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National Health Service

In research, National Health Service stands highest in Medicine (#1,530 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,094 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,045
of 28,054 · #2,796 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#194
of 1,094
Research works
3.2k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
43.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is National Health Service 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 #1,530 of 10,443 26.1%248 #739
Health SciencesDomain #2,094 of 11,982 26.0%275 #820

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 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 248 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 12 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.

Who are the top researchers at National Health Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Penelope Hopwood, Derrick Martin and Nay Win lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Health Service.

  1. 1 Penelope Hopwood United Kingdom · #233,985 worldwide 119 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Derrick Martin United Kingdom · #317,043 worldwide 113 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Nay Win United Kingdom · #1,083,452 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Robson Robson United Kingdom · #1,450,534 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at National Health Service

Which keywords describe research at National Health Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Depression, Clinical Trials, Treatment, COVID-19 and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 3.4×114 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 2.3×62 topics
  3. Quality of Life17▲ 3.0×40 topics
  4. COVID-1913▲ 2.4×20 topics
  5. Treatment13▲ 2.6×42 topics
  6. Cancer13▲ 2.3×36 topics
  7. Depression13▲ 3.6×18 topics
  8. Pandemic12▲ 2.8×8 topics
  9. Risk Factors12▲ 2.7×31 topics
  10. Public Health12▲ 1.98×37 topics
  11. Clinical Trials11▲ 4.2×17 topics
  12. Mental Health11▲ 1.83×25 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.3×31 topics
  14. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.7×20 topics
  15. Diagnosis10▲ 2.8×34 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 2.9×20 topics
  17. Immunotherapy9▲ 3.3×16 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  19. Anxiety9▲ 4.7×11 topics
  20. Management9▲ 2.8×27 topics
  21. Global Burden9▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Complications8▲ 4.0×15 topics
  23. Mortality8▲ 3.5×13 topics
  24. Rehabilitation8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  25. Genetics8▲ 2.8×18 topics
  26. Vaccine8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 5.9×8 topics
  28. Primary Care7▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Guidelines7▲ 3.8×12 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-27▲ 5.3×6 topics
  31. Pathogenesis7▲ 3.4×19 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  33. Immunity7▲ 4.1×9 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Genetic Mutations6▲ 3.6×21 topics
  36. Thrombosis6▲ 5.6×7 topics
  37. Surgical Management6▲ 3.8×18 topics
  38. Surgery6▲ 4.2×10 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  40. Chronic Pain6▲ 6.4×5 topics

Which research topics does National Health Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, COVID-19 and Mental Health, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Musculoskeletal pain and…4Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health3COVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksProbability and Risk Mod…2Probability and Risk Models: 2 fractional worksRNA regulation and disease: 2 fractional worksCancer Mechanisms and Therapy: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyClinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Probability and Risk Models Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  9. 9 RNA regulation and disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Health Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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