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Health Data Research UK

In research, Health Data Research UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#549 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#547 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,805
of 22,385 · #1,778 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#109
of 862
Research works
646
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.38×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Health Data Research UK

What is Health Data Research UK 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 #549 of 9,902 24.5%148 #682
MedicineField #547 of 8,541 25.0%129 #700

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health Data Research UK 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 fields of science does Health Data Research UK work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Health Data Research UK is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Computer Science (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 168 fractional works · 52.7% of its workMedicine: 144 fractional works · 45.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 16.3% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHealth DataResearch UK318fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences18%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14445.4%
    2. Health Professions227.0%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences216.5%
    2. Psychology175.4%
    3. Decision Sciences103.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.5%
    1. Computer Science299.1%
    2. Engineering82.4%
    3. Mathematics72.1%
    4. Environmental Science62.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology299.1%
    2. Neuroscience61.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.83× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.36× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.18× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.18×10 works
  2. Health Professions2.65×22 works
  3. Medicine2.36×144 works
  4. Mathematics1.83×7 works
  5. Psychology1.76×17 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.70×29 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.34×4 works
  8. Computer Science1.17×29 works
  9. Neuroscience1.08×6 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×6 works
  12. Nursing0.58×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.51×21 works
  14. Environmental Science0.41×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×3 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.19×2 works
  17. Engineering0.16×8 works
  18. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Energy0.08×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Health Data Research UK?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Bolton, John Nolan and David William Seymour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Data Research UK.

  1. 1 Thomas Bolton United Kingdom · #507,617 worldwide 952 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 John Nolan United Kingdom · #1,328,448 worldwide 184 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 David William Seymour United Kingdom · #1,416,194 worldwide 811 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Paola Quattroni United Kingdom · #1,528,257 worldwide 502 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Cassie Smith United Kingdom · #1,580,854 worldwide 104 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Breeshey Roskams-Hieter United Kingdom · #1,786,224 worldwide 130 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Cassandra Gould van Praag United Kingdom · #2,903,973 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 K F Porter United Kingdom · #5,364,631 worldwide 12 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Srinivasa Rao Seetala United Kingdom · #6,421,875 worldwide 15 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Health Data Research UK

What are the most cited papers from Health Data Research UK?

The most cited paper from Health Data Research UK is "TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods" (Professor Gary S. Collins et al., 2024), with 3,581 citations. Next come "Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk" (2,562) and "A comparison of deep learning performance against health-care professionals in detecting diseases from medical imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (1,936).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods Professor Gary S. Collins et al. · BMJ Open access 16 Apr 2024 3,581
2 Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk Iris E. Jansen et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 2 Jan 2019 2,562
3 A comparison of deep learning performance against health-care professionals in detecting diseases from medical imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis Xiaoxuan Liu, Livia Faes, Aditya U. Kale et al. · The Lancet Digital Health ReviewOpen access 25 Sep 2019 1,936
4 Atopic dermatitis Sinéad Langan, Alan David Irvine, Stephan Weidinger · The Lancet 30 Jul 2020 1,853
5 The NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog: knowledgebase and deposition resource Elliot Sollis et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 20 Oct 2022 1,820
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Health Data Research UK?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Cardiovascular Disease, Pandemic, Precision Medicine, Public Health, ACE2 Receptor and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.1×90 topics
  2. Machine Learning18▲ 1.75×43 topics
  3. Inflammation16▲ 2.4×49 topics
  4. Public Health15▲ 3.2×30 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 4.0×32 topics
  6. Deep Learning14▲ 1.28×42 topics
  7. COVID-1914▲ 3.3×19 topics
  8. Pandemic14▲ 4.3×7 topics
  9. SARS-CoV-213▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Healthcare12▲ 3.3×15 topics
  11. Quality of Life12▲ 2.6×32 topics
  12. Precision Medicine11▲ 6.9×8 topics
  13. Depression11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  14. Big Data10▲ 3.4×12 topics
  15. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Mortality9▲ 5.0×13 topics
  17. Risk Factors9▲ 2.5×27 topics
  18. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  19. Biomarkers8▲ 3.6×14 topics
  20. Anxiety8▲ 5.2×10 topics
  21. Gene Expression8▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Electronic Health Records7▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Guidelines7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  24. Health Equity7▲ 7.7×5 topics
  25. Data Integration7▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Heart Failure6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  27. Genetic Variation6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  29. Primary Care6▲ 5.1×12 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  31. Thrombosis6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  32. Data Sharing6▲ 54×2 topics
  33. Mortality Risk6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Pathophysiology5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  35. Predictive Modeling5▲ 5.9×3 topics
  36. Population Genetics5▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Mutation5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Viral Transmission5▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Ecology5▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Health Data Research UK publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Research Data Management Practices, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksResearch Data Management…4Research Data Management Practices: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…4Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 4 fractional worksElectronic Health Record…3Electronic Health Records Systems: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesInformation SystemsGeneticsHealth Informatics5 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  10. 10 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 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 available79.1%not open20.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.1%domestic only55.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Health Data Research UK's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher 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 Health Data Research UK as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Health Data Research UK0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Health Data Research UK 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%Health Data Research UK20.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.6% in 2019.

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