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In research, Insigneo stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,719 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,566 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,009
of 22,385 · #7,381 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#477
of 862
Research works
305
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Insigneo

What is Insigneo known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #2,719 of 16,688 23.1%158
MedicineField #2,566 of 14,558 22.8%149

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Insigneo is in Health Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Engineering (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 58 fractional works · 51.7% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 49.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 35.6% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInsigneo113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences1%

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. Medicine5649.5%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Engineering2018.0%
    2. Materials Science76.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy54.8%
    4. Computer Science32.6%
    5. Chemistry21.7%
    6. Environmental Science10.8%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.6%
    2. Neuroscience33.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Psychology10.5%
    2. Decision Sciences00.4%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.81× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.57×56 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.15×5 works
  3. Neuroscience1.85×3 works
  4. Materials Science1.81×7 works
  5. Dentistry1.45×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.34×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×8 works
  8. Engineering1.20×20 works
  9. Chemistry1.07×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.56×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.53×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  13. Energy0.39×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.34×3 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  18. Nursing0.22×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.17×1 works
  21. Psychology0.17×1 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Insigneo?

Ranked on the quality score, ROBERT GOLDSBOROUGH OWEN and Erica Montefiori lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Insigneo.

  1. 1 ROBERT GOLDSBOROUGH OWEN United Kingdom · #1,467,673 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Erica Montefiori United Kingdom · #2,754,217 worldwide 351 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Insigneo

What are the most cited papers from Insigneo?

The most cited paper from Insigneo is "2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension" (Marc Humbert et al., 2022), with 2,235 citations. Next come "Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota in disease" (1,725) and "Endothelial responses to shear stress in atherosclerosis: a novel role for developmental genes" (503).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension Marc Humbert et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 25 Aug 2022 2,235
2 Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota in disease Simon R. Carding, Kristin Verbeke, Daniel T. Vipond et al. · Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease Open access 2 Feb 2015 1,725
3 Endothelial responses to shear stress in atherosclerosis: a novel role for developmental genes Céline Souilhol, Jovana Serbanovic‐Canic, Maria Fragiadaki et al. · Nature Reviews Cardiology Review 31 Jul 2019 503
4 Computational fluid dynamics modelling in cardiovascular medicine Paul David Morris, Andrew James Narracott, Hendrik von Tengg‐Kobligk et al. · Heart Open access 28 Oct 2015 498
5 Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: a position paper of the ESC Working Group for Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, and the ESC Council of Basic Cardiovascular Science Paul Charles Evans, G. Ed Rainger, Justin Charles Mason et al. · Cardiovascular Research Open access 24 Jul 2020 456
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Insigneo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Echocardiography, Tissue Engineering, Endothelial Dysfunction, Biomedical Applications, Chronic Kidney Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Assessment.

▲ 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. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 34×5 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 2.0×19 topics
  3. Echocardiography7▲ 23×5 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications7▲ 5.0×19 topics
  5. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 22×5 topics
  6. Tissue Engineering6▲ 8.5×11 topics
  7. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 17×2 topics
  8. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Right Heart Assessment5▲ 107×1 topic
  10. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 20×1 topic
  11. Inflammation5▲ 1.95×24 topics
  12. Biomechanics4▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.0×18 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Wnt Signaling4▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Bone Mineral Density4▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Obesity4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  20. Fractures3▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Osteoporotic Fractures3▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Self-Assembly3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  23. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Radiation Exposure3▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Atomic Magnetometer3▲ 88×1 topic
  26. Computed Tomography Angiography3▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Hyperpolarized Gases3▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Myocardial Perfusion3▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Heart Failure3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  30. Hydrogels3▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  32. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Emulsions2▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Biomaterials2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  36. Colloidal Particles2▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Flexible Electronics2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Health Monitoring2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Nanogenerators2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Wearable2▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Insigneo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Bone health and osteoporosis research, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research.

Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Phy…3Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …2Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksPickering emulsions and particle stabilization: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOrthopedics and Sports MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3 others

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

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization Materials Chemistry 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 available72.2%not open27.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Insigneo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting201520202025
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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 Insigneo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Insigneo0.00044% in 20252020

Fractional works of Insigneo 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%Insigneo13.5% 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 31.5% in 2020.

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