Question 1

What is NHS Lothian known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does NHS Lothian rank in research?

Accepted Answer

NHS Lothian ranks #2,780 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,515 all time), and #149 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at NHS Lothian?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from NHS Lothian?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does NHS Lothian publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at NHS Lothian?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does NHS Lothian work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is NHS Lothian's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.