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NHS Ayrshire and Arran

In research, NHS Ayrshire and Arran stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,031 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,278
of 22,385 · #15,872 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#753
of 862
Research works
635
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
NHS Ayrshire and Arran

What is NHS Ayrshire and Arran 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 #8,031 of 9,902 3.8%72 #11365

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Ayrshire and Arran 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 NHS Ayrshire and Arran work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at NHS Ayrshire and Arran is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Health Professions (14%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 79 fractional works · 72.7% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 55.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 14.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 18.6% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNHS Ayrshire andArran108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences19%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6055.4%
    2. Health Professions1614.4%
    3. Dentistry22.1%
    4. Nursing10.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology87.6%
    2. Social Sciences76.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Environmental Science22.0%
    2. Engineering11.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Computer Science00.0%
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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.48× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.48×16 works
  2. Dentistry4.30×2 works
  3. Medicine2.88×60 works
  4. Psychology2.50×8 works
  5. Nursing1.38×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.62×2 works
  8. Social Sciences0.54×7 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.53×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.39×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.39×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  20. Engineering0.09×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NHS Ayrshire and Arran?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Mattison, Aynsley Cowie and Dominic Jarrett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

  1. 1 Paul Mattison United Kingdom · #921,024 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Aynsley Cowie United Kingdom · #1,286,501 worldwide 1k citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Dominic Jarrett United Kingdom · #2,263,120 worldwide 222 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Ali Ibrahim Yahya United Kingdom · #2,301,925 worldwide 176 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Wael Agur United Kingdom · #2,371,934 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Ian Stirling United Kingdom · #2,376,632 worldwide 393 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Linda Miller United Kingdom · #2,386,616 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 William Warrand Carlile United Kingdom · #2,849,234 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Owen Moseley United Kingdom · #2,854,017 worldwide 193 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 EdwardE. Prest United Kingdom · #2,919,901 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Ayrshire and Arran

What are the most cited papers from NHS Ayrshire and Arran?

The most cited paper from NHS Ayrshire and Arran is "Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women" (Tracey E. Howe, Beverley Shea, Lesley Dawson et al., 2011), with 1,087 citations. Next come "Characterization of human disease phenotypes associated with mutations in TREX1 , RNASEH2A , RNASEH2B , RNASEH2C , SAMHD1 , ADAR , and IFIH1" (617) and "Gain-of-function mutations in IFIH1 cause a spectrum of human disease phenotypes associated with upregulated type I interferon signaling" (601).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women Tracey E. Howe, Beverley Shea, Lesley Dawson et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 4 Jul 2011 1,087
2 Characterization of human disease phenotypes associated with mutations in TREX1 , RNASEH2A , RNASEH2B , RNASEH2C , SAMHD1 , ADAR , and IFIH1 Yanick Joseph Crow et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A Open access136 authors 16 Jan 2015 617
3 Gain-of-function mutations in IFIH1 cause a spectrum of human disease phenotypes associated with upregulated type I interferon signaling Gillian Rice et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 30 Mar 2014 601
4 The attention–intention–effort pathway in the development of psychophysiologic insomnia: A theoretical review Colin Alexander Espie, Niall M. Broomfield, Kenneth Macmahon et al. · Sleep Medicine Reviews 5 Jul 2006 535
5 International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways Heather Jane Cordell et al. · Nature Communications Open access462 authors 22 Sep 2015 313
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NHS Ayrshire and Arran?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Palliative Care, Public Health, Primary Care, End-of-Life and Health Care Costs.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.5×47 topics
  2. Ethical Considerations8▲ 23×6 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 5.2×28 topics
  4. Public Health7▲ 4.2×21 topics
  5. Palliative Care6▲ 33×4 topics
  6. Primary Care5▲ 12×11 topics
  7. End-of-Life5▲ 51×2 topics
  8. Health Care Costs5▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Advance Care Planning4▲ 72×1 topic
  10. Family Perspectives4▲ 72×1 topic
  11. Depression4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  12. Inflammation4▲ 1.77×21 topics
  13. Mental Health4▲ 2.6×11 topics
  14. Anxiety3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  15. Treatment3▲ 2.3×13 topics
  16. Prevention3▲ 6.4×10 topics
  17. Mortality3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  18. Quality of Care3▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Clinical Trials3▲ 3.6×8 topics
  20. Surgery3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  21. Long-Term Care2▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Health Promotion2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  23. Nursing Home2▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Person-Centered Care2▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Medical Education2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  27. Mental Health Services2▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Neuroimaging2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  29. Stroke2▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Transplantation2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Health Care Utilization2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Health Policy2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Living Kidney Donors2▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Organ Donation2▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Patient Engagement2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Stakeholder Engagement2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Stress Management2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  40. Integrated Care2▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does NHS Ayrshire and Arran publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Organ Donation and Transplantation and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Palliative Care and End-…4Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 1 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsRehabilitationOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 1 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NHS Ayrshire and Arran's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher 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 NHS Ayrshire and Arran as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%NHS Ayrshire and Arran0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NHS Ayrshire and Arran 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025NHS Ayrshire and Arran3.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.5% in 2012.

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