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National Health Service

In research, National Health Service stands highest in Health Sciences (#537 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#481 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,693
of 22,385 · #612 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#104
of 862
Research works
3.2k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
138k
43.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.33×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
National Health Service

What is National Health Service known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #537 of 9,902 19.1%275 #193
MedicineField #481 of 8,541 19.9%248 #185

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Health Service 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 Health Service work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at National Health Service is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 292 fractional works · 68.1% of its workMedicine: 262 fractional works · 61.2% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational HealthService428fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences14%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26261.2%
    2. Health Professions266.1%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology245.7%
    2. Social Sciences133.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting71.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.1%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology286.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology122.9%
    3. Neuroscience102.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Mathematics71.6%
    2. Computer Science61.5%
    3. Engineering61.4%
    4. Environmental Science30.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 262 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.18×262 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.84×12 works
  3. Health Professions2.32×26 works
  4. Psychology1.86×24 works
  5. Neuroscience1.50×10 works
  6. Mathematics1.36×7 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×28 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.08×4 works
  9. Nursing1.07×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×6 works
  12. Dentistry0.61×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×7 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.36×4 works
  15. Social Sciences0.24×13 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×6 works
  17. Environmental Science0.14×3 works
  18. Veterinary0.14×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  20. Engineering0.10×6 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  22. Energy0.07×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Health Service?

Ranked on the quality score, Emma J. Heymer, Igor Muttik and Matthew Cripps lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Health Service.

  1. 1 Emma J. Heymer United Kingdom · #1,488,791 worldwide 74 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Igor Muttik United Kingdom · #1,845,051 worldwide 435 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Matthew Cripps United Kingdom · #1,996,952 worldwide 47 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Michael Blanchard United Kingdom · #2,276,343 worldwide 234 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Jeremy J.Foster United Kingdom · #2,442,742 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bojan Ždrnja United Kingdom · #2,472,230 worldwide 111 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Árpád Mezei United Kingdom · #2,483,428 worldwide 3.5k citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Steve Sheward United Kingdom · #2,759,334 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Monika Schöller‐Gyüre United Kingdom · #2,801,379 worldwide 733 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Mira Lal United Kingdom · #3,154,408 worldwide 218 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Health Service

What are the most cited papers from National Health Service?

The most cited paper from National Health Service is "Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls" (Paul R. Burton et al., 2007), with 9,692 citations. Next come "A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing" (8,156) and "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (6,333).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls Paul R. Burton et al. · Nature Open access276 authors 6 Jun 2007 9,692
2 A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing Richard M. Durbin et al. · Nature Open access337 authors 26 Oct 2010 8,156
3 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access185 authors 5 Dec 2016 6,333
4 A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population Alex Bernard Haynes, Thomas G. Weiser, William R. Berry et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Jan 2009 5,713
5 Trastuzumab after Adjuvant Chemotherapy in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Martine J Piccart et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 20 Oct 2005 5,138
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Health Service?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Depression, Treatment, Clinical Trials, Anxiety and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 3.3×115 topics
  2. Inflammation22▲ 2.4×63 topics
  3. Quality of Life18▲ 2.9×40 topics
  4. Treatment14▲ 2.7×44 topics
  5. COVID-1914▲ 2.5×20 topics
  6. Depression14▲ 3.6×18 topics
  7. Cancer13▲ 2.3×37 topics
  8. Risk Factors13▲ 2.7×31 topics
  9. Pandemic12▲ 2.9×8 topics
  10. Public Health12▲ 1.94×37 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.3×31 topics
  12. Clinical Trials11▲ 4.0×17 topics
  13. Mental Health11▲ 1.80×25 topics
  14. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.6×20 topics
  15. Diagnosis11▲ 2.7×35 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.3×14 topics
  17. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.2×16 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 2.9×20 topics
  19. Anxiety10▲ 4.8×11 topics
  20. Management9▲ 2.8×27 topics
  21. Complications9▲ 4.2×15 topics
  22. Global Burden9▲ 3.9×11 topics
  23. Mortality9▲ 3.6×13 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  25. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.8×12 topics
  26. Vaccine8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Genetics8▲ 2.6×18 topics
  28. Primary Care8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Guidelines7▲ 3.7×12 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  31. Pathogenesis7▲ 3.3×19 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations7▲ 3.7×21 topics
  33. Immunity7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-27▲ 5.4×6 topics
  35. Precision Medicine7▲ 3.3×8 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Thrombosis6▲ 5.5×7 topics
  38. Surgery6▲ 4.3×10 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 7.3×5 topics
  40. Chronic Pain6▲ 6.1×5 topics

Which research topics does National Health Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 and Mental Health and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Musculoskeletal pain and…4Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…3Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental H…2Art Therapy and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksRNA regulation and disease: 2 fractional worksProbability and Risk Models: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyInfectious DiseasesClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 RNA regulation and disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Probability and Risk Models Management Science and Operations Research 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Health Service's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Health Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%National Health Service0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Health Service 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%National Health Service13.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.6% in 2019.

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