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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#780 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,003 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,438 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Emergency Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,812
of 28,054 · #6,024 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#155
of 1,094
Research works
3.2k
▲ 264% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 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
MedicineField #780 of 10,443 12.0%965 #1332
Health SciencesDomain #1,003 of 11,982 12.0%1,070 #1557
Life SciencesDomain #2,438 of 7,800 18.8%119 #4224
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #429 of 1,144 10.8%165 #808
Health ProfessionsField #907 of 1,928 13.3%92 #2031
SurgerySubfield #988 of 1,816 8.4%144 #1689
Social SciencesDomain #7,820 of 10,521 14.8%83 #9689
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,742 of 3,579 20.1%68 #4900
EpidemiologySubfield #840 of 976 10.4%60 #1771
PhysiologySubfield #496 of 548 14.3%62 #1174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Manchester University 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).

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. Medicine#1,332 #780
  2. Health Sciences#1,557 #1,003
  3. Life Sciences#4,224 #2,438
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#808 #429
  5. Health Professions#2,031 #907
  6. Surgery#1,689 #988
  7. Social Sciences#9,689 #7,820
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,900 #2,742
  9. Epidemiology#1,771 #840
  10. Physiology#1,174 #496
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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 165.2 works8.2×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 25.3 works7.9×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 965 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, András Bikov, Nazia Chaudhuri and Andrew Bentley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 András Bikov United Kingdom · #40,895 worldwide 252 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Nazia Chaudhuri United Kingdom · #44,286 worldwide 229 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Andrew Bentley United Kingdom · #253,379 worldwide 85 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Lalantha Leelarathna United Kingdom · #276,853 worldwide 112 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Deena Harji United Kingdom · #281,060 worldwide 57 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Pilar Rivera‐Ortega United Kingdom · #415,463 worldwide 45 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 David J. Allen United Kingdom · #417,328 worldwide 100 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Nicole Wild United Kingdom · #418,188 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Vaibhav Modgil United Kingdom · #440,418 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Alexandra Sargent United Kingdom · #548,605 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Mortality, Diagnosis, Management, Complications and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology169▲ 3.2×122 topics
  2. Inflammation84▲ 3.1×73 topics
  3. Treatment74▲ 4.7×43 topics
  4. Diagnosis62▲ 5.1×37 topics
  5. Quality of Life62▲ 3.2×46 topics
  6. Mortality55▲ 7.2×13 topics
  7. Management51▲ 4.9×25 topics
  8. Complications44▲ 6.7×17 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 2.8×33 topics
  10. Risk Factors40▲ 2.8×31 topics
  11. Global Burden37▲ 5.3×12 topics
  12. Chemotherapy36▲ 3.9×22 topics
  13. Genetics36▲ 3.9×19 topics
  14. Guidelines36▲ 5.8×13 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines32▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Radiotherapy32▲ 6.3×13 topics
  17. Primary Care30▲ 6.1×13 topics
  18. Clinical Trials30▲ 3.4×18 topics
  19. Immunology25▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Rehabilitation25▲ 4.8×12 topics
  21. Asthma24▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Autoantibodies24▲ 7.9×8 topics
  23. Allergic Diseases23▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Eosinophils23▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Prevention23▲ 4.2×15 topics
  26. Cystic Fibrosis23▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Microbiota23▲ 8.1×3 topics
  28. Respiratory23▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Mutation Analysis23▲ 23×2 topics
  30. COPD22▲ 26×1 topic
  31. spirometry22▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Fibrosis22▲ 9.1×8 topics
  33. Pulmonary Infections21▲ 28×2 topics
  34. TGF-ß20▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Medical Education20▲ 6.0×11 topics
  36. Bronchiectasis20▲ 53×1 topic
  37. CFTR20▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Quality Improvement18▲ 7.2×8 topics
  39. Chronic Cough18▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Cough Reflex Sensitivity18▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances and Respiratory and Cough-Related Research.

Asthma and respiratory d…23Asthma and respiratory diseases: 23 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…22Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 22 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…20Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 20 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Re…18Respiratory and Cough-Related Research: 18 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 14 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 13 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…10Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 9 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 9 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 8 fractional works
PhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRheumatology

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 23 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  3. 3 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  4. 4 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 9 works
  9. 9 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 9 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available57.0%not open43.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 264% 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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