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NIHR Research Delivery Network

In research, NIHR Research Delivery Network stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,893 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,202 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,829
of 28,054 · #19,129 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#465
of 1,094
Research works
441
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.4k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is NIHR Research Delivery Network 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,893 of 11,982 22.8%97 #7996
MedicineField #5,202 of 10,443 21.7%69 #8438

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NIHR Research Delivery Network 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 Research Delivery Network specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 26.8 works7.1×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.14× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 69 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.22× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Research Delivery Network?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Depression, Aging, Primary Care, Patient Engagement, Chronic Disease Management and Prevalence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.5×61 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 5.0×32 topics
  3. Depression8▲ 6.8×13 topics
  4. Public Health7▲ 3.3×28 topics
  5. Aging6▲ 8.5×9 topics
  6. Mental Health6▲ 3.1×21 topics
  7. Primary Care6▲ 12×10 topics
  8. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 21×5 topics
  9. Patient Engagement6▲ 31×4 topics
  10. COVID-195▲ 2.6×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.1×20 topics
  12. Prevalence5▲ 8.3×10 topics
  13. Anxiety5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  14. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  16. Quality Improvement4▲ 16×7 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  18. Global Burden4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  19. Neuroimaging4▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Social Support4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  21. Behavior Change4▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Mortality4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  23. Psychological Distress4▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Mortality Risk4▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Systematic Review4▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Caregiver Burden4▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Elderly Patients4▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Long-Term Care4▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Health Services3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Mobile Health3▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  32. Cognitive Decline3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Mental Health Services3▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Quality of Care3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Dementia3▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Digital Divide3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  37. Mild Cognitive Impairment3▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Public Involvement3▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Recovery Model3▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Adherence3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does NIHR Research Delivery Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Dementia and Cognitive I…3Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…3Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…3Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…2Health Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 2 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 2 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…2Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NIHR Research Delivery Network's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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