▲ 3.1×8 topics
  11. Management4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  12. Systematic Review4▲ 86×2 topics
  13. Health Care Spending3▲ 91×1 topic
  14. Insurance Markets3▲ 91×1 topic
  15. Mental Health Services3▲ 71×2 topics
  16. Global Burden3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  17. COPD2▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Consensus Building2▲ 128×1 topic
  19. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Delphi Method2▲ 128×1 topic
  21. Health Utility Measures2▲ 37×1 topic
  22. spirometry2▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Adolescents2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  24. Health Promotion2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  25. Self-Management2▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Prevention2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  28. Chronic Conditions2▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Medical Home2▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Transition2▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Child Care2▲ 75×1 topic
  32. Infection Control Measures2▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Preterm Infants2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Immunology1▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Crohn's Disease1▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Cystic Fibrosis Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Healthcare Policy and Management, Delphi Technique in Research and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…27Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 27 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceSpeech and Hearing3 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  3. 3 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 2 works
  7. 7 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cystic Fibrosis Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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