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NHS Tayside

In research, NHS Tayside stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,608 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,570 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,445
of 28,054 · #12,320 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#651
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is NHS Tayside 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 #6,608 of 11,982 10.7%179 #3765
MedicineField #6,570 of 10,443 11.0%147 #4034

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NHS Tayside 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).

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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.98× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.83× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NHS Tayside?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Mortality, Guidelines, Risk Factors 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology30▲ 3.2×75 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 3.0×35 topics
  3. Quality of Life12▲ 3.5×32 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 3.6×25 topics
  5. Risk Factors10▲ 4.0×22 topics
  6. Public Health9▲ 2.6×24 topics
  7. Mortality9▲ 6.4×9 topics
  8. Primary Care8▲ 9.1×12 topics
  9. COVID-198▲ 2.5×14 topics
  10. Aging8▲ 6.2×8 topics
  11. Guidelines8▲ 7.1×11 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress7▲ 1.82×20 topics
  13. Complications6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  14. Diagnosis6▲ 2.9×16 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations6▲ 7.8×9 topics
  16. Radiotherapy6▲ 6.9×9 topics
  17. Biomarkers5▲ 3.4×10 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.8×15 topics
  20. Global Burden5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  22. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Elderly Patients5▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Psychological Factors5▲ 9.6×5 topics
  25. Prevention5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  26. Mortality Risk5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Surgical Management4▲ 4.5×17 topics
  29. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  30. Survival Analysis4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. Medical Education4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  33. Neuroimaging4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  35. Screening3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Patient Engagement3▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Health Care Costs3▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Prognostic Markers3▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Quality of Care3▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does NHS Tayside publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Palliative Care and End-…3Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…3Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthOncologyGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NHS Tayside's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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