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Nuffield Health

In research, Nuffield Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,781 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,778 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions (General Health Professions is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,885
of 22,385 · #2,709 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#224
of 862
Research works
1.3k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Nuffield Health

What is Nuffield Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,781 of 9,902 15.5%145 #1511
MedicineField #1,778 of 8,541 15.5%114 #1532

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nuffield Health 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Nuffield Health work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Nuffield Health is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Health Professions (12%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 167 fractional works · 65.2% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 51.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 12.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNuffield Health256fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences18%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13251.5%
    2. Health Professions3212.5%
    3. Nursing31.1%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences166.3%
    2. Psychology114.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.7%
    5. Decision Sciences31.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology145.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology62.4%
    3. Neuroscience41.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.8%
    1. Computer Science51.9%
    2. Environmental Science41.6%
    3. Mathematics31.0%
    4. Engineering20.6%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nuffield Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 21.8 works6.2×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.74× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.68× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.74×32 works
  2. Medicine2.68×132 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.38×6 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.17×2 works
  5. Nursing2.16×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×10 works
  7. Psychology1.40×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.19×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×14 works
  10. Neuroscience0.88×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.85×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×4 works
  13. Social Sciences0.50×16 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.39×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.32×4 works
  16. Dentistry0.32×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×3 works
  18. Computer Science0.24×5 works
  19. Energy0.14×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nuffield Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Charlie Chan, Melanie Henwood and Aidan Quinn Innes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nuffield Health.

  1. 1 Charlie Chan United Kingdom · #497,114 worldwide 3.6k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Melanie Henwood United Kingdom · #1,355,357 worldwide 1.1k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Aidan Quinn Innes United Kingdom · #1,657,170 worldwide 160 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Andrew Green United Kingdom · #1,868,332 worldwide 609 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Yvonne A. McKenzie United Kingdom · #2,011,616 worldwide 640 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Trian Fundudis United Kingdom · #2,056,437 worldwide 894 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Carole Kaplan United Kingdom · #2,817,173 worldwide 1.6k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 M. Airey United Kingdom · #2,973,692 worldwide 839 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Ray Higgins United Kingdom · #3,002,603 worldwide 522 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Carol Barker United Kingdom · #3,091,998 worldwide 458 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Nuffield Health

What are the most cited papers from Nuffield Health?

The most cited paper from Nuffield Health is "Presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum" (Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Noemi Corbetta, Paul F. Chamberlain et al., 1997), with 3,097 citations. Next come "Development, validation and utilisation of food-frequency questionnaires – a review" (1,466) and "Reporting and Interpreting Decision Curve Analysis: A Guide for Investigators" (1,360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Noemi Corbetta, Paul F. Chamberlain et al. · The Lancet Aug 1997 3,097
2 Development, validation and utilisation of food-frequency questionnaires – a review Janet Elizabeth Cade, Rachel L Thompson, Victoria Jane Burley et al. · Public Health Nutrition Open access Aug 2002 1,466
3 Reporting and Interpreting Decision Curve Analysis: A Guide for Investigators Ben Van Calster, Laure Wynants, Jan F. M. Verbeek et al. · European Urology Open access 19 Sep 2018 1,360
4 Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations Stephen Burgess, George Davey Smith, Neil M Davies et al. · Wellcome Open Research Open access 28 Apr 2020 1,354
5 Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology GM Goodwin et al. · Journal of Psychopharmacology Open access 15 Mar 2016 1,317
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nuffield Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Public Health, Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction, Cardiovascular Disease, Maternal Mortality and Clinical 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-now 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.4×86 topics
  2. Public Health17▲ 4.5×35 topics
  3. Primary Care16▲ 17×13 topics
  4. Quality of Life15▲ 4.0×26 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.7×29 topics
  6. Inflammation10▲ 1.83×42 topics
  7. COVID-199▲ 2.8×19 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 4.2×17 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Mental Health8▲ 2.2×23 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality7▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Risk Factors7▲ 2.4×26 topics
  13. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 8.8×8 topics
  14. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.7×14 topics
  16. Mortality6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  17. Global Burden6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  18. Obesity6▲ 3.0×17 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Quality Improvement5▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Pathogenesis5▲ 3.8×13 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  23. Medical Education5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  24. Health Outcomes5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  25. Healthcare Quality5▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Health Inequalities4▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Patient Engagement4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  29. Community Health Workers4▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Global Health4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  31. Chronic Disease4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Health Care Utilization4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Child Mortality4▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Collaborative Practice4▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Health Systems4▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Behavior Change4▲ 9.1×4 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Health Services4▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Neuropathology4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Nuffield Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Global Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…3Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 3 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…3Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…2Healthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyPharmacyEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 3 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  6. 6 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nuffield Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nuffield Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Nuffield Health0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nuffield Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Nuffield Health13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.9% in 2017.

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