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MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing

In research, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing stands highest in Medicine (#4,636 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,722 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,298
of 28,054 · #7,474 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#289
of 1,094
Research works
489
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
47.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing 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 #4,636 of 10,443 32.8%61 #5005
Health SciencesDomain #5,722 of 11,982 33.0%69 #6236

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.18× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.29× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.49× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing?

Ranked on the composite score, Diana Kuh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing.

  1. 1 Diana Kuh United Kingdom · #624,901 worldwide 60 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing

Which keywords describe research at MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Public Health, Biomarkers, Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Neuroimaging and Alzheimer's Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×45 topics
  2. Aging12▲ 19×11 topics
  3. Public Health11▲ 6.2×21 topics
  4. Biomarkers9▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 6.8×27 topics
  6. Inflammation9▲ 3.5×34 topics
  7. Mental Health9▲ 5.0×21 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress7▲ 3.8×23 topics
  9. Neuroimaging7▲ 22×7 topics
  10. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 19×4 topics
  11. Caregiver Burden6▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Cognitive Decline6▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Cognitive Training6▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Depression6▲ 5.7×14 topics
  15. Dementia6▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Mild Cognitive Impairment6▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 6.0×14 topics
  18. Mortality Risk5▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Obesity5▲ 5.5×14 topics
  20. Risk Factors4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  21. Social Support4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  22. Elderly Patients4▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Health Disparities4▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Social Relationships4▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Genetics3▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Health Effects3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  28. Hypertension3▲ 9.6×8 topics
  29. Global Burden3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  30. Psychological Distress3▲ 10.0×3 topics
  31. Health Equity3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Heart Failure3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  33. Longevity3▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Neighborhood Effects3▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Health Outcomes3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  36. Loneliness3▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Socioeconomic Inequalities3▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Chronic Disease3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Insulin Signaling2▲ 25×4 topics

Which research topics does MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Health disparities and outcomes, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms and Frailty in Older Adults.

Dementia and Cognitive I…6Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 6 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 3 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…2Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthHealthAgingGeriatrics and Gerontology6 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Health disparities and outcomes Health 3 works
  3. 3 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 2 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  5. 5 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 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 available81.7%not open18.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.6%domestic only62.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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