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NHS Education for Scotland

In research, NHS Education for Scotland stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,188 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 14.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,304
of 22,385 · #12,178 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#606
of 862
Research works
563
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
NHS Education for Scotland

What is NHS Education for Scotland 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 #6,188 of 9,902 8.3%71 #5175

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Education for Scotland 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 Education for Scotland work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at NHS Education for Scotland is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Health Professions (31%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 81 fractional works · 72.2% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 37.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 31.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNHS Education forScotland112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences21%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4237.1%
    2. Health Professions3531.2%
    3. Dentistry33.0%
    4. Nursing10.9%
    1. Social Sciences119.7%
    2. Psychology97.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    1. Neuroscience33.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering11.0%
    2. Computer Science10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does NHS Education for Scotland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.2 works14×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 35.1 works12×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 6.26× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 11.85× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.52× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions11.85×35 works
  2. Dentistry6.26×3 works
  3. Psychology2.52×9 works
  4. Medicine1.93×42 works
  5. Neuroscience1.84×3 works
  6. Nursing1.75×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.76×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.72×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.09×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  17. Engineering0.07×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NHS Education for Scotland?

Ranked on the quality score, Claire Scott, Alex Haig and Carl de Wet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Education for Scotland.

  1. 1 Claire Scott United Kingdom · #1,287,241 worldwide 2.3k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Alex Haig United Kingdom · #1,560,765 worldwide 1k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Carl de Wet United Kingdom · #1,671,720 worldwide 944 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Julie Ferguson United Kingdom · #1,782,501 worldwide 976 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Paul Bowie United Kingdom · #1,945,531 worldwide 2.5k citations · 189 works
  6. 6 Lyn Stone United Kingdom · #2,277,882 worldwide 89 citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Duncan McNab United Kingdom · #2,345,625 worldwide 532 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Iain Colthart United Kingdom · #2,572,497 worldwide 901 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Judy Wakeling United Kingdom · #2,688,125 worldwide 325 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Helen Allbutt United Kingdom · #2,780,399 worldwide 639 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Education for Scotland

What are the most cited papers from NHS Education for Scotland?

The most cited paper from NHS Education for Scotland is "Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients" (Peter G Davey, Charis Marwick, Claire Scott et al., 2017), with 1,088 citations. Next come "Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women" (1,087) and "What is a spiral curriculum?" (755).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients Peter G Davey, Charis Marwick, Claire Scott et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 8 Feb 2017 1,088
2 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
3 What is a spiral curriculum? Ronald M. Harden · Medical Teacher 1999 755
4 AMEE Guide No. 21: Curriculum mapping: a tool for transparent and authentic teaching and learning R. M. Harden · Medical Teacher 2001 582
5 Research paradigms in medical education research Suzanne Bunniss, Diane R Kelly · Medical Education Open access 19 Mar 2010 531
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NHS Education for Scotland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Reflective Practice, Competency-Based Education, Assessment Methods, Quality Improvement, Continuing Medical Education, Professional Identity Formation and Medical Education.

▲ 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. Primary Care15▲ 36×10 topics
  2. Reflective Practice9▲ 40×4 topics
  3. Competency-Based Education8▲ 87×2 topics
  4. Assessment Methods8▲ 64×2 topics
  5. Quality Improvement8▲ 35×8 topics
  6. Continuing Medical Education7▲ 106×1 topic
  7. Professional Identity Formation7▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology7▲ 1.61×32 topics
  9. Medical Education6▲ 21×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life6▲ 3.7×21 topics
  11. Collaborative Practice6▲ 124×2 topics
  12. Health Workforce6▲ 123×2 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 16×8 topics
  14. Public Health6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  15. COVID-195▲ 3.7×10 topics
  16. Patient Care5▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 24×5 topics
  18. Depression5▲ 5.0×8 topics
  19. Continuity of Care5▲ 88×2 topics
  20. Global Health4▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Communication4▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Patient-Centered Medical Home4▲ 117×1 topic
  23. Pay for Performance4▲ 117×1 topic
  24. Patient Safety4▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Health Policy4▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Healthcare Outcomes4▲ 66×2 topics
  27. Professional Practice4▲ 102×2 topics
  28. Integrated Care4▲ 82×2 topics
  29. Simulation4▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Interprofessional Education4▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Physician Migration4▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Rural Health4▲ 114×1 topic
  33. Teamwork4▲ 114×1 topic
  34. Well-being4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. Elderly3▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Workers3▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Inappropriate Medication Use3▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Polypharmacy3▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Clinical Judgment3▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Debriefing3▲ 73×1 topic

Which research topics does NHS Education for Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Global Health Workforce Issues and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration.

Innovations in Medical E…7Innovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …4Global Health Workforce Issues: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…4Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practi…2Nursing Roles and Practices: 2 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 2 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency Medical ServicesGeriatrics and Gerontology2 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  4. 4 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  6. 6 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 3 works
  7. 7 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NHS Education for Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Education for Scotland as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%NHS Education for Scotland0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NHS Education for Scotland 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025NHS Education for Scotland7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2017.

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