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Mental Health Research UK

In research, Mental Health Research UK stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,085 of 16,688 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,485 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,458
of 22,385 · #13,182 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#703
of 862
Research works
344
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
42.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Mental Health Research UK

What is Mental Health Research UK 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,085 of 16,688 19.4%155
Social SciencesDomain #10,485 of 14,833 21.5%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mental Health Research UK 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Mental Health Research UK work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Mental Health Research UK is in Social Sciences, 41% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (34%), Medicine (25%), Health Professions (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 48.8% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 34.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 40.6% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 24.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 14.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMental HealthResearch UK71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences49%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology2434.4%
    2. Social Sciences68.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Medicine1824.9%
    2. Health Professions1014.5%
    3. Dentistry10.9%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience34.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science11.5%
    2. Computer Science00.4%
    3. Engineering00.2%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mental Health Research UK specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 24.3 works11×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.46× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.50× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 11.28× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology11.28×24 works
  2. Health Professions5.50×10 works
  3. Neuroscience2.46×3 works
  4. Dentistry1.90×1 works
  5. Medicine1.29×18 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.05×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.68×6 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×2 works
  11. Nursing0.59×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.48×0 works
  13. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.30×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  20. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mental Health Research UK?

Ranked on the quality score, Karen Machin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mental Health Research UK.

  1. 1 Karen Machin United Kingdom · #471,255 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Mental Health Research UK

What are the most cited papers from Mental Health Research UK?

The most cited paper from Mental Health Research UK is "No health without mental health" (Martin James Prince, Vikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena et al., 2007), with 3,819 citations. Next come "The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development" (3,714) and "Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia" (2,894).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 No health without mental health Martin James Prince, Vikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena et al. · The Lancet Sep 2007 3,819
2 The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development Vikram Patel et al. · The Lancet Open access Oct 2018 3,714
3 Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy et al. · Nature Open access613 authors 8 Apr 2022 2,894
4 How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic Carmen Moreno et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry Open access 16 Jul 2020 1,919
5 Brain charts for the human lifespan Richard A. I. Bethlehem et al. · Nature Open access223 authors 6 Apr 2022 1,896
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Which keywords describe research at Mental Health Research UK?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Psychological Distress, Prevalence, Epidemiology, Mental Disorders, Anxiety and Global Burden.

▲ 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-now 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. Depression11▲ 17×16 topics
  2. Mental Health9▲ 9.1×25 topics
  3. Epidemiology8▲ 3.0×20 topics
  4. Psychological Distress7▲ 38×4 topics
  5. Prevalence6▲ 20×8 topics
  6. Mental Disorders5▲ 63×3 topics
  7. Public Health5▲ 4.8×20 topics
  8. Anxiety5▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Global Burden5▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Quality of Life4▲ 4.2×16 topics
  11. Health Services4▲ 63×2 topics
  12. Cognitive Therapy4▲ 47×3 topics
  13. Help-Seeking Behavior4▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Public Attitudes4▲ 114×1 topic
  15. Stigma4▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Adolescents4▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Psychiatric Disorders4▲ 39×4 topics
  18. Social Support4▲ 9.6×7 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  20. COVID-193▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. Antipsychotic Drugs3▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Neurocognitive Deficits3▲ 105×1 topic
  23. Psychopathology3▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Resilience3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  25. Social Cognition3▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Coping Strategies3▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Mental Health Services3▲ 71×2 topics
  28. Neurobiology3▲ 14×7 topics
  29. Neuroimaging3▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Patient Engagement3▲ 27×4 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation2▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Stress2▲ 9.6×8 topics
  33. Neuroscience2▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Adherence2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Mobile Health2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Psychological Impact2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  37. Caregiver Burden2▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Systematic Review2▲ 57×2 topics
  40. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.2×7 topics

Which research topics does Mental Health Research UK publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Mental Health and Psychiatry.

Mental Health Treatment and Access: 4 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 3 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…1Health disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksFamily Caregiving in Men…1Family Caregiving in Mental Illness: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…1Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthApplied PsychologyPhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  3. 3 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  9. 9 Family Caregiving in Mental Illness Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 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 available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mental Health Research UK's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mental Health Research UK as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Mental Health Research UK0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mental Health Research UK over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Mental Health Research UK14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.4% in 2012.

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