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Healthcare Improvement Scotland

healthcareimprovementscotland.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#27,983
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,486
of 2,253
Research works
147
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 13.73× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 4.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Healthcare Improvement Scotland?

Ranked on the composite score, Kevin Rooney and Jacqueline Sneddon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

  1. 1 Kevin Rooney United Kingdom · #410,026 worldwide 46 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jacqueline Sneddon United Kingdom · #677,347 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Which keywords describe research at Healthcare Improvement Scotland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Patient Satisfaction, Public Health, Quality Improvement, Health Workforce, Collaborative Practice, Epidemiology and Advanced Practice Nursing.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care3▲ 30×6 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.6×18 topics
  3. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 32×5 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  5. Health Workforce2▲ 160×2 topics
  6. Quality Improvement2▲ 36×4 topics
  7. Collaborative Practice2▲ 157×2 topics
  8. Advanced Practice Nursing1▲ 432×1 topic
  9. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Nurse Practitioners1▲ 432×1 topic
  11. Inappropriate Medication Use1▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Infectious Diseases1▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Patient Outcomes1▲ 88×2 topics
  14. Polypharmacy1▲ 124×1 topic
  15. Global Health1▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Interdisciplinary Collaboration1▲ 69×2 topics
  17. Qualitative Research1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  20. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Education1▲ 2.3×1 topic
  22. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  24. Neuroscience1▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Healthcare Improvement Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nursing Roles and Practices, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

Nursing Roles and Practi…1Nursing Roles and Practices: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…1Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education …1Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…1Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…1Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsGeriatrics and GerontologyCognitive NeuroscienceApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology2 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Healthcare Improvement Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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