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Medical Research Council

In research, Medical Research Council stands highest in Medicine (#559 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#791 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#548 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,273
of 28,054 · #247 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#50
of 1,094
Research works
16k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
82.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Medical Research Council 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 #559 of 10,443 38.8%222 #119
Health SciencesDomain #791 of 11,982 37.5%246 #137
Life SciencesDomain #548 of 7,800 46.9%203 #61
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #426 of 3,579 47.2%134 #55
Molecular BiologySubfield #466 of 2,175 46.2%81 #59

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical Research Council 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#119 #559
  2. Health Sciences#137 #791
  3. Life Sciences#61 #548
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#55 #426
  5. Molecular Biology#59 #466
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 Medical Research Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 28.6 works7.8×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.68× its world share, 134 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.21× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.01× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 2.42× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medical Research Council?

Ranked on the composite score, D. P. Burkitt, Simon G. Thompson and John H. Cummings lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical Research Council.

  1. 1 D. P. Burkitt United Kingdom · #8,230 worldwide 783 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Simon G. Thompson United Kingdom · #8,748 worldwide 1k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 John H. Cummings United Kingdom · #13,800 worldwide 1.2k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Francis Crick United Kingdom · #14,104 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 P. L. Mollison United Kingdom · #19,910 worldwide 490 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 G.T. Macfarlane United Kingdom · #21,963 worldwide 957 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 D. Ε. Broadbent United Kingdom · #24,598 worldwide 581 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Wallace Fox United Kingdom · #29,316 worldwide 320 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 A. E. Mourant United Kingdom · #30,311 worldwide 287 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 D.A. Mitchison United Kingdom · #36,088 worldwide 320 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Medical Research Council

Which keywords describe research at Medical Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Aging, Antifungal Therapy and Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 3.0×112 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 2.9×75 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress30▲ 3.4×50 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 4.0×35 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 4.8×21 topics
  6. Public Health20▲ 2.6×41 topics
  7. Cancer19▲ 2.6×44 topics
  8. Gene Expression17▲ 5.1×16 topics
  9. Aging16▲ 5.7×16 topics
  10. Immune Response15▲ 5.0×19 topics
  11. Biomarkers14▲ 3.9×16 topics
  12. Obesity14▲ 3.5×20 topics
  13. Antifungal Therapy14▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Mitochondrial Dysfunction14▲ 8.9×12 topics
  15. Vaccine13▲ 6.0×11 topics
  16. Diagnosis12▲ 2.5×32 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders12▲ 4.0×18 topics
  18. Genetics12▲ 3.1×21 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy11▲ 3.7×16 topics
  20. Genetic Variation11▲ 9.9×8 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance11▲ 4.5×9 topics
  22. Metabolic Regulation10▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration10▲ 6.0×8 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy10▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Cell Death10▲ 7.6×6 topics
  26. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Population Genetics9▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Immunocompromised Patients9▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Drug Resistance8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  30. Biofilm Formation8▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Genome-Wide Association8▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Candidiasis8▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Haplotype Mapping8▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Mendelian Randomization8▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Vaccine Development8▲ 5.7×7 topics
  36. Aspergillosis8▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Invasive Fungal Infections8▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Neurodegenerative Diseases8▲ 8.5×6 topics
  39. Mitochondria7▲ 9.4×5 topics
  40. Virulence Factors7▲ 8.5×7 topics

Which research topics does Medical Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology and Fungal Infections and Studies.

Genetic Associations and…8Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…8Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 8 fractional worksMitochondrial Function a…6Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 6 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…5Fungal Infections and Studies: 5 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…4Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 4 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional works
GeneticsInfectious DiseasesMolecular BiologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 8 works
  2. 2 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 8 works
  3. 3 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 6 works
  4. 4 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 5 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  9. 9 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medical Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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