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NHS Lothian

In research, NHS Lothian stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,786 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,682 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,507 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,747
of 28,054 · #8,390 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#266
of 1,094
Research works
1.9k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is NHS Lothian 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 #2,786 of 11,982 12.4%360 #2488
MedicineField #2,682 of 10,443 13.4%294 #2434
Social SciencesDomain #5,507 of 10,521 21.6%87 #7184

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,488 #2,786
  2. Medicine#2,434 #2,682
  3. Social Sciences#7,184 #5,507
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.40× its world share, 60 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 294 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NHS Lothian?

Ranked on the composite score, Iain J. Nixon, Kate Templeton and David Gillespie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Lothian.

  1. 1 Iain J. Nixon United Kingdom · #78,510 worldwide 152 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Kate Templeton United Kingdom · #158,305 worldwide 216 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 David Gillespie United Kingdom · #711,373 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Alexander McMillan United Kingdom · #957,092 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Edward Qian United Kingdom · #1,624,070 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Victoria Ruth Tallentire United Kingdom · #1,628,835 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Lothian

Which keywords describe research at NHS Lothian?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Public Health, Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction, Medical Education, Reflective Practice and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 2.6×105 topics
  2. Public Health26▲ 3.4×33 topics
  3. Quality of Life25▲ 3.4×43 topics
  4. Primary Care25▲ 13×13 topics
  5. Inflammation20▲ 1.86×56 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction15▲ 9.1×9 topics
  7. Mental Health14▲ 1.83×29 topics
  8. Medical Education14▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Depression13▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Treatment12▲ 2.0×40 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.4×14 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 2.1×30 topics
  13. Management12▲ 3.0×26 topics
  14. Complications12▲ 4.6×16 topics
  15. Mortality12▲ 4.0×12 topics
  16. Genetics11▲ 3.0×16 topics
  17. Reflective Practice10▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Quality Improvement10▲ 9.8×8 topics
  19. Guidelines10▲ 3.9×12 topics
  20. Anxiety9▲ 3.8×8 topics
  21. Global Burden9▲ 3.3×12 topics
  22. Health Equity9▲ 6.2×4 topics
  23. Adolescents9▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Prevalence9▲ 4.2×13 topics
  25. Radiotherapy9▲ 4.4×10 topics
  26. Training8▲ 7.4×4 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 7.3×6 topics
  28. Healthcare Quality8▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Patient Safety8▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Health Policy8▲ 9.2×2 topics
  31. Health Care Utilization7▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Competency-Based Education7▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications7▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Assessment Methods7▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. Community Health7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  37. Faculty Development7▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Continuing Medical Education6▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Professional Identity Formation6▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Robotic Surgery6▲ 8.4×5 topics

Which research topics does NHS Lothian publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Child and Adolescent Health, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Innovations in Medical E…6Innovations in Medical Education: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…6Child and Adolescent Health: 6 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…5Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 5 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…4Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 4 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and T…3Healthcare Systems and Technology: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 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 6 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  5. 5 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NHS Lothian's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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