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Littlemore Hospital

In research, Littlemore Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,942 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#6,982 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#14,081 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,234
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#797
of 1,844
Research works
421
▲ 125% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Littlemore Hospital

What is Littlemore Hospital 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 #5,942 of 16,688 9.6%152
MedicineField #6,982 of 14,558 10.0%132
Social SciencesDomain #14,081 of 14,833 7.6%137

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

In all years, 36% of research at Littlemore Hospital is in Health Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Psychology (20%), Neuroscience (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 152 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 31.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 38 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 137 fractional works · 32.6% of its workPsychology: 84 fractional works · 19.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 54 fractional works · 12.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 111 fractional works · 26.5% of its workNeuroscience: 70 fractional works · 16.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 8.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 4.8% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLittlemoreHospital421fractional works, all years
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences33%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine13231.4%
    2. Health Professions184.4%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology8419.9%
    2. Social Sciences266.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities235.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Neuroscience7016.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology266.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology92.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    1. Chemistry61.4%
    2. Computer Science51.3%
    3. Engineering40.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    5. Materials Science20.4%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Environmental Science10.2%
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.

Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.98× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 5.96× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.58× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.58×2 works
  2. Nursing5.96×0 works
  3. Health Professions4.98×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.25×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.25×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.78×1 works
  7. Materials Science1.67×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.31×0 works
  9. Medicine0.75×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×0 works
  11. Engineering0.39×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.29×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Littlemore Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Moyra Williams, T. Kolakowska and B. M. Mandelbrote lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Littlemore Hospital.

  1. 1 Moyra Williams United Kingdom · #1,180,179 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 T. Kolakowska United Kingdom · #2,091,495 worldwide 1.6k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 B. M. Mandelbrote United Kingdom · #2,416,774 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Kenneth Dewhurst United Kingdom · #2,682,308 worldwide 1.8k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 David Julier United Kingdom · #2,852,898 worldwide 465 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 E. A. Greening Lamborn United Kingdom · #3,119,911 worldwide 14 citations · 99 works
  7. 7 C. Southern United Kingdom · #3,302,498 worldwide 846 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Stephen Wilson United Kingdom · #3,382,495 worldwide 3.2k citations · 270 works
  9. 9 John R. Robinson United Kingdom · #3,543,757 worldwide 380 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Christopher Butcher United Kingdom · #3,640,772 worldwide 283 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Littlemore Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Littlemore Hospital?

The most cited paper from Littlemore Hospital is "The role of interleukin–15 in T–cell migration and activation in rheumatoid arthritis" (Iain B. McInnes, Jamil Al-Mughales, Max Field et al., 1996), with 483 citations. Next come "A cognitive behavioural approach to the treatment of bulimia" (431) and "Relapse of depression after rapid depletion of tryptophan" (426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of interleukin–15 in T–cell migration and activation in rheumatoid arthritis Iain B. McInnes, Jamil Al-Mughales, Max Field et al. · Nature Medicine Feb 1996 483
2 A cognitive behavioural approach to the treatment of bulimia Christopher G. Fairburn · Psychological Medicine Nov 1981 431
3 Relapse of depression after rapid depletion of tryptophan KA Smith, C. G. Fairburn, Philip J. Cowen · The Lancet Mar 1997 426
4 Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport Julian Savulescu, Bennett Foddy, Megan L. Clayton · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 23 Nov 2004 380
5 Tryptophan depletion in normal volunteers produces selective impairments in learning and memory S.B. Park, Jennifer T. Coull, Rupert H. McShane et al. · Neuropharmacology Mar 1994 313
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Which keywords describe research at Littlemore Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Synaptic Plasticity, Prefrontal Cortex, Genetic Variation, Neurobiology and Serotonin.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Depression48▲ 15×17 topics
  2. Stress31▲ 18×6 topics
  3. Inflammation31▲ 3.1×25 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome25▲ 6.9×8 topics
  5. Synaptic Plasticity23▲ 18×3 topics
  6. Prefrontal Cortex23▲ 39×3 topics
  7. Genetic Variation23▲ 17×3 topics
  8. Neurobiology23▲ 16×9 topics
  9. Serotonin22▲ 79×2 topics
  10. Neural Plasticity22▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Dopamine22▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Reward Circuitry22▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Prevalence21▲ 13×11 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.6×12 topics
  15. Genetics20▲ 6.0×9 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis19▲ 8.2×9 topics
  17. Mental Health19▲ 4.0×20 topics
  18. Cognitive Impairment17▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Treatment-Resistant Depression17▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines17▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Quality of Life17▲ 3.0×21 topics
  22. NMDA Receptor16▲ 58×2 topics
  23. Antidepressant16▲ 141×1 topic
  24. Ketamine16▲ 141×1 topic
  25. Social Cognition15▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Antipsychotic Drugs15▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Cognitive Therapy15▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Neurocognitive Deficits15▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Cognitive Function14▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders14▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders13▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Neuroimaging13▲ 11×7 topics
  33. Neuroscience12▲ 9.1×8 topics
  34. Adolescents12▲ 8.3×6 topics
  35. Circadian Rhythms12▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Emotion Regulation11▲ 8.0×7 topics
  37. Neurobiological Correlates10▲ 26×3 topics
  38. Crisis Resolution10▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Home Treatment10▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Neuroinflammation10▲ 8.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Littlemore Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience and Engineering Education and Technology.

Nuclear and radioactivit…0Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 0 fractional worksTheatre and Performance …0Theatre and Performance Studies: 0 fractional worksCreativity in Education and Neuroscience: 0 fractional worksEngineering Education an…0Engineering Education and Technology: 0 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…0Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 0 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…0Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityVisual Arts and Performing ArtsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  2. 2 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  3. 3 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Engineering Education and Technology Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  6. 6 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 0 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 0 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 available20.4%not open79.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Littlemore Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 125% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Littlemore Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Littlemore Hospital0.000023% in 202519801990200020102020

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