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In research, NHS England stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,757 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,918 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 11.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,610
of 22,385 · #8,207 all time
Rank in ??
#103
of 487
Research works
585
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
NHS England

What is NHS England 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 #1,757 of 9,902 11.6%176 #2903
MedicineField #1,918 of 8,541 12.9%112 #3114

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

In 2022-now, 71% of research at NHS England is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Health Professions (22%), Psychology (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 184 fractional works · 70.8% of its workMedicine: 118 fractional works · 45.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 58 fractional works · 22.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 18.5% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNHS England260fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences71%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11845.5%
    2. Health Professions5822.4%
    3. Dentistry51.8%
    4. Nursing31.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology166.2%
    2. Social Sciences135.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting62.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Computer Science62.1%
    2. Environmental Science41.6%
    3. Engineering31.3%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.7%
    3. Neuroscience20.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does NHS England specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 42.5 works12×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 58.3 works8.5×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.75× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.52× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.37× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.04× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions8.52×58 works
  2. Dentistry3.75×5 works
  3. Medicine2.37×118 works
  4. Psychology2.04×16 works
  5. Nursing2.03×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.71×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×8 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.88×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×6 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×7 works
  12. Neuroscience0.45×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.40×13 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.36×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.32×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.27×6 works
  17. Veterinary0.24×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  19. Engineering0.09×3 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  21. Energy0.03×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NHS England?

Ranked on the quality score, Sue L. Hill, Minal Bakhai and Jamie Day lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS England.

  1. 1 Sue L. Hill #400,688 worldwide 2.5k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Minal Bakhai #797,008 worldwide 116 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jamie Day #1,012,717 worldwide 681 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Manraj Phull #1,068,419 worldwide 599 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Harpreet S. Sood #1,127,843 worldwide 929 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Virginia Minogue #1,587,137 worldwide 704 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Ofra Koffman #1,789,233 worldwide 316 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent #2,591,138 worldwide 133 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 C Jamieson #2,809,197 worldwide 2k citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Naeem Ahmed #3,297,214 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
All ranked researchers at NHS England

What are the most cited papers from NHS England?

The most cited paper from NHS England is "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019" (Jonathan Kocarnik et al., 2021), with 2,100 citations. Next come "Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England" (1,031) and "Associations of type 1 and type 2 diabetes with COVID-19-related mortality in England: a whole-population study" (973).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 Jonathan Kocarnik et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access601 authors 30 Dec 2021 2,100
2 Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England Imogen Tennison, Sonia Roschnik, Ben Ashby et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health Open access Feb 2021 1,031
3 Associations of type 1 and type 2 diabetes with COVID-19-related mortality in England: a whole-population study Emma Barron, Chirag Bakhai, Partha S. Kar et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 13 Aug 2020 973
4 Risk factors for COVID-19-related mortality in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in England: a population-based cohort study Naomi Holman, Peter Knighton, Partha S. Kar et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 13 Aug 2020 940
5 Why inequality could spread COVID-19 Faheem Ahmed, Naeem Ahmed, Christopher A. Pissarides et al. · The Lancet Public Health Open access 2 Apr 2020 833
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NHS England?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Public Health, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Quality Improvement, COVID-19, Risk Factors and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 2.8×73 topics
  2. Primary Care27▲ 28×13 topics
  3. Public Health25▲ 6.5×30 topics
  4. Quality of Life17▲ 4.6×34 topics
  5. COVID-1914▲ 4.3×16 topics
  6. Risk Factors13▲ 4.7×22 topics
  7. Healthcare12▲ 4.0×18 topics
  8. Quality Improvement12▲ 23×8 topics
  9. Mortality11▲ 7.3×11 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Mental Health9▲ 2.4×22 topics
  12. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Health Equity9▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Pandemic9▲ 3.4×7 topics
  15. Global Health8▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.9×10 topics
  17. Infectious Diseases8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  18. Depression7▲ 3.2×10 topics
  19. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.1×11 topics
  20. Social Determinants7▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Health Disparities7▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Health Policy6▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Collaborative Practice6▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Communication6▲ 7.3×4 topics
  25. Community Health6▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Medical Education6▲ 8.5×9 topics
  27. Health Promotion6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  28. Health Workforce6▲ 51×2 topics
  29. Cancer Incidence5▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Surgery5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  31. Health System Reform5▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers5▲ 8.4×5 topics
  33. Patient Care5▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Chronic Conditions5▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Continuity of Care5▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Health Services5▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality5▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Patient Engagement5▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Patient-Centered Medical Home5▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Pay for Performance5▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does NHS England publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Child and Adolescent Health and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Primary Care and Health …5Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…4Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …4Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…4Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…3Innovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyOncologyApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology3 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NHS England's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 England as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%NHS England0.00064% in 202520102020

Fractional works of NHS England 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%NHS England11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2021.

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