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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

In research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine stands highest in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (#96 of 828 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,551 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,413 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,646
of 28,054 · #2,529 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#105
of 1,094
Research works
4.7k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
179k
37.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #96 of 828 44.4%97 #64
Health SciencesDomain #1,551 of 11,982 32.3%373 #1250
MedicineField #1,413 of 10,443 32.5%316 #1130
Life SciencesDomain #1,224 of 7,800 34.8%142 #1072
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #194 of 345 27.9%61 #144
Social SciencesDomain #6,820 of 10,521 33.0%73 #5425

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Liverpool School of Tropical 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#64 #96
  2. Health Sciences#1,250 #1,551
  3. Medicine#1,130 #1,413
  4. Life Sciences#1,072 #1,224
  5. Infectious Diseases#144 #194
  6. Social Sciences#5,425 #6,820
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 60.8 works14×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 96.8 works12×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 47.1 works7.4×
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 32.9 works7.0×
← 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: 1.09× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.43× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 316 worksMedicineNursing: 3.89× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.36× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Garner, Bernard J. Brabin and H. M. Gilles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

  1. 1 Paul Garner United Kingdom · #7,340 worldwide 671 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Bernard J. Brabin United Kingdom · #48,169 worldwide 328 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 H. M. Gilles United Kingdom · #58,713 worldwide 173 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Feiko O. ter Kuile United Kingdom · #61,374 worldwide 241 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Daniela M. Ferreira United Kingdom · #74,009 worldwide 209 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Joseph M. Lewis United Kingdom · #95,389 worldwide 134 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Janet Hemingway United Kingdom · #99,032 worldwide 247 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 David G. Lalloo United Kingdom · #99,221 worldwide 168 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 R. G. Hendrickse United Kingdom · #99,777 worldwide 165 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Duolao Wang United Kingdom · #100,629 worldwide 252 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Insecticide Resistance, Global Burden, Genome Sequence, Artemisinin Resistance and Plasmodium falciparum.

▲ 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. Epidemiology162▲ 6.5×97 topics
  2. Vaccine Development69▲ 43×11 topics
  3. Vector Control43▲ 58×4 topics
  4. Insecticide Resistance42▲ 87×4 topics
  5. Global Burden41▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Public Health38▲ 4.1×44 topics
  7. Genome Sequence36▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Diagnosis34▲ 5.8×28 topics
  9. Artemisinin Resistance31▲ 158×1 topic
  10. Plasmodium falciparum31▲ 158×1 topic
  11. Immune Response30▲ 8.6×20 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality30▲ 22×5 topics
  13. Arboviral Diseases30▲ 73×1 topic
  14. Zika Virus30▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Vaccine29▲ 11×11 topics
  16. Treatment27▲ 3.6×28 topics
  17. Drug Resistance27▲ 15×7 topics
  18. Helminth Infections27▲ 112×2 topics
  19. Pathogenesis27▲ 8.3×20 topics
  20. Health Inequalities26▲ 34×4 topics
  21. Community Health Workers25▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Socio-economic Factors25▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Child Mortality24▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Health Systems24▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Immunomodulation20▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Disease Burden19▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Toxins17▲ 29×4 topics
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy17▲ 17×6 topics
  29. Global Epidemiology17▲ 62×2 topics
  30. Immune Regulation17▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity16▲ 5.9×9 topics
  32. Schistosomiasis16▲ 96×1 topic
  33. Soil-Transmitted Helminths16▲ 96×1 topic
  34. SARS-CoV-216▲ 7.6×6 topics
  35. Evolution15▲ 9.6×7 topics
  36. Zoonotic Infections15▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Ivermectin14▲ 84×2 topics
  38. Vaccination14▲ 29×4 topics
  39. Global Health14▲ 14×6 topics
  40. Transmission13▲ 40×3 topics

Which research topics does Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Global Maternal and Child Health and Parasites and Host Interactions.

Malaria Research and Control: 31 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 30 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 24 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 16 fractional worksVenomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 13 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Resea…11Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 11 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 10 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 8 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 8 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthParasitologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 31 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 30 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 24 works
  4. 4 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 16 works
  5. 5 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 13 works
  6. 6 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 11 works
  7. 7 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 10 works
  8. 8 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 9 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 8 works
  10. 10 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 8 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.2%domestic only53.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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.

Other research institutions in Liverpool

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.