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Health Data Research UK

In research, Health Data Research UK stands highest in Medicine (#1,521 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,828 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,566
of 28,054 · #8,968 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#181
of 1,094
Research works
646
▲ 773% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Health Data Research UK known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,521 of 10,443 35.9%129 #3288
Health SciencesDomain #1,828 of 11,982 35.9%148 #3391

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 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.81× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.49× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Health Data Research UK?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, ACE2 Receptor, Cardiovascular Disease, COVID-19, Inflammation and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.2×88 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.72×41 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 2.5×49 topics
  4. Pandemic13▲ 4.4×7 topics
  5. COVID-1913▲ 3.4×19 topics
  6. Deep Learning12▲ 1.32×41 topics
  7. SARS-CoV-212▲ 14×6 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 4.0×31 topics
  9. Public Health11▲ 2.9×30 topics
  10. Quality of Life11▲ 2.8×32 topics
  11. Depression10▲ 4.2×16 topics
  12. Healthcare10▲ 3.2×15 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Precision Medicine8▲ 6.7×8 topics
  15. Risk Factors8▲ 2.7×27 topics
  16. Mortality8▲ 5.0×13 topics
  17. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.1×13 topics
  18. Anxiety7▲ 5.7×10 topics
  19. Biomarkers7▲ 4.0×14 topics
  20. Big Data7▲ 2.8×9 topics
  21. Guidelines7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  22. Heart Failure6▲ 5.1×11 topics
  23. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  24. Vaccine6▲ 5.1×10 topics
  25. Data Integration5▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Health Equity5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  27. Genetic Variation5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  28. Primary Care5▲ 5.2×12 topics
  29. Thrombosis5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  30. Electronic Health Records5▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Mortality Risk5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  32. Pathophysiology5▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Mutation5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  34. Viral Transmission5▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Health Disparities4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  36. Coronavirus4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  37. Population Genetics4▲ 12×5 topics
  38. antibody4▲ 15×1 topic
  39. spike protein4▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Chronic Disease Management Strategies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 3 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 3 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…3Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 3 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneticsEpidemiologyArtificial Intelligence5 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  9. 9 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 773% 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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