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NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit

In research, NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit stands highest in Medicine (#4,868 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,522 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences — Health Sciences is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#14,678
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#798
of 2,253
Research works
259
▼ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
44.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #4,868 of 17,978 28.4%198
Health SciencesDomain #6,522 of 20,462 28.5%203

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit 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).

What does NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 20.8 works3.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.61× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 4.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Liver Transplantation, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Pathogenesis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Immunosuppressive Therapy.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×18 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 6.3×22 topics
  3. Liver Transplantation4▲ 109×4 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 9.5×8 topics
  5. Management2▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Pathogenesis2▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 7.4×8 topics
  9. Treatment2▲ 5.1×10 topics
  10. Autoimmune Hepatitis2▲ 301×1 topic
  11. Healthcare2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  12. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis2▲ 301×1 topic
  14. Cancer2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  15. Immunotherapy1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  16. Mortality1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  17. Graft Survival1▲ 56×3 topics
  18. Hepatic Encephalopathy1▲ 90×1 topic
  19. Immune Response1▲ 8.4×6 topics
  20. Liver Cirrhosis1▲ 90×1 topic
  21. Clinical Trials1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  22. Liver Disease1▲ 47×3 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.7×9 topics
  24. Pandemic1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  25. Stroke1▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  27. Surgery1▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. COVID-191▲ 2.7×1 topic
  30. Chemotherapy1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  31. Donor Risk Index1▲ 89×1 topic
  32. Emergency Department Visits1▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Hepatic Steatosis1▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury1▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Pancreatic Cancer1▲ 33×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Diseases and Immunity, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Liver Diseases and Immunity: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…1Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …1Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksMagnesium in Health and Disease: 0 fractional works
HepatologySurgeryOncologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 2 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 1 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Magnesium in Health and Disease Nutrition and Dietetics 0 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.0%domestic only65.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% lower 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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