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National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)

In research, National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,045 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,080
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#554
of 1,844
Research works
346
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
54.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)

What is National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) 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 #6,045 of 16,688 25.8%143

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) 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 National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 41% of research at National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (24%), Computer Science (23%), Medicine (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 143 fractional works · 41.4% of its workHealth Professions: 82 fractional works · 23.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 65 fractional works · 18.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 16.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 108 fractional works · 31.2% of its workComputer Science: 79 fractional works · 22.8% of its workInformation Systems: 26 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSoftware: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 6.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 88 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalComputing Centre…346fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions8223.6%
    2. Medicine5816.7%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science7922.8%
    2. Engineering226.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy41.2%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Social Sciences308.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting195.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance154.3%
    4. Psychology133.6%
    5. Decision Sciences61.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities51.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 4.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.16×0 works
  2. Computer Science2.09×3 works
  3. Engineering1.82×4 works
  4. Medicine1.48×5 works
  5. Health Professions1.37×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.67×0 works
  9. Psychology0.67×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.60×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.46×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Geoff L. Simons, Richard Carr and David Firnberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Computing Centre (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Geoff L. Simons United Kingdom · #2,882,955 worldwide 434 citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Richard Carr United Kingdom · #3,026,162 worldwide 550 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 David Firnberg United Kingdom · #3,664,769 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Patrick Raymont United Kingdom · #4,078,239 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 John A.T. Pritchard United Kingdom · #4,531,136 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Joan M. Smith United Kingdom · #4,732,883 worldwide 157 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) is "Patient-centredness: a conceptual framework and review of the empirical literature" (Nicola Mead, Peter Bower, 2000), with 3,004 citations. Next come "The Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire" (1,948) and "Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory" (1,530).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Patient-centredness: a conceptual framework and review of the empirical literature Nicola Mead, Peter Bower · Social Science & Medicine Oct 2000 3,004
2 The Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire Martin O Roland, Jeremy C. T. Fairbank · Spine Dec 2000 1,948
3 Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory Carl R May, Frances S Mair, Tracy L Finch et al. · Implementation Science Open access 21 May 2009 1,530
4 Outcome Measures for Low Back Pain Research Richard A. Deyo, Michele Crites Battié, Anna J. H. M. Beurskens et al. · Spine Sep 1998 1,219
5 Substitution of doctors by nurses in primary care Miranda G. H. Laurant, David J. Reeves, Rosella Hermens et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 20 Apr 2005 943
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Which keywords describe research at National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management, Continuity of Care, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Pay for Performance, Patient Satisfaction and Healthcare Quality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Primary Care56▲ 39×13 topics
  2. Quality Improvement42▲ 58×7 topics
  3. Chronic Disease Management25▲ 50×5 topics
  4. Continuity of Care24▲ 110×2 topics
  5. Patient-Centered Medical Home23▲ 136×1 topic
  6. Pay for Performance23▲ 136×1 topic
  7. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 21×6 topics
  8. Healthcare Quality14▲ 34×4 topics
  9. Machine Learning14▲ 1.87×17 topics
  10. Communication13▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Health Care Utilization11▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Depression11▲ 4.2×11 topics
  13. Healthcare Outcomes11▲ 62×2 topics
  14. Healthcare10▲ 4.2×11 topics
  15. Distributed Systems10▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Health Care Spending10▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Insurance Markets10▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Collaborative Practice9▲ 59×2 topics
  19. Patient Care8▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Code Clone Detection8▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Refactoring8▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Requirements Engineering8▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Big Data8▲ 4.2×8 topics
  25. Patient Engagement8▲ 25×4 topics
  26. Integrated Care8▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Patient Experience7▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Organizational Change7▲ 24×4 topics
  29. Physician Ratings7▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Public Reporting7▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Agile Software Development6▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Empirical Studies6▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Elderly Care6▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Systematic Review6▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Interprofessional Education6▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Teamwork6▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Mental Health Services6▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Public Health Policy6▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Clinical Governance6▲ 112×1 topic
  40. Healthcare Accreditation6▲ 112×1 topic

Which research topics does National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HVDC Systems and Fault Protection, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Biomedical and Engineering Education and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

HVDC Systems and Fault P…1HVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksOpen Source Software Innovations: 0 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 0 fractional worksHigh-Voltage Power Transmission Systems: 0 fractional worksInternational Science and Diplomacy: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Open Source Software Innovations Computer Science Applications 0 works
  7. 7 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000074% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%National Computing Centre (United Kingdom)0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Computing Centre (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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