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NHS Tayside

In research, NHS Tayside stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,226 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,131 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,365
of 22,385 · #8,355 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#314
of 862
Research works
1.4k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
NHS Tayside

What is NHS Tayside 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 #2,226 of 9,902 8.2%182 #3548
MedicineField #2,131 of 8,541 8.7%151 #3350

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does NHS Tayside work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at NHS Tayside is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (10%), Psychology (7%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 202 fractional works · 75.2% of its workMedicine: 167 fractional works · 62.1% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNHS Tayside269fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences13%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16762.1%
    2. Health Professions279.9%
    3. Dentistry72.6%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology176.5%
    2. Social Sciences103.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology145.2%
    2. Neuroscience41.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Engineering41.4%
    2. Environmental Science31.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.26× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.77× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 167 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.26×7 works
  2. Health Professions3.77×27 works
  3. Medicine3.23×167 works
  4. Psychology2.13×18 works
  5. Nursing1.04×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×14 works
  7. Veterinary0.96×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.94×4 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.35×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.28×10 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.24×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  21. Engineering0.09×4 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NHS Tayside?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew Radley, Margaret Ann Taylor and Martin Kirkpatrick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHS Tayside.

  1. 1 Andrew Radley United Kingdom · #1,047,008 worldwide 2.1k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Margaret Ann Taylor United Kingdom · #1,406,242 worldwide 2.7k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Martin Kirkpatrick United Kingdom · #1,407,443 worldwide 2.5k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Claire Douglas United Kingdom · #1,505,513 worldwide 307 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rosalie Ashworth United Kingdom · #1,696,792 worldwide 206 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Martin Robertson United Kingdom · #2,004,497 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Emma Law United Kingdom · #2,038,737 worldwide 1.2k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Emma H. Fletcher United Kingdom · #2,130,691 worldwide 404 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Fiona Macleod United Kingdom · #2,286,211 worldwide 604 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 M.M.T. Curnow United Kingdom · #2,396,376 worldwide 387 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at NHS Tayside

What are the most cited papers from NHS Tayside?

The most cited paper from NHS Tayside is "Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain" (Verneri Anttila et al., 2018), with 2,056 citations. Next come "The Bronchiectasis Severity Index. An International Derivation and Validation Study" (1,129) and "Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement" (1,040).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Verneri Anttila et al. · Science Open access577 authors 21 Jun 2018 2,056
2 The Bronchiectasis Severity Index. An International Derivation and Validation Study James Duncan Chalmers, Pieter Goeminne, Stefano Aliberti et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Open access Mar 2014 1,129
3 Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement Alison Avenell, John I Broom, Tamara J. Brown et al. · Health Technology Assessment ReviewOpen access May 2004 1,040
4 Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotics for Bone and Joint Infection Ho Kwong Li et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Jan 2019 945
5 The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions: population database analysis 1995–2010 Bruce Guthrie, Boikanyo Makubate, Virginia Hernandez Santiago et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 7 Apr 2015 870
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NHS Tayside?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Mortality, Treatment and Aging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.2×78 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 2.7×35 topics
  3. Quality of Life13▲ 3.3×33 topics
  4. Risk Factors12▲ 4.0×23 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.5×26 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 2.6×26 topics
  7. COVID-199▲ 2.7×14 topics
  8. Mortality9▲ 6.1×9 topics
  9. Primary Care9▲ 9.2×13 topics
  10. Aging9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  11. Guidelines8▲ 6.4×11 topics
  12. Mental Health7▲ 1.87×21 topics
  13. Diagnosis7▲ 2.7×17 topics
  14. Radiotherapy7▲ 6.4×9 topics
  15. Complications7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  17. Global Burden6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.0×12 topics
  19. Biomarkers6▲ 3.2×10 topics
  20. Depression6▲ 2.5×9 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.7×15 topics
  22. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.2×12 topics
  23. Quality Improvement6▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Elderly Patients5▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Prevention5▲ 4.5×7 topics
  27. Psychological Factors5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  28. Mortality Risk5▲ 7.8×4 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  30. Medical Education4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  33. Screening4▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Survival Analysis4▲ 5.5×5 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  36. Pain Management4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  37. Patient Engagement4▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Mental Health Services4▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Quality of Care3▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does NHS Tayside publish most on?

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

Dementia and Cognitive I…3Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…3Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NHS Tayside's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Tayside as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%NHS Tayside0.00100% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NHS Tayside 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 Tayside9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2015.

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