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Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,574 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#15,322 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,277 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,088
of 28,054 · #32,370 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#862
of 1,094
Research works
368
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust 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
Social SciencesDomain #10,574 of 16,945 22.3%149
Health SciencesDomain #15,322 of 20,462 10.9%198
MedicineField #16,277 of 17,978 9.4%139

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust 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).

What does Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 20.1 works20×
  2. PsychologyField · 27.7 works9.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.24× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.54× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.67× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Primary Care, Epidemiology, Adolescents, Quality of Life, Prevalence and Health Services.

▲ 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. Mental Health11▲ 7.9×17 topics
  2. Depression10▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Epidemiology10▲ 2.7×26 topics
  4. Primary Care9▲ 24×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 4.5×16 topics
  6. Adolescents6▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Prevalence4▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Health Services4▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Anxiety4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  10. Psychological Distress4▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Emotion Regulation4▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Resilience4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  14. Cognitive Therapy3▲ 31×3 topics
  15. Health Disparities3▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Mental Disorders3▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Psychopathology3▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Communication3▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Psychological Interventions3▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  21. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 23×6 topics
  22. Children3▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Social Cognition3▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Autoantibodies3▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Stress3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  26. Antipsychotic Drugs2▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Comorbidity2▲ 24×4 topics
  28. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  30. Neurocognitive Deficits2▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Chronic Conditions2▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Cytokines2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  33. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Anxiety Disorders2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Coping Strategies2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Utilization2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Multimorbidity2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Parenting2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Psychological Impact2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  40. Behavioral Problems2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Schizophrenia research a…2Schizophrenia research and treatment: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiologyClinical PsychologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  7. 7 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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