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General Medical Council

In research, General Medical Council stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,256 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,255 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,122
of 28,054 · #17,520 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#864
of 1,094
Research works
394
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is General Medical Council 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,256 of 20,462 13.5%248
MedicineField #8,255 of 17,978 15.0%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where General Medical Council 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).

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: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.53× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.11× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at General Medical Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Prognostic Factors, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Chemotherapy, Gender Differences and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.3×41 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 11×8 topics
  3. Primary Care3▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Chemotherapy3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  6. Diagnosis3▲ 4.0×11 topics
  7. Treatment3▲ 3.1×17 topics
  8. Management3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Breast Cancer2▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Gender Differences2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  12. Survival Analysis2▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 26×5 topics
  14. Antioxidant2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  15. Healthcare Quality2▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Motivation2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  17. Quality Improvement2▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Antimicrobial Activity2▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Career Choice2▲ 99×1 topic
  20. Complications2▲ 5.6×11 topics
  21. Dental Students2▲ 123×1 topic
  22. Surgical Management2▲ 6.9×8 topics
  23. Surgery2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization2▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Prognostic Markers2▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Reflective Practice2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Academic Medicine2▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 32×3 topics
  30. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Rectal Cancer2▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Competency-Based Education2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Molecular Profiling1▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Therapeutic Targets1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Wound Healing1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Continuity of Care1▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Endoscopic Resection1▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Gastric Cancer1▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Lung Tumors1▲ 108×1 topic

Which research topics does General Medical Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Education, Practice, Research, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Innovations in Medical Education and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Dental Education, Practi…2Dental Education, Practice, Research: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …1Global Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has General Medical Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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