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Northern Health and Social Care Trust

In research, Northern Health and Social Care Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,056 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,346 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,874
of 28,054 · #26,128 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#467
of 1,094
Research works
515
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Northern Health and Social Care Trust 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 #6,056 of 11,982 7.8%181 #11313
MedicineField #5,346 of 10,443 7.5%164 #9875

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern Health and Social Care 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).

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.67× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 164 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northern Health and Social Care Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Scott, Ciarán Shannon and Ciaran Mulholland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

  1. 1 Michael Scott United Kingdom · #470,089 worldwide 53 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Ciarán Shannon United Kingdom · #923,345 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ciaran Mulholland United Kingdom · #970,729 worldwide 36 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Robert Mullan United Kingdom · #1,002,478 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Which keywords describe research at Northern Health and Social Care Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Mortality, Primary Care and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 3.2×76 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 3.0×41 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 4.9×30 topics
  4. Quality of Life14▲ 3.9×35 topics
  5. Diagnosis11▲ 4.8×25 topics
  6. Mental Health9▲ 2.6×18 topics
  7. Mortality9▲ 6.3×11 topics
  8. Management8▲ 4.2×19 topics
  9. Risk Factors8▲ 3.0×18 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.8×23 topics
  11. Guidelines7▲ 6.3×9 topics
  12. Primary Care7▲ 7.8×9 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.3×12 topics
  14. Genetics6▲ 3.8×10 topics
  15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.3×14 topics
  17. Prognosis6▲ 7.4×9 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations6▲ 7.0×9 topics
  19. Autoantibodies6▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 9.6×8 topics
  21. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  22. Complications5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  23. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Aging5▲ 3.6×8 topics
  25. Diabetes5▲ 3.9×13 topics
  26. Elderly5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  27. Fibrosis5▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 9.9×7 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  30. Children4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  31. Immunology4▲ 16×2 topics
  32. TGF-ß4▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Elderly Patients4▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Quality Improvement4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  35. Health Care Costs4▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Crohn's Disease3▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Hemodialysis3▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Therapies3▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Ulcerative Colitis3▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Northern Health and Social Care Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease3Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…3Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 2 fractional works
GeneticsGeriatrics and GerontologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  6. 6 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 2 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northern Health and Social Care Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% 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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