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NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre

In research, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#2,110 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,632 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,834
of 28,054 · #8,800 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#224
of 1,094
Research works
451
▲ 394% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre 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
MedicineField #2,110 of 10,443 34.9%126 #3754
Health SciencesDomain #2,632 of 11,982 35.5%140 #4741

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 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.55× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.02× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Sean Michael Morris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre.

  1. 1 Sean Michael Morris United Kingdom · #1,456,392 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Management, Treatment, Autoantibodies and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.1×80 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 5.1×60 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 3.8×27 topics
  4. Diagnosis9▲ 4.9×25 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 3.0×29 topics
  6. Management8▲ 5.3×22 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.7×29 topics
  8. Pathogenesis7▲ 7.2×12 topics
  9. Biomarkers6▲ 5.0×14 topics
  10. Autoantibodies6▲ 14×8 topics
  11. Cancer6▲ 2.3×33 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.8×17 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 2.7×23 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  15. Mortality6▲ 5.0×12 topics
  16. Liver Transplantation5▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  18. Aging5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  19. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.8×15 topics
  20. Primary Care5▲ 6.6×11 topics
  21. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Genetics4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  25. Global Burden4▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Prognosis4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  28. Cytokines4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  31. TGF-ß4▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Coagulopathy3▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Hepatic Encephalopathy3▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Liver Cirrhosis3▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Rheumatoid Arthritis3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Autoimmunity3▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Immunology3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Rheumatology3▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Lymphoma3▲ 9.8×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Liver Diseases and Immunity.

Liver Disease and Transp…3Liver Disease and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…3Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksLiver Diseases and Immun…2Liver Diseases and Immunity: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders…2Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 2 fractional works
HepatologyRheumatologyGeneticsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 3 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  10. 10 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 394% 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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