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Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Ophthalmology (#13 of 94 worldwide), Medicine (#3,823 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,175 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Epidemiology — Ophthalmology is 127.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,603
of 28,054 · #8,626 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#421
of 1,094
Research works
2.2k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation 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
OphthalmologySubfield #13 of 94 24.7%99 #18
MedicineField #3,823 of 10,443 22.0%227 #2369
Health SciencesDomain #5,175 of 11,982 22.0%231 #3094

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation 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. Ophthalmology#18 #13
  2. Medicine#2,369 #3,823
  3. Health Sciences#3,094 #5,175
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 Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 127.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 99.2 works127×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 47.8 works18×
  3. EpidemiologySubfield · 20.5 works5.0×
  4. MedicineField · 226.7 works4.0×
← 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: 2.31× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.13× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 227 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Optic Nerve, Intravitreal Injection, Optical Coherence Tomography, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Intraocular Pressure.

▲ 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. Macular Degeneration58▲ 163×3 topics
  2. Glaucoma47▲ 109×4 topics
  3. Diabetic Retinopathy45▲ 156×2 topics
  4. Epidemiology43▲ 3.7×55 topics
  5. Optic Nerve38▲ 131×2 topics
  6. Intravitreal Injection35▲ 175×2 topics
  7. Optical Coherence Tomography34▲ 114×3 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress33▲ 7.0×24 topics
  9. Inflammation33▲ 5.4×34 topics
  10. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor32▲ 132×4 topics
  11. Intraocular Pressure32▲ 129×2 topics
  12. Choroidal Thickness29▲ 187×1 topic
  13. Retinal Pigment Epithelium29▲ 187×1 topic
  14. Myopia26▲ 152×2 topics
  15. Risk Factors23▲ 7.2×11 topics
  16. Neurodegeneration22▲ 25×6 topics
  17. Retinal Ganglion Cells22▲ 68×3 topics
  18. Ocular Hypertension21▲ 141×1 topic
  19. Visual Field Progression21▲ 141×1 topic
  20. Ophthalmology17▲ 116×2 topics
  21. Retinal Disease17▲ 116×2 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk17▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Image Analysis16▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Vessel Segmentation16▲ 120×1 topic
  25. Global Prevalence16▲ 59×2 topics
  26. Visual Impairment15▲ 112×2 topics
  27. Childhood Myopia15▲ 139×1 topic
  28. Refractive Error15▲ 139×1 topic
  29. Gene Therapy13▲ 23×4 topics
  30. OCT Imaging13▲ 163×2 topics
  31. Retinal Stem Cells13▲ 198×1 topic
  32. Retinitis Pigmentosa13▲ 198×1 topic
  33. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Genetic Mutations12▲ 9.2×13 topics
  35. Ocular Findings12▲ 137×1 topic
  36. Retinal Artery Occlusion12▲ 137×1 topic
  37. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis11▲ 76×2 topics
  38. Macular Hole11▲ 177×1 topic
  39. Vitreoretinal Surgery11▲ 177×1 topic
  40. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Imaging and Analysis and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 29 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 21 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…16Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 16 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…15Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 15 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 13 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 12 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…11Retinal and Macular Surgery: 11 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…11Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 11 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…10Corneal surgery and disorders: 10 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …9Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 9 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 29 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 21 works
  3. 3 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 15 works
  5. 5 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 13 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 12 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  8. 8 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 11 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  10. 10 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 9 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher 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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