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NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit

In research, NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit stands highest in Medicine (#8,966 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,876 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,752
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,322
of 2,253
Research works
175
▼ 80% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.2k
47.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular 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 #8,966 of 17,978 34.2%147
Health SciencesDomain #11,876 of 20,462 34.1%149

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

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Echocardiography, Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Cardiac Imaging, Coronary Artery Disease, Radiation Exposure and Computed Tomography Angiography.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Magnetic Resonance Imaging22▲ 34×7 topics
  2. Echocardiography20▲ 42×8 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction18▲ 40×7 topics
  4. Heart Failure17▲ 22×11 topics
  5. Cardiac Imaging15▲ 62×3 topics
  6. Epidemiology13▲ 1.90×29 topics
  7. Coronary Artery Disease13▲ 59×3 topics
  8. Radiation Exposure12▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Computed Tomography Angiography12▲ 84×1 topic
  10. Myocardial Perfusion12▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Atherosclerosis9▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Obesity9▲ 6.8×5 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Treatment9▲ 3.8×12 topics
  15. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 33×4 topics
  16. Chamber Quantification8▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Diagnosis8▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Diastolic Function8▲ 62×1 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.1×21 topics
  20. Guidelines8▲ 9.4×6 topics
  21. Congenital Heart Disease8▲ 49×3 topics
  22. Perfusion Imaging8▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Functional MRI7▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Dilated Cardiomyopathy7▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Parallel Imaging7▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Spectroscopy7▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Coronary Stents7▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Myocardial Revascularization7▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Mortality Risk6▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Adult Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 46×2 topics
  35. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Arrhythmias6▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 29×4 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation5▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…1Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…0Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 0 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…0Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 0 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 0 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…0Asthma and respiratory diseases: 0 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEconomics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NIHR Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 80% 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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