NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
In research, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde stands highest in Health Sciences (#931 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#880 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,921 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine is 7.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,790 of 22,385 · #2,052 all time
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #150 of 862
- Research works
- 6k ▲ 4% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 128k 21.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.81× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 40% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #931 of 9,902 | 8.4% | 872 | #868 | |
| MedicineField | #880 of 8,541 | 8.5% | 769 | #810 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,921 of 6,403 | 10.2% | 108 | #1861 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #686 of 1,532 | 8.3% | 144 | #747 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,454 of 2,964 | 11.1% | 63 | #1699 | |
| Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield | #630 of 1,037 | 5.5% | 82 | #775 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #1,283 of 1,895 | 9.3% | 74 | #1128 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #6,633 of 9,585 | 8.3% | 78 | #5183 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#868 #931
- Medicine#810 #880
- Life Sciences#1,861 #1,921
- Surgery#747 #686
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,699 #1,454
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#775 #630
- Health Professions#1,128 #1,283
- Social Sciences#5,183 #6,633
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde work in?
In 2022-now, 80% of research at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences98380.2%
- Medicine87171.1%
- Health Professions816.6%
- Dentistry221.8%
- Nursing70.6%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Life Sciences12210.0%
- Social Sciences867.0%
- Physical Sciences352.8%
- Engineering151.3%
- Computer Science80.6%
- Environmental Science50.4%
- Mathematics20.2%
- Physics and Astronomy20.1%
- Chemistry10.1%
- Materials Science10.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
- Energy00.0%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
What does NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works7.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry3.72×22 works
- Medicine3.70×871 works
- Health Professions2.50×81 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.92×24 works
- Nursing1.20×7 works
- Neuroscience1.11×22 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×71 works
- Psychology1.03×39 works
- Veterinary0.92×2 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×3 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×8 works
- Decision Sciences0.25×3 works
- Social Sciences0.18×27 works
- Mathematics0.16×2 works
- Arts and Humanities0.13×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.12×5 works
- Computer Science0.08×8 works
- Engineering0.08×16 works
- Environmental Science0.08×5 works
- Chemistry0.06×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.06×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
- Energy0.03×0 works
- Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
- Materials Science0.01×1 works
- Dentistry 3.7×
- Medicine 3.7×
- Health Professions 2.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.9×
- Nursing 1.2×
- Neuroscience 1.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.1×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Veterinary 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.3×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.0×
- Energy 0.0×
- Chemical Engineering 0.0×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde?
Ranked on the quality score, Richard Lowrie, Paul Forsyth and Philip Henderson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
- 1
Richard Lowrie
United Kingdom · #683,653 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
- 2
Paul Forsyth
United Kingdom · #969,319 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
- 3
Philip Henderson
United Kingdom · #1,147,829 worldwide 316 citations · 22 works
- 4
Hwei Jene Ng
United Kingdom · #1,218,719 worldwide 1.4k citations · 63 works
- 5
Eoghan C. W. Farmer
United Kingdom · #1,260,826 worldwide 5.4k citations · 16 works
- 6
Kate Ann Levin
United Kingdom · #1,307,800 worldwide 4.8k citations · 91 works
- 7
Saket Priyadarshi
United Kingdom · #1,309,912 worldwide 305 citations · 21 works
- 8
Karen Lesley Guerrero
United Kingdom · #1,364,878 worldwide 1.4k citations · 81 works
- 9
Paul Witherspoon
United Kingdom · #1,577,276 worldwide 628 citations · 24 works
- 10
Areti Makrygeorgou
United Kingdom · #1,629,645 worldwide 405 citations · 19 works
Which keywords describe research at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality of Life, Complications, Guidelines, Management, Surgical Management and Treatment.
- Total Hip Replacement
- Postoperative Complications
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Quality Improvement
- Medical Education
- Ethical Considerations
- Prognosis
- Patient Satisfaction
- Primary Care
- Genetics
- Pathogenesis
- Surgery
- Radiotherapy
- Public Health
- Surgical Management
- Guidelines
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Mortality
- Quality of Life
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Treatment
- Management
- Diagnosis
- Chemotherapy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Global Burden
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Trials
- Immunotherapy
- Prognostic Factors
- Clinical Guidelines
- Genetic Mutations
- Prevention
- Critical Care
- Elderly Patients
- Stroke
- Revision Surgery
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
- Epidemiology170▲ 3.5×114 topics
- Quality of Life62▲ 3.5×46 topics
- Inflammation56▲ 2.1×69 topics
- Mortality56▲ 8.0×13 topics
- Treatment47▲ 3.2×40 topics
- Complications43▲ 7.1×16 topics
- Management43▲ 4.4×30 topics
- Risk Factors42▲ 3.1×32 topics
- Diagnosis41▲ 3.6×35 topics
- Guidelines38▲ 6.7×13 topics
- Chemotherapy36▲ 4.2×25 topics
- Surgical Management34▲ 6.7×20 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 2.4×32 topics
- Public Health33▲ 1.85×37 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 4.5×14 topics
- Radiotherapy29▲ 6.0×13 topics
- Global Burden29▲ 4.3×12 topics
- Surgery29▲ 6.7×12 topics
- Rehabilitation28▲ 5.8×13 topics
- Pathogenesis26▲ 4.2×21 topics
- Clinical Trials25▲ 3.1×16 topics
- Genetics25▲ 2.9×16 topics
- Immunotherapy25▲ 2.8×19 topics
- Primary Care25▲ 5.4×14 topics
- Prognostic Factors24▲ 4.5×14 topics
- Patient Satisfaction24▲ 6.2×9 topics
- Clinical Guidelines23▲ 6.4×9 topics
- Prognosis23▲ 5.6×9 topics
- Genetic Mutations21▲ 3.9×23 topics
- Ethical Considerations20▲ 4.8×11 topics
- Prevention20▲ 3.8×15 topics
- Medical Education19▲ 5.8×12 topics
- Critical Care19▲ 6.3×8 topics
- Quality Improvement18▲ 7.7×8 topics
- Elderly Patients17▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease16▲ 11×5 topics
- Stroke15▲ 7.1×7 topics
- Postoperative Complications15▲ 9.7×4 topics
- Revision Surgery14▲ 8.9×2 topics
- Total Hip Replacement14▲ 8.9×2 topics
Which research topics does NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
- 2 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
- 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
- 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 9 works
- 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 8 works
- 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 8 works
- 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
- 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 8 works
- 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
- 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 7 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Greater Glasgow and Clyde as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0047% in 2024.
Fractional works of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 1995.
Other research institutions in Glasgow
- University of Glasgow
- University of Strathclyde
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Glasgow Life
- Institute of Nanotechnology
- Turing Institute
- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
- Glasgow School of Art
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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