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North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

In research, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,990 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences — Health Sciences is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#29,023
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,542
of 2,253
Research works
241
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
56.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 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
Health SciencesDomain #12,990 of 20,462 6.6%149

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 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 North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 28.2 works3.5×
← 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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 7.89× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, T. R. Crompton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

  1. 1 T. R. Crompton United Kingdom · #1,131,250 worldwide 37 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Improvement, Mortality, Health Outcomes, Injury Severity, Trauma Center, Public Health, Patient Satisfaction and Clinical Outcomes.

▲ 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. Quality Improvement6▲ 88×5 topics
  2. Mortality5▲ 22×6 topics
  3. Health Outcomes4▲ 44×4 topics
  4. Injury Severity4▲ 131×1 topic
  5. Trauma Center4▲ 258×1 topic
  6. Public Health4▲ 7.1×7 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 42×2 topics
  9. Emergency Department Crowding3▲ 286×1 topic
  10. Health Care Utilization3▲ 78×2 topics
  11. Resuscitation3▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Triage Systems3▲ 286×1 topic
  13. Cardiac Arrest3▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Hypothermia3▲ 112×1 topic
  15. Primary Care3▲ 23×8 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations3▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Infectious Diseases3▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Healthcare Workers2▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Disaster Response2▲ 92×1 topic
  20. Triage2▲ 165×1 topic
  21. Remote Monitoring2▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Medical Education2▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Reflective Practice2▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Continuity of Care1▲ 82×2 topics
  26. Depression1▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Mental Health1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  28. Heart Failure1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  29. Higher Education1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  30. Electronic Portfolios1▲ 178×1 topic
  31. Heart Rate Variability1▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Journal Writing1▲ 178×1 topic
  33. Patient-Centered Medical Home1▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Pay for Performance1▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Chronic Disease1▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy1▲ 71×1 topic
  37. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator1▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Photoplethysmography1▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Wearable Sensors1▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Disaster Response and Management.

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…2Disaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksReflective Practices in Education: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineEmergency Medical ServicesEducationGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  5. 5 Reflective Practices in Education Education 1 works
  6. 6 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 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 available19.5%not open80.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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