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Hospital / health system · Kirkcaldy · United Kingdom

NHS Fife

In research, NHS Fife stands highest in Medicine (#8,734 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,269 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,437
of 28,054 · #20,941 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#978
of 1,094
Research works
564
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is NHS Fife 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
MedicineField #8,734 of 10,443 9.5%68 #7531
Health SciencesDomain #10,269 of 11,982 8.8%85 #7158

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Fife 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).

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: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.67× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.19× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NHS Fife?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Ethical Considerations, Patient Satisfaction, Complications, Rehabilitation and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.6×59 topics
  2. Primary Care7▲ 17×12 topics
  3. Quality of Life7▲ 4.5×24 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 3.8×20 topics
  5. Ethical Considerations5▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 2.3×20 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 14×9 topics
  8. Complications5▲ 8.8×10 topics
  9. Rehabilitation5▲ 11×11 topics
  10. Mental Health4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 3.3×20 topics
  12. Revision Surgery4▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Mortality4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  15. Professional Practice4▲ 97×2 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  17. Surgical Management3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  19. Resilience3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Elderly Patients3▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Prevalence3▲ 6.6×9 topics
  22. Aging3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  23. Health Services3▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Urinary Incontinence3▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Chronic Conditions3▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Mortality Risk3▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Collaborative Practice2▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Patient Care2▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Comorbidity2▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  31. Medical Education2▲ 8.7×8 topics
  32. Arthroplasty2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Dietetics2▲ 347×1 topic
  34. Interdisciplinary Collaboration2▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Nutrition Care Process2▲ 347×1 topic
  36. Autoantibodies2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  37. Health Workforce2▲ 48×2 topics
  38. Health Care Costs2▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Wear Particles2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does NHS Fife publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Chronic Disease Management Strategies.

Dietetics, Nutrition, an…2Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…1Child and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 1 fractional works
Health Information ManagementSurgeryEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 2 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  7. 7 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NHS Fife's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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