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Mersey Care NHS Trust

In research, Mersey Care NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,497 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,441 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,401 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 19.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,000
of 28,054 · #29,004 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#634
of 1,094
Research works
523
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Mersey Care NHS 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,497 of 11,982 7.9%95 #10832
MedicineField #8,441 of 10,443 6.4%71 #13964
Social SciencesDomain #9,401 of 10,521 14.6%67 #12142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mersey Care NHS 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. Health Sciences#10,832 #5,497
  2. Medicine#13,964 #8,441
  3. Social Sciences#12,142 #9,401
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 Mersey Care NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 34.8 works19×
  2. PsychologyField · 45.5 works8.7×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.95× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.16× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.69× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mersey Care NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Prevalence, Depression, Quality of Life, Cognitive Therapy, Primary Care and Ethical Considerations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.9×40 topics
  2. Mental Health20▲ 7.7×28 topics
  3. Prevalence11▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 4.6×26 topics
  5. Depression11▲ 7.3×15 topics
  6. Cognitive Therapy8▲ 43×3 topics
  7. Ethical Considerations8▲ 13×9 topics
  8. Primary Care8▲ 12×12 topics
  9. Genetics7▲ 6.2×7 topics
  10. Adolescents7▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.6×6 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  13. Mental Disorders6▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Psychological Distress6▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Social Cognition6▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Antipsychotic Drugs6▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Health Disparities6▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Neurocognitive Deficits6▲ 92×1 topic
  20. Neuroimaging6▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Health Services6▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Neuroscience6▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Resilience5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  25. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 24×6 topics
  26. Neurobiology5▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Integrated Care5▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation5▲ 9.4×8 topics
  29. Global Burden5▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Anxiety5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  31. Psychological Interventions5▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Long-Term Care5▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Quality of Care5▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Trauma4▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Crisis Resolution4▲ 192×1 topic
  36. Home Treatment4▲ 192×1 topic
  37. Cognitive Function4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Telemedicine4▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Emotion Recognition4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Informed Consent4▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Mersey Care NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Psychiatric care and mental health services, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints.

Schizophrenia research a…6Schizophrenia research and treatment: 6 fractional worksPsychiatric care and men…4Psychiatric care and mental health services: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 4 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 4 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 4 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…3Migration, Health and Trauma: 3 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsSocial Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  7. 7 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 4 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mersey Care NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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