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NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre

In research, NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#1,676 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,949 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,139 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,028
of 28,054 · #3,438 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#115
of 1,094
Research works
1.5k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
44.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is NIHR Imperial 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 #1,676 of 10,443 31.0%138 #2222
Health SciencesDomain #1,949 of 11,982 31.5%160 #2288
Life SciencesDomain #2,139 of 7,800 32.5%65 #2544
Physical SciencesDomain #5,640 of 12,888 24.6%93 #4930

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NIHR Imperial 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,222 #1,676
  2. Health Sciences#2,288 #1,949
  3. Life Sciences#2,544 #2,139
  4. Physical Sciences#4,930 #5,640
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.06× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.14× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.03× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Mortality, Deep Learning, Inflammation, SARS-CoV-2, Infectious Diseases 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. Epidemiology39▲ 2.8×87 topics
  2. Deep Learning19▲ 1.55×49 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 1.96×57 topics
  4. Machine Learning14▲ 1.17×35 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.9×29 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress11▲ 1.94×31 topics
  7. Public Health11▲ 2.2×34 topics
  8. Treatment11▲ 2.5×29 topics
  9. Pandemic11▲ 2.8×8 topics
  10. Mortality10▲ 4.9×12 topics
  11. COVID-1910▲ 2.0×19 topics
  12. Healthcare10▲ 2.4×15 topics
  13. Diagnosis9▲ 2.9×25 topics
  14. Vaccine9▲ 6.3×10 topics
  15. Genetics9▲ 3.6×15 topics
  16. Immune Response8▲ 4.1×16 topics
  17. Infectious Diseases8▲ 6.6×8 topics
  18. SARS-CoV-28▲ 6.7×6 topics
  19. Management8▲ 2.7×17 topics
  20. Health Effects7▲ 3.4×16 topics
  21. Precision Medicine7▲ 4.1×7 topics
  22. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.6×15 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 7.1×3 topics
  24. Particulate Matter6▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Global Burden6▲ 3.1×10 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 6.8×4 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Asthma5▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Immunology5▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Epidemiological Studies5▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Air Pollution5▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Fine Particulate Air Pollution5▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  34. Genomics5▲ 4.6×8 topics
  35. Mutation4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Allergic Diseases4▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Eosinophils4▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Viral Transmission4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Electronic Health Records4▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Respiratory4▲ 11×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Asthma and respiratory diseases, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Innovations in Medical Education.

Air Quality and Health I…5Air Quality and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…4Asthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…3Innovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 3 fractional worksMachine Learning in Heal…3Machine Learning in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…2COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …2Diversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…2Climate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPhysiologyInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.2%domestic only61.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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