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NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre

In research, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#1,342 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,791 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,512
of 28,054 · #9,719 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#216
of 1,094
Research works
772
▲ 319% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is NIHR Leicester 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 #1,342 of 10,443 24.0%242 #3034
Health SciencesDomain #1,791 of 11,982 24.7%264 #3714

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

What does NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 20.8 works12×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 34.9 works10×
  3. PhysiologySubfield · 28.1 works9.9×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 41.7 works8.3×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Cameron Razieh, Mark Orme and Andy Barton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.

  1. 1 Cameron Razieh United Kingdom · #821,203 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Mark Orme United Kingdom · #1,200,876 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Andy Barton United Kingdom · #1,233,724 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology50▲ 3.9×65 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 10×30 topics
  3. Inflammation36▲ 5.3×51 topics
  4. Diagnosis28▲ 9.1×17 topics
  5. Management27▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Global Burden26▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Treatment25▲ 6.2×21 topics
  8. Heart Failure23▲ 16×11 topics
  9. Obesity21▲ 8.7×18 topics
  10. Respiratory19▲ 59×2 topics
  11. COPD19▲ 86×1 topic
  12. Diabetes19▲ 12×11 topics
  13. spirometry19▲ 86×1 topic
  14. Public Health16▲ 3.4×27 topics
  15. Quality of Life16▲ 3.3×28 topics
  16. Glycemic Control14▲ 29×4 topics
  17. Genetics14▲ 6.3×11 topics
  18. Mortality13▲ 6.9×11 topics
  19. Risk Factors13▲ 3.6×20 topics
  20. Depression13▲ 4.5×13 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 4.8×17 topics
  22. Asthma12▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Guidelines12▲ 8.1×8 topics
  24. Primary Care12▲ 9.4×12 topics
  25. Allergic Diseases11▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Eosinophils11▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Immunology11▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Atherosclerosis11▲ 12×9 topics
  29. Insulin Therapy11▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Physical Activity10▲ 6.3×9 topics
  31. Type 2 Diabetes10▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Echocardiography9▲ 10×8 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease9▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 8.6×6 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment9▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 11×7 topics
  37. Neuropathology9▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Central Nervous System Involvement8▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Neurologic Manifestations8▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome8▲ 35×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…19Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 19 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 11 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 8 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 6 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 5 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyNeurologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 11 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 8 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  6. 6 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 6 works
  7. 7 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 4 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 available69.3%not open30.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.5%domestic only64.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 319% 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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