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King's College London

In research, King's College London stands highest in Social Sciences (#29 of 9,585 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#4 of 1,187 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#38 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health, Periodontics and Biological Psychiatry (Psychiatry and Mental health is 4.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#76
of 22,385 · #123 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#7
of 862
Research works
143k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4M
31.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.36×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
King's College London

What is King's College London 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
Social SciencesDomain #29 of 9,585 16.1%6,164 #46
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #4 of 1,187 18.2%743 #26
Social SciencesField #38 of 5,988 17.0%2,927 #59
Health SciencesDomain #66 of 9,902 15.0%7,119 #84
Business, Management and AccountingField #20 of 2,581 13.8%386 -
MedicineField #70 of 8,541 14.9%5,873 #88
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #33 of 2,526 16.4%1,012 #72
Clinical PsychologySubfield #11 of 767 19.0%607 #18
PsychologyField #31 of 2,121 17.6%1,202 #40
Life SciencesDomain #106 of 6,403 13.5%1,948 #131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where King's College London 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. Social Sciences#46 #29
  2. Political Science and International Relations#26 #4
  3. Social Sciences#59 #38
  4. Health Sciences#84 #66
  5. Medicine#88 #70
  6. Sociology and Political Science#72 #33
  7. Clinical Psychology#18 #11
  8. Psychology#40 #31
  9. Life Sciences#131 #106
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 King's College London work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at King's College London is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (16%), Psychology (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 8,096 fractional works · 39.9% of its workMedicine: 6,712 fractional works · 33.0% of its workSurgery: 659 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 518 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 470 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 460 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 446 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 426 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 402 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 346 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 302 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 268 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 248 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 210 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 180 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 167 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 143 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 121 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 113 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 253 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 970 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 635 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 301 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 114 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,884 fractional works · 33.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,262 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,124 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 817 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 212 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 170 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 161 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 101 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 143 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1,371 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 682 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 287 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 213 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 103 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,026 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhilosophy: 211 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 193 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 169 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 103 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 610 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 413 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 142 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 419 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 131 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 196 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 89 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,072 fractional works · 15.1% of its workComputer Science: 963 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 422 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 123 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 158 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 767 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 270 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 151 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 181 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 466 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 111 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 105 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 330 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 200 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 144 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2,257 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,093 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 576 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 250 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 717 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 369 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 111 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 254 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 213 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 128 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKing's CollegeLondon20kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences34%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences8,09639.9%
    1. Medicine6,71233.0%
    2. Health Professions9704.8%
    3. Dentistry3011.5%
    4. Nursing1020.5%
    5. Veterinary110.1%
  2. Social Sciences6,88433.9%
    1. Social Sciences3,26216.1%
    2. Psychology1,3716.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities1,0265.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6103.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting4192.1%
    6. Decision Sciences1961.0%
    1. Computer Science9634.7%
    2. Engineering7673.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy4662.3%
    4. Environmental Science3301.6%
    5. Mathematics2001.0%
    6. Materials Science1440.7%
    7. Chemistry910.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences640.3%
    9. Energy370.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.0%
  4. Life Sciences2,25711.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,0935.4%
    2. Neuroscience7173.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2541.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1280.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics650.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does King's College London specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 425.5 works4.2×
  2. PeriodonticsSubfield · 113.6 works4.1×
  3. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 45.7 works4.1×
  4. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.6 works3.9×
  5. MusicSubfield · 61.4 works3.7×
  6. Applied PsychologySubfield · 102.7 works3.5×
  7. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 102.6 works3.3×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 1,093 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 254 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.17× its world share, 717 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 65 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 91 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 963 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 64 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 37 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 768 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 330 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 144 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 200 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 466 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 301 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 970 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 6,712 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 102 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.75× its world share, 1,026 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 419 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 196 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 610 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.22× its world share, 1,372 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 3,262 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.05×301 works
  2. Psychology2.22×1,372 works
  3. Neuroscience2.17×717 works
  4. Health Professions1.81×970 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.75×1,026 works
  6. Medicine1.72×6,712 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×610 works
  8. Social Sciences1.27×3,262 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.24×254 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.03×466 works
  11. Nursing1.02×102 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×1,093 works
  13. Decision Sciences1.00×196 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×65 works
  15. Mathematics0.84×200 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×419 works
  17. Computer Science0.61×963 works
  18. Veterinary0.41×11 works
  19. Environmental Science0.33×330 works
  20. Chemistry0.29×91 works
  21. Engineering0.25×768 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×64 works
  23. Energy0.20×37 works
  24. Materials Science0.20×144 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.14×10 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×128 works

Who are the top researchers at King's College London?

Ranked on the quality score, Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi and Anne Jackson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King's College London.

  1. 1 Terrie E. Moffitt United Kingdom · #82 worldwide 195k citations · 924 works
  2. 2 Avshalom Caspi United Kingdom · #99 worldwide 152k citations · 781 works
  3. 3 Anne Jackson United Kingdom · #1,931 worldwide 71k citations · 1,200 works
  4. 4 Massimo Mangino United Kingdom · #2,907 worldwide 108k citations · 541 works
  5. 5 Yavin Shaham United Kingdom · #2,949 worldwide 38k citations · 2,191 works
  6. 6 Mairi Sakellariadou United Kingdom · #3,612 worldwide 66k citations · 457 works
  7. 7 Louise Arseneault United Kingdom · #3,739 worldwide 44k citations · 335 works
  8. 8 Barry B. Halliwell United Kingdom · #4,372 worldwide 179k citations · 932 works
  9. 9 Marlies Ostermann United Kingdom · #4,485 worldwide 49k citations · 661 works
  10. 10 Andrew N.J. Tutt United Kingdom · #5,153 worldwide 88k citations · 775 works
All ranked researchers at King's College London

What are the most cited papers from King's College London?

The most cited paper from King's College London is "PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation" (Andrea C. Tricco et al., 2018), with 43,960 citations. Next come "Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay" (26,207) and "[Japanese version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory--a scoring system for neuropsychiatric disturbance in dementia patients]." (20,864).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation Andrea C. Tricco et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 3 Sep 2018 43,960
2 Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay Roberta Re, Nicoletta Pellegrini, Anna R. Proteggente et al. · Free Radical Biology and Medicine May 1999 26,207
3 [Japanese version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory--a scoring system for neuropsychiatric disturbance in dementia patients]. Nobutsugu Hirono, Etsuro Mori, Yoshitaka Ikejiri et al. · PubMed Mar 1997 20,864
4 The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence Samantha K. Brooks, Rebecca Webster, Louise E. Smith et al. · The Lancet Open access 26 Feb 2020 16,404
5 ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis Cedric E. Ginestet · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) 2011 14,905
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at King's College London?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Inflammation, Mental Health, Globalization, Quality of Life, Genetics and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,348▲ 1.67×134 topics
  2. Inflammation721▲ 1.67×83 topics
  3. Globalization667▲ 1.67×134 topics
  4. Mental Health604▲ 2.1×43 topics
  5. Quality of Life589▲ 2.0×56 topics
  6. Depression567▲ 3.2×25 topics
  7. Public Health499▲ 1.69×67 topics
  8. Treatment480▲ 1.94×51 topics
  9. Deep Learning473▼ 0.67×82 topics
  10. Machine Learning471▼ 0.70×89 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress451▲ 1.35×62 topics
  12. Genetics428▲ 3.0×25 topics
  13. Risk Factors401▲ 1.79×37 topics
  14. Human Rights366▲ 1.76×71 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease349▲ 1.51×38 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome343▲ 2.1×24 topics
  17. Prevalence319▲ 3.9×15 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders316▲ 2.7×20 topics
  19. Diagnosis303▲ 1.60×40 topics
  20. Anxiety291▲ 3.0×12 topics
  21. Identity290▲ 1.97×69 topics
  22. Colonialism290▲ 3.0×46 topics
  23. Global Burden269▲ 2.4×12 topics
  24. Gender264▲ 2.4×53 topics
  25. Neoliberalism256▲ 3.5×26 topics
  26. Nationalism255▲ 2.8×33 topics
  27. Adolescents236▲ 3.2×10 topics
  28. Ethics236▲ 2.3×49 topics
  29. Primary Care220▲ 2.9×15 topics
  30. International Law205▲ 3.2×25 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation204▲ 3.2×9 topics
  32. Neurobiology200▲ 3.8×10 topics
  33. Neuroimaging200▲ 3.6×11 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations190▲ 2.7×19 topics
  35. Global Governance179▲ 3.7×23 topics
  36. International Relations172▲ 3.5×28 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality162▲ 3.5×5 topics
  38. Psychiatric Disorders140▲ 5.1×4 topics
  39. Cognitive Therapy138▲ 6.0×3 topics
  40. Mental Disorders135▲ 5.8×3 topics

Which research topics does King's College London publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Schizophrenia research a…84Schizophrenia research and treatment: 84 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…74Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 74 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 73 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…72Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 72 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…70Digital Mental Health Interventions: 70 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 67 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 62 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…61Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 61 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 60 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 57 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologySocial PsychologyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 84 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 74 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 73 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 72 works
  5. 5 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 70 works
  6. 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 67 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 62 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 61 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 60 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 57 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has King's College London's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower 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 King's College London as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.080% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%King's College London0.075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of King's College London 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%King's College London14.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.8% in 2014.

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Which institutions have research most like King's College London's?

Among the world's leading institutions, New York University has the research profile closest to King's College London's, with both strong in Neuroscience.

  1. 1 New York UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine 0.92 Compare
  2. 2 Indiana UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine 0.90 Compare
  3. 3 Boston UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Health Professions 0.90 Compare
  4. 4 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Dentistry 0.89 Compare
  5. 5 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Both strong in Dentistry, Neuroscience, Psychology 0.87 Compare

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