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NHS England

In research, NHS England stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,802 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,760 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,011
of 28,054 · #22,081 all time
Rank in ??
#223
of 692
Research works
585
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is NHS England 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 #4,802 of 11,982 14.1%176 #8516
MedicineField #4,760 of 10,443 14.6%112 #10714

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does NHS England specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 41.2 works12×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 55.9 works8.6×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.95× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.60× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.37× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NHS England?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.8×73 topics
  2. Primary Care27▲ 29×13 topics
  3. Public Health24▲ 6.8×29 topics
  4. Quality of Life17▲ 4.8×34 topics
  5. COVID-1914▲ 4.2×16 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 4.6×22 topics
  7. Quality Improvement11▲ 23×8 topics
  8. Healthcare11▲ 4.0×16 topics
  9. Mortality10▲ 7.1×11 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Pandemic9▲ 3.2×7 topics
  12. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Health Equity8▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Global Health8▲ 22×4 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.0×10 topics
  16. Infectious Diseases7▲ 9.1×6 topics
  17. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  18. Social Determinants7▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Health Disparities6▲ 10.0×5 topics
  20. Collaborative Practice6▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Communication6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  22. Community Health6▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Health Policy6▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Health Promotion6▲ 7.2×8 topics
  25. Health Workforce6▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Prevention6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  27. Surgery5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  28. Health System Reform5▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Medical Education5▲ 8.3×9 topics
  30. Patient Care5▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence5▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Chronic Conditions5▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Continuity of Care5▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Healthcare Workers5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  35. Health Services5▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Quality5▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Patient Engagement5▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Patient-Centered Medical Home5▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Pay for Performance5▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Health Care Costs4▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does NHS England publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Child and Adolescent Health and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

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 worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…4Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …4Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 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 worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyOncology2 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 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NHS England's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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