Department for Work and Pensions
In research, Department for Work and Pensions stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,870 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,351 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,839 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 6.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #9,662 of 22,385 · #18,784 all time
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #322 of 862
- Research works
- 1.6k ▲ 61% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 13k 7.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.79× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 27% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is Department for Work and Pensions known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #7,870 of 9,585 | 9.0% | 149 | #7553 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #8,351 of 9,902 | 8.9% | 130 | #15100 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #5,839 of 6,403 | 9.3% | 63 | #10606 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,475 of 5,988 | 9.2% | 65 | #7442 | |
| MedicineField | #7,904 of 8,541 | 9.2% | 100 | #13267 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #9,933 of 10,670 | 9.3% | 87 | #15480 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department for Work and Pensions 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.
- Social Sciences#7,553 #7,870
- Health Sciences#15,100 #8,351
- Life Sciences#10,606 #5,839
- Social Sciences#7,442 #5,475
- Medicine#13,267 #7,904
- Physical Sciences#15,480 #9,933
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 Department for Work and Pensions work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research at Department for Work and Pensions is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences17134.2%
- Social Sciences7715.4%
- Psychology224.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting224.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance214.1%
- Decision Sciences173.3%
- Arts and Humanities132.6%
- Health Sciences15731.4%
- Medicine12023.8%
- Health Professions316.2%
- Nursing40.9%
- Veterinary20.4%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Physical Sciences10220.3%
- Engineering285.6%
- Environmental Science265.3%
- Computer Science234.5%
- Physics and Astronomy102.0%
- Energy40.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.8%
- Chemistry30.6%
- Mathematics20.4%
- Materials Science10.2%
- Chemical Engineering00.1%
- Life Sciences7114.2%
What does Department for Work and Pensions specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 44.1 works6.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Decision Sciences3.43×17 works
- Veterinary2.99×2 works
- Health Professions2.36×31 works
- Neuroscience1.96×16 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.92×21 works
- Nursing1.76×4 works
- Psychology1.45×22 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.36×7 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.36×22 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×35 works
- Medicine1.24×120 works
- Social Sciences1.21×77 works
- Environmental Science1.06×26 works
- Energy0.90×4 works
- Arts and Humanities0.90×13 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.88×10 works
- Computer Science0.58×23 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×13 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×4 works
- Chemistry0.41×3 works
- Engineering0.37×28 works
- Mathematics0.34×2 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
- Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
- Materials Science0.06×1 works
- Dentistry0.05×0 works
- Decision Sciences 3.4×
- Veterinary 3.0×
- Health Professions 2.4×
- Neuroscience 2.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.9×
- Nursing 1.8×
- Psychology 1.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.3×
- Medicine 1.2×
- Social Sciences 1.2×
- Environmental Science 1.1×
- Energy 0.9×
- Arts and Humanities 0.9×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Department for Work and Pensions?
Ranked on the quality score, Godwin Ozoemenam Achumie, Ibidapo Abiodun Ogundeji and M. Nicolas J. Firzli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Department for Work and Pensions.
- 1
Godwin Ozoemenam Achumie
United Kingdom · #4,091,349 worldwide 114 citations · 19 works
- 2
Ibidapo Abiodun Ogundeji
United Kingdom · #4,576,758 worldwide 113 citations · 26 works
- 3
M. Nicolas J. Firzli
United Kingdom · #4,716,334 worldwide 10 citations · 26 works
- 4
David A. Weeks
United Kingdom · #5,498,627 worldwide 40 citations · 19 works
- 5
Sarah Jane Palmer
United Kingdom · #7,692,241 worldwide 898 citations · 480 works
Which keywords describe research at Department for Work and Pensions?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Public Health, Ethical Considerations, Entrepreneurship, Capacity Building, Academic Medicine, Career Development and Health Research.
- Computational Biology
- Skills Development
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Global Health
- Hackathons
- Bioinformatics
- Open Innovation
- COVID-19
- Developing Countries
- Emerging Markets
- Genomic Studies
- Physician-Scientist
- Drug Development
- Global Collaboration
- Healthcare
- Academic Medicine
- Machine Learning
- Entrepreneurship
- Education
- Public Health
- Innovation
- Climate Change
- Ethical Considerations
- Sustainability
- Capacity Building
- Career Development
- Health Research
- Globalization
- Medical Research
- Biomedical Science
- Intellectual Property
- Big Data
- Health Biotechnology
- Health Effects
- Precision Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Research Integrity
- Science Communication
- Academic Mobility
- Curriculum
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
- Innovation38▲ 7.4×20 topics
- Public Health33▲ 4.6×24 topics
- Climate Change26▲ 1.94×40 topics
- Education26▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Ethical Considerations24▲ 14×8 topics
- Entrepreneurship23▲ 12×6 topics
- Sustainability22▲ 1.78×30 topics
- Machine Learning20▲ 1.20×22 topics
- Capacity Building20▲ 65×3 topics
- Academic Medicine19▲ 50×3 topics
- Career Development19▲ 32×4 topics
- Healthcare18▲ 3.2×10 topics
- Health Research18▲ 32×2 topics
- Global Collaboration17▲ 101×3 topics
- Globalization17▲ 1.71×29 topics
- Drug Development16▲ 37×2 topics
- Medical Research16▲ 114×1 topic
- Physician-Scientist16▲ 114×1 topic
- Biomedical Science16▲ 143×1 topic
- Genomic Studies16▲ 46×1 topic
- Intellectual Property15▲ 25×4 topics
- Emerging Markets14▲ 42×2 topics
- Big Data14▲ 2.9×6 topics
- Developing Countries14▲ 28×1 topic
- Health Biotechnology14▲ 181×1 topic
- COVID-1913▲ 2.0×11 topics
- Health Effects10▲ 3.2×11 topics
- Open Innovation9▲ 31×2 topics
- Precision Medicine9▲ 3.6×6 topics
- Bioinformatics9▲ 15×2 topics
- Biomedical Engineering8▲ 11×1 topic
- Hackathons8▲ 47×1 topic
- Research Integrity7▲ 45×2 topics
- Global Health7▲ 9.0×4 topics
- Science Communication7▲ 16×2 topics
- Interdisciplinary Research6▲ 14×2 topics
- Academic Mobility6▲ 34×2 topics
- Skills Development6▲ 38×2 topics
- Curriculum6▲ 12×2 topics
- Computational Biology6▲ 46×1 topic
Which research topics does Department for Work and Pensions publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Research Impacts, Science, Research, and Medicine, Biotechnology and Related Fields and Biomedical and Engineering Education.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
- 2 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 16 works
- 3 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
- 4 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 8 works
- 5 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 6 works
- 6 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 5 works
- 7 Conferences and Exhibitions Management Sociology and Political Science 5 works
- 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 5 works
- 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
- 10 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 4 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Department for Work and Pensions's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 61% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Department for Work and Pensions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.
Fractional works of Department for Work and Pensions 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2006.
Other research institutions in London
- University College London
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- Queen Mary University of London
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of London
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Brunel University of London
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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