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NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre

In research, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#876 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#815 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,248
of 22,385 · #3,141 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#208
of 862
Research works
451
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.28×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre

What is NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre 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 #876 of 9,902 24.5%140 #851
MedicineField #815 of 8,541 24.7%126 #794

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre 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 NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 168 fractional works · 71.7% of its workMedicine: 152 fractional works · 64.9% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 17.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNIHR BirminghamBiomedical…234fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine15264.9%
    2. Health Professions114.5%
    3. Dentistry31.5%
    4. Nursing20.8%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology239.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology124.9%
    3. Neuroscience20.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    1. Social Sciences52.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    3. Decision Sciences31.5%
    4. Psychology31.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    1. Mathematics31.5%
    2. Computer Science21.0%
    3. Environmental Science20.7%
    4. Engineering10.3%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.89× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.07× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 152 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.89×12 works
  2. Medicine3.38×152 works
  3. Dentistry3.07×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×23 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.86×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.71×10 works
  7. Nursing1.57×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.50×3 works
  9. Mathematics1.23×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.57×2 works
  12. Psychology0.39×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.18×5 works
  14. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  16. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.14×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  23. Energy0.03×0 works
  24. Engineering0.02×1 works

What are the most cited papers from NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre?

The most cited paper from NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre is "Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies" (Siew C. Ng, Hai Yun Shi, Nima Hamidi et al., 2017), with 6,147 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023) and "A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement" (4,540).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies Siew C. Ng, Hai Yun Shi, Nima Hamidi et al. · The Lancet Review 16 Oct 2017 6,147
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
3 A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement Mohammed Eslam et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 8 Apr 2020 4,540
4 Recycling lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles Gavin Harper, Roberto Sommerville, Emma Kendrick et al. · Nature Open access 6 Nov 2019 3,845
5 TRIPOD+AI statement: updated guidance for reporting clinical prediction models that use regression or machine learning methods Professor Gary S. Collins et al. · BMJ Open access 16 Apr 2024 3,581
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Management, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Biomarkers and Liver Transplantation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 3.2×84 topics
  2. Inflammation25▲ 5.1×63 topics
  3. Management10▲ 5.5×24 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.8×30 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 4.7×26 topics
  6. Quality of Life10▲ 3.0×33 topics
  7. Treatment9▲ 3.3×28 topics
  8. Pathogenesis9▲ 7.3×12 topics
  9. Biomarkers8▲ 5.2×14 topics
  10. Cancer8▲ 2.5×34 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 4.1×17 topics
  12. Risk Factors8▲ 3.0×25 topics
  13. Mortality7▲ 5.4×13 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.5×13 topics
  15. Liver Transplantation7▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Autoantibodies7▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Healthcare6▲ 2.4×12 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 8.3×8 topics
  19. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.8×17 topics
  20. Aging6▲ 4.7×12 topics
  21. Guidelines6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  22. Primary Care6▲ 6.7×12 topics
  23. Genetics6▲ 3.5×14 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  25. Global Burden5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Immunity5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  27. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Prognosis5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Cytokines4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 8.3×3 topics
  32. Immunology4▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Autoimmunity4▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Rheumatoid Arthritis4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. TGF-ß4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  37. Autoimmune Hepatitis4▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Coagulopathy4▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis4▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Rheumatology4▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Diseases and Immunity, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Liver Diseases and Immun…4Liver Diseases and Immunity: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…3Liver Disease and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…3Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …3Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
HepatologyGeneticsRheumatologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 4 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 3 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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 available79.0%not open21.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.1%domestic only54.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre 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 counting10%20%30%NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre21.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.5% in 2023.

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