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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

In research, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,739 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,862 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,881 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and General Health Professions — Economics and Econometrics is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,820
of 28,054 · #5,032 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#400
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,739 of 11,982 21.2%112 #2172
Social SciencesDomain #5,862 of 10,521 25.9%75 #4761
MedicineField #5,881 of 10,443 19.9%77 #3955

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 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. Health Sciences#2,172 #4,739
  2. Social Sciences#4,761 #5,862
  3. Medicine#3,955 #5,881
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 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 39.2 works12×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 39.6 works9.0×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 23.5 works8.3×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.35× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.11× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.99× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence?

Ranked on the composite score, Phil Alderson, Mark Fenton and Páll Jónsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

  1. 1 Phil Alderson United Kingdom · #137,717 worldwide 420 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Mark Fenton United Kingdom · #391,459 worldwide 220 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Páll Jónsson United Kingdom · #459,596 worldwide 76 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Gail Lindsay United Kingdom · #1,186,791 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Gillian Leng United Kingdom · #1,326,804 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Sarah Garner United Kingdom · #1,411,218 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Primary Care, Clinical Guidelines, Healthcare, Chronic Disease Management and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Quality of Life28▲ 9.4×23 topics
  2. Cost-effectiveness Analysis23▲ 130×1 topic
  3. Health Utility Measures23▲ 130×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology15▲ 1.86×51 topics
  5. Primary Care12▲ 16×12 topics
  6. Healthcare12▲ 5.0×13 topics
  7. Public Health11▲ 3.5×30 topics
  8. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 17×8 topics
  9. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Quality Improvement9▲ 23×7 topics
  11. Patient Engagement8▲ 31×4 topics
  12. Clinical Trials8▲ 5.8×15 topics
  13. Behavior Change7▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Quality Assessment7▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Depression7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  16. Adherence6▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Mobile Health6▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Pharmaceutical Industry5▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Drug Development Costs5▲ 95×1 topic
  21. Generic Drugs5▲ 95×1 topic
  22. Health Equity5▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Continuity of Care5▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Glycemic Control5▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Precision Medicine5▲ 4.8×6 topics
  26. Health System Reform4▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Insulin Therapy4▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Patient Outcomes4▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Guideline Development4▲ 100×1 topic
  30. Patient-Centered Medical Home4▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Pay for Performance4▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Practice Recommendations4▲ 100×1 topic
  33. Health Care Costs4▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Health Disparities4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  35. Health Services4▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Medical Education4▲ 7.0×8 topics
  37. Patient Safety4▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Healthcare Interventions4▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Implementation Science4▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute for Health and Care Excellence publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, Clinical practice guidelines implementation and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Health Systems, Economic…23Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 23 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 5 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 4 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksInnovation Policy and R&D: 3 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 3 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 23 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  7. 7 Innovation Policy and R&D Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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