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NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

In research, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#3,802 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,654 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,388
of 28,054 · #17,171 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#383
of 1,094
Research works
345
▲ 297% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is NIHR Bristol 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 #3,802 of 10,443 30.4%67 #5731
Health SciencesDomain #4,654 of 11,982 30.7%79 #6860

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NIHR Bristol 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.66× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.31× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Obesity, Prevalence, Adolescents, Genetics, Physical Activity and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 4.0×70 topics
  2. Public Health10▲ 5.4×21 topics
  3. Obesity8▲ 8.5×15 topics
  4. Prevalence7▲ 14×9 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 2.7×40 topics
  6. Adolescents7▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Risk Factors6▲ 4.6×20 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.3×24 topics
  9. Genetics6▲ 6.8×10 topics
  10. Depression6▲ 5.1×13 topics
  11. Physical Activity5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 5.2×16 topics
  13. Treatment5▲ 3.5×21 topics
  14. Mental Health5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  15. Quality of Life5▲ 2.9×29 topics
  16. COVID-194▲ 2.6×12 topics
  17. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.1×20 topics
  18. Mortality4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  19. Complications4▲ 5.7×10 topics
  20. Genetic Variation3▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Gene Expression3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  22. Health Effects3▲ 4.2×4 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis3▲ 4.2×9 topics
  24. Psychological Factors3▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Neurobiological Correlates3▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Body Image3▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Primary Care3▲ 5.9×12 topics
  28. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.8×10 topics
  29. Population Genetics3▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Childhood3▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Eating Disorders3▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Genome-Wide Association3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Overweight3▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  35. Patient Engagement2▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  37. Psychological Impact2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  38. Haplotype Mapping2▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Mendelian Randomization2▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Systematic Review2▲ 37×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Obesity, Physical Activi…3Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksEating Disorders and Beh…3Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 3 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…2Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…2Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and He…1Physical Activity and Health: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Rese…1Delphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…1Health Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…1Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyGeneticsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis5 others

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

  1. 1 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  5. 5 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 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 available81.8%not open18.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 297% 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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