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NHS Highland

In research, NHS Highland stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,086 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,963 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 19.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,330
of 28,054 · #23,881 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#729
of 1,094
Research works
495
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is NHS Highland 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 #10,086 of 11,982 9.8%75 #11972
MedicineField #8,963 of 10,443 9.6%63 #12650

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Highland 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 Highland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 19.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 22.3 works19×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.51× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NHS Highland?

Ranked on the composite score, Alain F. Zuur, Cameron Stark and Elena N. Ieno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Highland.

  1. 1 Alain F. Zuur United Kingdom · #451,965 worldwide 122 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Cameron Stark United Kingdom · #1,152,847 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Elena N. Ieno United Kingdom · #1,405,020 worldwide 66 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Highland

Which keywords describe research at NHS Highland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Arrhythmias, Catheter Ablation, Atrial Fibrillation, Echocardiography, Ethical Considerations, Radiofrequency Ablation, Ventricular Tachycardia 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. Arrhythmias8▲ 78×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 1.67×41 topics
  3. Catheter Ablation7▲ 52×2 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 3.9×23 topics
  5. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 49×2 topics
  6. Echocardiography5▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Mental Health5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations5▲ 13×9 topics
  9. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 40×1 topic
  10. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  13. Guidelines4▲ 8.4×7 topics
  14. Depression4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  15. Resuscitation4▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Cardiac Arrest4▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Hypothermia4▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Genetic Testing3▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Ion Channels3▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Cardiac Electrophysiology3▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Long-QT Syndrome3▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Anxiety3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  27. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy3▲ 101×1 topic
  28. Sudden Death3▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Constrictive Pericarditis3▲ 169×1 topic
  30. Health Care Costs3▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Pericarditis3▲ 169×1 topic
  32. Primary Care3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  33. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Healthcare Workers2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  35. Palliative Care2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Advance Care Planning2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. End-of-Life2▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Family Perspectives2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Risk Stratification2▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Stroke Prevention2▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does NHS Highland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …5Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…4Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…3Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…3Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 3 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NHS Highland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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