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Institute of Occupational Medicine

In research, Institute of Occupational Medicine stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,311 of 21,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,203 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,360 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,735
of 28,054 · #9,925 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#324
of 1,094
Research works
603
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
31.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Institute of Occupational Medicine 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,311 of 21,541 26.3%201
Health SciencesDomain #8,203 of 20,462 21.6%295
MedicineField #9,360 of 17,978 20.3%233

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Occupational Medicine 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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.64× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.25× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.61× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Occupational Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Michael Davis, Damien McElvenny and Joanne Crawford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Occupational Medicine.

  1. 1 J. Michael Davis United Kingdom · #92,618 worldwide 241 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Damien McElvenny United Kingdom · #292,833 worldwide 71 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Joanne Crawford United Kingdom · #408,965 worldwide 88 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Karen S. Galea United Kingdom · #435,509 worldwide 63 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 John W. Cherrie United Kingdom · #456,995 worldwide 105 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Miranda Loh United Kingdom · #568,466 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Araceli Sánchez Jiménez United Kingdom · #593,999 worldwide 65 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Brian G. Miller United Kingdom · #598,063 worldwide 98 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 William Mueller United Kingdom · #905,019 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Hilary Cowie United Kingdom · #976,917 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Occupational Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Occupational Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Mortality, Particulate Matter, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiological Studies, Global Burden of Disease and Public 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.6×31 topics
  2. Health Effects7▲ 16×10 topics
  3. Mortality6▲ 16×6 topics
  4. Particulate Matter5▲ 53×2 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 4.3×10 topics
  6. Public Health4▲ 4.5×16 topics
  7. COVID-194▲ 4.6×12 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  9. Epidemiological Studies4▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 21×3 topics
  11. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.0×7 topics
  12. Air Pollution3▲ 39×1 topic
  13. Fine Particulate Air Pollution3▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Healthcare3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  15. Forecasting3▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Quality of Life3▲ 2.9×16 topics
  17. Genetics3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. Pandemic3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  19. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  21. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  22. Risk Factors2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  23. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  24. Management2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  25. Air Quality Monitoring2▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Environmental Exposure2▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Low-Cost Sensors2▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Radiation Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Toxicity2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  30. BAP1 mutations2▲ 156×1 topic
  31. Human Health2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma2▲ 156×1 topic
  33. Accident Prevention2▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  35. Safety Culture2▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Antimicrobial1▲ 7.4×1 topic
  37. Emergency Department Visits1▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Oncology1▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Silver1▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Stroke1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Occupational Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Occupational and environmental lung diseases and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications.

Air Quality and Health I…3Air Quality and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 2 fractional worksOccupational and environ…2Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 2 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…1Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…1Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…1Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksLegal and Labor Studies1Legal and Labor Studies: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisEnvironmental EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  2. 2 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  7. 7 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Legal and Labor Studies Industrial relations 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Occupational Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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