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Health Foundation

In research, Health Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,457 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,544 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 11.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,208
of 22,385 · #8,715 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#370
of 862
Research works
765
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Health Foundation

What is Health Foundation 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 #4,457 of 9,902 16.9%108 #3850
MedicineField #4,544 of 8,541 12.7%69 #4091

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health Foundation 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 Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Health Foundation is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Health Professions (21%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 123 fractional works · 64.6% of its workMedicine: 78 fractional works · 41.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 20.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHealth Foundation190fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences21%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7841.0%
    2. Health Professions3920.6%
    3. Dentistry41.9%
    4. Nursing21.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences157.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance105.4%
    3. Psychology63.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.4%
    5. Decision Sciences21.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Computer Science42.2%
    2. Engineering42.0%
    3. Environmental Science21.2%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Health Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 30.5 works12×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 39.1 works7.8×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.87× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.81× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions7.81×39 works
  2. Dentistry3.87×4 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.50×10 works
  4. Nursing2.30×2 works
  5. Medicine2.13×78 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.34×2 works
  8. Psychology1.10×6 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.84×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×7 works
  13. Social Sciences0.61×15 works
  14. Mathematics0.50×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.35×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.29×4 works
  17. Environmental Science0.25×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×2 works
  19. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  21. Engineering0.13×4 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Health Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Sarah R Deeny, Geraldine M Clarke and Hugh Alderwick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Foundation.

  1. 1 Sarah R Deeny United Kingdom · #163,703 worldwide 2.5k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Geraldine M Clarke United Kingdom · #169,089 worldwide 11k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Hugh Alderwick United Kingdom · #188,123 worldwide 3.1k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Adam Steventon United Kingdom · #264,024 worldwide 4.1k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Hannah Ellin Knight United Kingdom · #385,283 worldwide 2.2k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Rebecca FR Fisher United Kingdom · #550,232 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Jennifer Dixon United Kingdom · #551,897 worldwide 6k citations · 188 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth Crellin United Kingdom · #640,380 worldwide 398 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Anita Charlesworth United Kingdom · #805,233 worldwide 999 citations · 67 works
  10. 10 Jake Beech United Kingdom · #842,425 worldwide 189 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Health Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Health Foundation?

The most cited paper from Health Foundation is "Development and validation of a Hospital Frailty Risk Score focusing on older people in acute care settings using electronic hospital records: an observational study" (Thomas J Gilbert, Jenny Neuburger, Joshua Kraindler et al., 2018), with 1,548 citations. Next come "The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health" (1,313) and "The NHS long term plan" (764).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development and validation of a Hospital Frailty Risk Score focusing on older people in acute care settings using electronic hospital records: an observational study Thomas J Gilbert, Jenny Neuburger, Joshua Kraindler et al. · The Lancet Open access 26 Apr 2018 1,548
2 The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health Harry Rutter, Natalie Savona, Ketevan Glonti et al. · The Lancet Open access 14 Jun 2017 1,313
3 The NHS long term plan Hugh Alderwick, Jennifer Dixon · BMJ Open access 7 Jan 2019 764
4 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care Mike A. Richards, Michael Anderson, Paul Carter et al. · Nature Cancer Open access 20 May 2020 608
5 Meanings and Misunderstandings: A Social Determinants of Health Lexicon for Health Care Systems Hugh Alderwick, Laura M. Gottlieb · Milbank Quarterly Open access 8 May 2019 529
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Health Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Public Health, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, COVID-19, Chronic Disease Management, Quality Improvement and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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. Primary Care24▲ 34×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology22▲ 2.9×72 topics
  3. Public Health19▲ 6.7×33 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 5.0×30 topics
  5. COVID-1912▲ 4.9×18 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Quality Improvement8▲ 21×8 topics
  8. Healthcare8▲ 3.5×13 topics
  9. Health Inequalities6▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Risk Factors6▲ 2.9×19 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 10×9 topics
  12. Health Equity6▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  14. Healthcare Workers6▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Health System Reform5▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Social Support5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  17. Health Disparities5▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Chronic Conditions5▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Continuity of Care5▲ 56×2 topics
  20. NHS5▲ 184×2 topics
  21. Patient-Centered Medical Home5▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Pay for Performance5▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Health Care Utilization5▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Comorbidity5▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Health Services5▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Health Outcomes4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  27. Healthcare Utilization4▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Mortality4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  29. Multimorbidity4▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Patient Complexity4▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Communication4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  32. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Gender Differences4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  34. Health Care Spending4▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Insurance Markets4▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Workforce Planning4▲ 55×1 topic
  37. doctors' strikes4▲ 180×1 topic
  38. Social Determinants4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Chronic Disease4▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Career Choice3▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Health Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Healthcare Policy and Management and Healthcare Systems and Challenges.

Primary Care and Health …5Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…4Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…4Healthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and C…4Healthcare Systems and Challenges: 4 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 3 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…2Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyEconomics and EconometricsHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomes Health 3 works
  7. 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.6%domestic only62.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Health Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Health Foundation0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Health Foundation 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 counting10%20%Health Foundation16.1% 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 19.9% in 2018.

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