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Medical Research Foundation

In research, Medical Research Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#7,841 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,487 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,131
of 28,054 · #7,029 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#675
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Medical Research Foundation 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 #7,841 of 10,443 8.7%65 #2854
Health SciencesDomain #9,487 of 11,982 8.6%73 #3683

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical Research Foundation 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).

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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.24× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.11× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medical Research Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph Greenberg, Fausto G. Araujo and C.A. Hunter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Joseph Greenberg United Kingdom · #3,322 worldwide 1.1k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Fausto G. Araujo United Kingdom · #241,232 worldwide 106 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 C.A. Hunter United Kingdom · #274,788 worldwide 167 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 P. Thulliez United Kingdom · #294,423 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 B.H.J. Hofstee United Kingdom · #367,885 worldwide 134 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Jill M. Forrest United Kingdom · #386,706 worldwide 70 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Norman Molomut United Kingdom · #1,373,219 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Yoko WATANABE United Kingdom · #1,380,900 worldwide 14 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Tetsuji KADOTANI United Kingdom · #1,385,227 worldwide 11 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Caroline Wilson United Kingdom · #1,460,948 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Medical Research Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Medical Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Antibiotic Resistance, Oxidative Stress, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Macular Degeneration and Intravitreal Injection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.6×61 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 3.1×38 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.1×22 topics
  4. Risk Factors5▲ 3.6×16 topics
  5. Cancer4▲ 2.9×25 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.4×19 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×18 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 2.5×18 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 8.9×8 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 2.8×18 topics
  11. Diagnosis4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  12. Mental Health3▲ 1.98×13 topics
  13. Global Burden3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  15. Macular Degeneration3▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Intravitreal Injection3▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Management3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  18. Depression3▲ 2.6×8 topics
  19. Genetics2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  20. Global Prevalence2▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Myopia2▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  23. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  24. Diabetic Retinopathy2▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Primary Care2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  26. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor2▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Drug Resistance2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Glaucoma2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Refractive Error2▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Visual Impairment2▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Behçet's Disease2▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Choroidal Thickness2▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Retinal Pigment Epithelium2▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Uveitis2▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Endophthalmitis2▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Optic Nerve2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Optical Coherence Tomography2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Performance2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Medical Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome and Radiation Dose and Imaging.

Ophthalmology and Visual…2Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…2Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 2 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 1 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hyper…1Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional worksHeavy Metals in Plants: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyOphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiological Psychiatry4 others

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

  1. 1 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  3. 3 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 2 works
  4. 4 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 1 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  8. 8 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 works
  10. 10 Heavy Metals in Plants Analytical Chemistry 1 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.6%domestic only43.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medical Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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