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Medicines Evaluation Unit

In research, Medicines Evaluation Unit stands highest in Medicine (#6,936 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,003 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#20,344
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,105
of 2,253
Research works
402
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.2k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Medicines Evaluation Unit 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
MedicineField #6,936 of 17,978 18.3%229
Health SciencesDomain #9,003 of 20,462 17.7%269

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medicines Evaluation Unit 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).

What does Medicines Evaluation Unit specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 33.1 works3.3×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.09× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medicines Evaluation Unit?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Higham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medicines Evaluation Unit.

  1. 1 Andrew Higham United Kingdom · #111,916 worldwide 648 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Medicines Evaluation Unit

Which keywords describe research at Medicines Evaluation Unit?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Management, Global Burden, Respiratory, COPD, spirometry, Inflammation and Treatment.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Diagnosis12▲ 26×4 topics
  2. Management12▲ 30×4 topics
  3. Global Burden12▲ 43×4 topics
  4. Respiratory12▲ 236×2 topics
  5. COPD12▲ 341×1 topic
  6. spirometry12▲ 341×1 topic
  7. Epidemiology9▲ 4.2×15 topics
  8. Inflammation8▲ 7.8×16 topics
  9. Treatment7▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Asthma6▲ 130×2 topics
  11. Allergic Diseases6▲ 211×1 topic
  12. Eosinophils6▲ 211×1 topic
  13. Genetics6▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Health Promotion2▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Prevention2▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Child Care2▲ 149×1 topic
  17. Infection Control Measures2▲ 149×1 topic
  18. Chronic Cough2▲ 159×1 topic
  19. Cough Reflex Sensitivity2▲ 159×1 topic
  20. Acute Lung Injury2▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Inflammatory Diseases2▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Inhaler Devices2▲ 141×1 topic
  24. Pulmonary Drug Delivery2▲ 141×1 topic
  25. IL-332▲ 157×1 topic
  26. Innate Lymphoid Cells2▲ 157×1 topic
  27. Regulatory T Cells2▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Immunity1▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. Immune Response1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  30. Systematic Review1▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Pandemic1▲ 1.82×4 topics

Which research topics does Medicines Evaluation Unit publish most on?

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

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…12Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 12 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…6Asthma and respiratory diseases: 6 fractional worksPediatric health and res…2Pediatric health and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Re…2Respiratory and Cough-Related Research: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …2Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 2 fractional worksIL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways: 2 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyEmergency Medical ServicesImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 6 works
  3. 3 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  4. 4 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways Immunology 2 works
  8. 8 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.1%domestic only59.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medicines Evaluation Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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