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National Institute for Health and Care Research

In research, National Institute for Health and Care Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#526 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#511 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,151 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,728
of 28,054 · #1,510 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#69
of 1,094
Research works
3k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
173k
57.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Health and Care Research 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 #526 of 11,982 36.4%490 #554
MedicineField #511 of 10,443 36.3%426 #538
Life SciencesDomain #1,151 of 7,800 32.4%112 #705
Social SciencesDomain #3,934 of 10,521 45.0%84 #3900

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Health and Care Research 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#554 #526
  2. Medicine#538 #511
  3. Life Sciences#705 #1,151
  4. Social Sciences#3,900 #3,934
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 Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 26.0 works5.3×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.41× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.15× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 426 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, M J Colston, Lynn White and Karen Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Health and Care Research.

  1. 1 M J Colston United Kingdom · #464,838 worldwide 63 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Lynn White United Kingdom · #734,525 worldwide 41 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Karen Miller United Kingdom · #843,152 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Jeremy Jones United Kingdom · #891,297 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Clare Walker United Kingdom · #894,337 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 A. G. Bateman United Kingdom · #913,514 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 M. A. Mugglestone United Kingdom · #1,400,597 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Health and Care Research

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Depression, Metabolic Syndrome, Treatment and Obesity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology101▲ 3.5×118 topics
  2. Inflammation52▲ 3.5×75 topics
  3. Public Health39▲ 3.7×44 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 4.5×36 topics
  5. Depression29▲ 4.6×18 topics
  6. Treatment29▲ 3.3×44 topics
  7. Quality of Life28▲ 2.7×49 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress26▲ 2.2×48 topics
  9. Risk Factors26▲ 3.2×33 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 4.3×22 topics
  11. Mental Health24▲ 2.3×29 topics
  12. Obesity23▲ 4.2×22 topics
  13. COVID-1922▲ 2.2×22 topics
  14. Pandemic22▲ 2.8×8 topics
  15. Genetics19▲ 3.8×20 topics
  16. Mortality18▲ 4.3×13 topics
  17. Diagnosis18▲ 2.6×36 topics
  18. Primary Care18▲ 6.5×13 topics
  19. Global Burden16▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Anxiety16▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Immune Response16▲ 3.8×19 topics
  22. Aging15▲ 4.0×13 topics
  23. Management15▲ 2.7×25 topics
  24. Biomarkers15▲ 3.1×18 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-215▲ 6.2×6 topics
  26. Diabetes14▲ 4.0×17 topics
  27. Guidelines14▲ 4.1×13 topics
  28. Vaccine13▲ 4.5×11 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance13▲ 3.9×9 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Prevalence12▲ 4.3×12 topics
  32. Heart Failure12▲ 3.9×13 topics
  33. Adolescents12▲ 4.5×7 topics
  34. Cognitive Impairment12▲ 6.4×11 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 5.0×9 topics
  36. Quality Improvement10▲ 7.3×8 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  38. Patient Engagement10▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 8.1×6 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 6.8×5 topics

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

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

COVID-19 and Mental Health6COVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …6SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 5 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 5 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…5Asthma and respiratory diseases: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesPhysiologyApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  4. 4 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 5 works
  6. 6 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 5 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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