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Hospice UK

In research, Hospice UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,082 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#6,725 of 8,541 worldwide) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (#686 of 858 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 25.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,510
of 22,385 · #17,592 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#415
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Hospice UK

What is Hospice 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 #5,082 of 9,902 6.8%225 #9568
MedicineField #6,725 of 8,541 7.4%160 #11002
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #686 of 858 7.5%103 #1557
Health ProfessionsField #1,666 of 1,895 5.8%62 #2841
Social SciencesDomain #9,004 of 9,585 5.8%62 #13069

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospice 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#9,568 #5,082
  2. Medicine#11,002 #6,725
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#1,557 #686
  4. Health Professions#2,841 #1,666
  5. Social Sciences#13,069 #9,004
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Hospice UK work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Hospice UK is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Health Professions (20%), Psychology (11%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 244 fractional works · 75.8% of its workMedicine: 175 fractional works · 54.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 108 fractional works · 33.6% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 66 fractional works · 20.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 45 fractional works · 13.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 67 fractional works · 20.8% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 10.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospice UK322fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences76%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. Medicine17554.4%
    2. Health Professions6620.4%
    3. Nursing31.0%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology3410.6%
    2. Social Sciences185.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Neuroscience30.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Computer Science31.0%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Engineering00.1%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospice UK specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 25.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 108.2 works25×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 44.8 works10×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.74× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 175 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.48× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions7.74×66 works
  2. Psychology3.48×34 works
  3. Medicine2.83×175 works
  4. Nursing1.96×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×5 works
  6. Neuroscience0.56×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.47×4 works
  8. Social Sciences0.44×18 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.25×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.13×3 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×2 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.06×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  21. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospice UK?

Ranked on the quality score, Suzy Croft, Ros Taylor and Julia Russell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospice UK.

  1. 1 Suzy Croft United Kingdom · #819,351 worldwide 1.3k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Ros Taylor United Kingdom · #1,817,401 worldwide 987 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Julia Russell United Kingdom · #2,207,357 worldwide 154 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Christina Faull United Kingdom · #2,288,445 worldwide 2.1k citations · 210 works
  5. 5 Sarah Russell United Kingdom · #2,354,810 worldwide 1.5k citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Luke Feathers United Kingdom · #2,663,006 worldwide 275 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Eleni Tsiompanou United Kingdom · #2,892,170 worldwide 323 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Charles E. Daniels United Kingdom · #3,102,032 worldwide 467 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Marie A. Cooper United Kingdom · #3,248,456 worldwide 691 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Andrew Hoy United Kingdom · #3,421,747 worldwide 96 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Hospice UK

What are the most cited papers from Hospice UK?

The most cited paper from Hospice UK is "Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report" (Felícia Marie Knaul et al., 2017), with 1,486 citations. Next come "Redefining Palliative Care—A New Consensus-Based Definition" (1,291) and "Influence of psychological response on survival in breast cancer: a population-based cohort study" (711).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report Felícia Marie Knaul et al. · The Lancet 13 Oct 2017 1,486
2 Redefining Palliative Care—A New Consensus-Based Definition Lukas Radbruch et al. · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Open access 6 May 2020 1,291
3 Influence of psychological response on survival in breast cancer: a population-based cohort study Maggie Watson, Joanne Haviland, Steven Greer et al. · The Lancet Oct 1999 711
4 Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life Libby Sallnow et al. · The Lancet Open access 31 Jan 2022 650
5 Promoting psychological well-being in the face of serious illness: when theory, research and practice inform each other Susan Folkman, Steven Greer · Psycho-Oncology 2000 555
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospice UK?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Palliative Care, End-of-Life, Ethical Considerations, Health Care Costs, Advance Care Planning, Family Perspectives, Quality of Life and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Palliative Care99▲ 201×4 topics
  2. End-of-Life96▲ 340×3 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations92▲ 83×8 topics
  4. Health Care Costs87▲ 342×2 topics
  5. Advance Care Planning87▲ 468×1 topic
  6. Family Perspectives87▲ 468×1 topic
  7. Quality of Life37▲ 7.9×30 topics
  8. Mental Health28▲ 6.1×18 topics
  9. Primary Care24▲ 20×11 topics
  10. Treatment22▲ 5.6×11 topics
  11. Resilience22▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Psychological Impact21▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Bereavement19▲ 177×1 topic
  14. Complicated Grief19▲ 177×1 topic
  15. Quality of Care16▲ 58×4 topics
  16. Public Health16▲ 3.3×21 topics
  17. Elderly Care13▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Collaborative Practice12▲ 90×2 topics
  19. Communication10▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Intensive Care Unit10▲ 25×4 topics
  21. Elderly Patients10▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Patient Care9▲ 24×4 topics
  23. Long-Term Care9▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Dignity Therapy9▲ 188×1 topic
  25. Patient Dignity9▲ 188×1 topic
  26. Critical Care9▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Chronic Conditions8▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Outcomes8▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Patient-Centered Care8▲ 34×3 topics
  30. Healthcare Communication8▲ 29×4 topics
  31. Resuscitation8▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Patient Experience8▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Integrated Care8▲ 59×2 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 7.8×5 topics
  35. Interprofessional Education8▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Teamwork8▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Ethical Implications7▲ 46×2 topics
  38. Nursing Home7▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Person-Centered Care7▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Family Needs7▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospice UK publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Patient Dignity and Privacy and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration.

Palliative Care and End-…87Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 87 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 19 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Privacy: 9 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 8 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 7 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 7 fractional worksGlobal Healthcare and Medical Tourism: 7 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 6 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 5 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsRadiological and Ultrasound Technology1 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 87 works
  2. 2 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 19 works
  3. 3 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  4. 4 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 8 works
  5. 5 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 7 works
  7. 7 Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism General Health Professions 7 works
  8. 8 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 6 works
  9. 9 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 4 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospice UK's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hospice UK as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hospice UK0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospice 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospice UK4.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2008.

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