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NHS Lothian

In research, NHS Lothian stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,079 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,032 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,682 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,780
of 22,385 · #2,515 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#149
of 862
Research works
4.5k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
115k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
NHS Lothian

What is NHS Lothian 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 #1,079 of 9,902 8.5%440 #1248
MedicineField #1,032 of 8,541 9.1%364 #1253
Social SciencesDomain #4,682 of 9,585 13.6%106 #2855
Health ProfessionsField #1,342 of 1,895 5.0%67 #1240

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Lothian 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#1,248 #1,079
  2. Medicine#1,253 #1,032
  3. Social Sciences#2,855 #4,682
  4. Health Professions#1,240 #1,342
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 Lothian work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at NHS Lothian is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Health Professions (10%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 503 fractional works · 68.4% of its workMedicine: 421 fractional works · 57.2% of its workSurgery: 55 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOphthalmology: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 71 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 129 fractional works · 17.5% of its workPsychology: 55 fractional works · 7.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 34 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNHS Lothian736fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences17%

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. Medicine42157.2%
    2. Health Professions719.6%
    3. Dentistry50.7%
    4. Veterinary40.5%
    5. Nursing20.3%
    1. Psychology557.4%
    2. Social Sciences425.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting121.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities101.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.9%
    6. Decision Sciences40.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology354.7%
    2. Neuroscience162.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology111.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    1. Computer Science131.8%
    2. Engineering101.4%
    3. Environmental Science101.3%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.49× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.65× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 421 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.82× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.43× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.82×4 works
  2. Health Professions3.65×71 works
  3. Medicine2.97×421 works
  4. Psychology2.43×54 works
  5. Dentistry1.53×6 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.49×11 works
  7. Neuroscience1.37×16 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×34 works
  10. Nursing0.69×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.54×4 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×12 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.48×10 works
  14. Social Sciences0.45×42 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×6 works
  16. Environmental Science0.27×10 works
  17. Computer Science0.23×13 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×3 works
  21. Engineering0.09×10 works
  22. Energy0.07×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NHS Lothian?

Ranked on the quality score, Iain James Nixon, Alistair F. McNarry and Angie Balfour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Lothian.

  1. 1 Iain James Nixon United Kingdom · #400,640 worldwide 21k citations · 405 works
  2. 2 Alistair F. McNarry United Kingdom · #652,391 worldwide 6.1k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Angie Balfour United Kingdom · #699,393 worldwide 3.5k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Claire Fyvie United Kingdom · #895,026 worldwide 1.3k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Emma Claire Phillips United Kingdom · #947,125 worldwide 2.6k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Fatim Lakha United Kingdom · #1,253,392 worldwide 968 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Callum P. Mutch United Kingdom · #1,255,541 worldwide 1.8k citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Alastair J. Ironside United Kingdom · #1,452,327 worldwide 503 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Robert M. Walley United Kingdom · #1,545,869 worldwide 685 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Martin Higgins United Kingdom · #1,704,747 worldwide 428 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Lothian

What are the most cited papers from NHS Lothian?

The most cited paper from NHS Lothian is "The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines" (Riaz Agha et al., 2020), with 5,605 citations. Next come "Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder" (5,082) and "Pathological complete response and long-term clinical benefit in breast cancer: the CTNeoBC pooled analysis" (4,858).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Shaun Purcell et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2009 5,082
3 Pathological complete response and long-term clinical benefit in breast cancer: the CTNeoBC pooled analysis Patricia Cortazar et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 Feb 2014 4,858
4 Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy et al. · Nature Open access613 authors 8 Apr 2022 2,894
5 Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions David M. Howard et al. · Nature Neuroscience ReviewOpen access 4 Feb 2019 2,855
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NHS Lothian?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Public Health, Medical Education, Inflammation, Patient Satisfaction and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology80▲ 2.7×113 topics
  2. Quality of Life36▲ 3.4×45 topics
  3. Inflammation32▲ 2.0×57 topics
  4. Public Health31▲ 2.9×35 topics
  5. Primary Care27▲ 9.8×13 topics
  6. Depression20▲ 3.2×17 topics
  7. Mental Health20▲ 1.85×32 topics
  8. Risk Factors20▲ 2.4×31 topics
  9. Genetics19▲ 3.6×17 topics
  10. Medical Education18▲ 9.3×11 topics
  11. Treatment18▲ 2.0×40 topics
  12. COVID-1917▲ 1.79×17 topics
  13. Complications17▲ 4.6×17 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction16▲ 7.2×9 topics
  15. Management16▲ 2.7×28 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis16▲ 3.6×16 topics
  17. Anxiety15▲ 4.4×8 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 3.7×14 topics
  19. Mortality14▲ 3.5×12 topics
  20. Chemotherapy14▲ 2.7×22 topics
  21. Adolescents13▲ 4.8×7 topics
  22. Reflective Practice13▲ 9.2×6 topics
  23. Prevalence12▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Radiotherapy12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Quality Improvement12▲ 8.5×8 topics
  26. Patient Safety12▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Health Equity10▲ 4.7×4 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 6.1×6 topics
  29. Healthcare Quality10▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Training9▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. Glaucoma9▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Elderly Patients8▲ 6.6×4 topics
  33. Macular Degeneration8▲ 9.2×3 topics
  34. Health Policy8▲ 7.3×2 topics
  35. Postoperative Complications8▲ 8.6×4 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery8▲ 9.0×5 topics
  37. Competency-Based Education8▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Health Care Utilization8▲ 10.0×3 topics
  39. Assessment Methods8▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does NHS Lothian publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Child and Adolescent Health and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Innovations in Medical E…8Innovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…6Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 6 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…6Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 6 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…5Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 5 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 5 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…4Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 6 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 5 works
  6. 6 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 5 works
  7. 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  8. 8 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NHS Lothian's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Lothian as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%NHS Lothian0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NHS Lothian 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025NHS Lothian8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2008.

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