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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Health Sciences#868 #931
  2. Medicine#810 #880
  3. Life Sciences#1,861 #1,921
  4. Surgery#747 #686
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,699 #1,454
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#775 #630
  7. Health Professions#1,128 #1,283
  8. Social Sciences#5,183 #6,633
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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.

Health Sciences: 983 fractional works · 80.2% of its workMedicine: 871 fractional works · 71.1% of its workSurgery: 162 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 89 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 68 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 55 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOncology: 47 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 44 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 26 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 81 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 41 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 122 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNHS GreaterGlasgow and Clyde1,226fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences7%

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
    1. Medicine87171.1%
    2. Health Professions816.6%
    3. Dentistry221.8%
    4. Nursing70.6%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology715.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology241.9%
    3. Neuroscience221.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.2%
    1. Psychology393.2%
    2. Social Sciences272.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities40.4%
    6. Decision Sciences30.2%
    1. Engineering151.3%
    2. Computer Science80.6%
    3. Environmental Science50.4%
    4. Mathematics20.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.1%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works7.5×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 71 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.72× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 871 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.72×22 works
  2. Medicine3.70×871 works
  3. Health Professions2.50×81 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.92×24 works
  5. Nursing1.20×7 works
  6. Neuroscience1.11×22 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×71 works
  8. Psychology1.03×39 works
  9. Veterinary0.92×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×8 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.25×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.18×27 works
  14. Mathematics0.16×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.13×4 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×5 works
  17. Computer Science0.08×8 works
  18. Engineering0.08×16 works
  19. Environmental Science0.08×5 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×2 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×2 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Energy0.03×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×1 works

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. 1 Richard Lowrie United Kingdom · #683,653 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Paul Forsyth United Kingdom · #969,319 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Philip Henderson United Kingdom · #1,147,829 worldwide 316 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Hwei Jene Ng United Kingdom · #1,218,719 worldwide 1.4k citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Eoghan C. W. Farmer United Kingdom · #1,260,826 worldwide 5.4k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Kate Ann Levin United Kingdom · #1,307,800 worldwide 4.8k citations · 91 works
  7. 7 Saket Priyadarshi United Kingdom · #1,309,912 worldwide 305 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Karen Lesley Guerrero United Kingdom · #1,364,878 worldwide 1.4k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Paul Witherspoon United Kingdom · #1,577,276 worldwide 628 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Areti Makrygeorgou United Kingdom · #1,629,645 worldwide 405 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

What are the most cited papers from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde?

The most cited paper from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is "Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications" (Ajay Kumar Gupta, Mona Sethi Gupta, 2004), with 6,765 citations. Next come "The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines" (5,605) and "Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK" (5,030).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications Ajay Kumar Gupta, Mona Sethi Gupta · Biomaterials 11 Dec 2004 6,765
2 The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 9 Nov 2020 5,605
3 Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK Merryn Voysey et al. · The Lancet Open access765 authors 8 Dec 2020 5,030
4 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
5 Genomic analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer Peter J. Bailey et al. · Nature 103 authors 23 Feb 2016 3,805
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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. Epidemiology170▲ 3.5×114 topics
  2. Quality of Life62▲ 3.5×46 topics
  3. Inflammation56▲ 2.1×69 topics
  4. Mortality56▲ 8.0×13 topics
  5. Treatment47▲ 3.2×40 topics
  6. Complications43▲ 7.1×16 topics
  7. Management43▲ 4.4×30 topics
  8. Risk Factors42▲ 3.1×32 topics
  9. Diagnosis41▲ 3.6×35 topics
  10. Guidelines38▲ 6.7×13 topics
  11. Chemotherapy36▲ 4.2×25 topics
  12. Surgical Management34▲ 6.7×20 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 2.4×32 topics
  14. Public Health33▲ 1.85×37 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Radiotherapy29▲ 6.0×13 topics
  17. Global Burden29▲ 4.3×12 topics
  18. Surgery29▲ 6.7×12 topics
  19. Rehabilitation28▲ 5.8×13 topics
  20. Pathogenesis26▲ 4.2×21 topics
  21. Clinical Trials25▲ 3.1×16 topics
  22. Genetics25▲ 2.9×16 topics
  23. Immunotherapy25▲ 2.8×19 topics
  24. Primary Care25▲ 5.4×14 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors24▲ 4.5×14 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction24▲ 6.2×9 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines23▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. Prognosis23▲ 5.6×9 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations21▲ 3.9×23 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations20▲ 4.8×11 topics
  31. Prevention20▲ 3.8×15 topics
  32. Medical Education19▲ 5.8×12 topics
  33. Critical Care19▲ 6.3×8 topics
  34. Quality Improvement18▲ 7.7×8 topics
  35. Elderly Patients17▲ 8.0×4 topics
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease16▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Stroke15▲ 7.1×7 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications15▲ 9.7×4 topics
  39. Revision Surgery14▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 9 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 8 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 8 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 8 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
  10. 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.

openly available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

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.

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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 Greater Glasgow and Clyde as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0047% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde0.0046% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde6.3% in 2025200020102020

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.

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