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Office for National Statistics

In research, Office for National Statistics stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,378 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,931 of 20,462 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#1,521 of 3,268 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,060
of 28,054 · #17,252 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#816
of 1,094
Research works
1k
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Office for National Statistics 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,378 of 16,945 31.0%642
Health SciencesDomain #7,931 of 20,462 38.0%241
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,521 of 3,268 30.2%210
MedicineField #9,353 of 17,978 36.2%140
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #1,351 of 2,466 35.1%140
Social SciencesField #5,640 of 10,206 34.4%268
Physical SciencesDomain #20,189 of 21,541 11.5%125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office for National Statistics 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 5.53× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.12× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 11.49× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Office for National Statistics?

Ranked on the composite score, Vahé Nafilyan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Office for National Statistics.

  1. 1 Vahé Nafilyan United Kingdom · #676,913 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Office for National Statistics

Which keywords describe research at Office for National Statistics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Health Disparities, Health Equity, Social Support, Neighborhood Effects, Mortality Risk, Social Relationships and Socioeconomic Inequalities.

▲ 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. Public Health16▲ 8.9×19 topics
  2. Health Disparities13▲ 42×8 topics
  3. Health Equity12▲ 34×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology11▲ 2.3×31 topics
  5. Social Support11▲ 15×4 topics
  6. Neighborhood Effects10▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Mortality Risk10▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Social Relationships10▲ 86×1 topic
  9. Socioeconomic Inequalities10▲ 119×1 topic
  10. Data Integration9▲ 44×4 topics
  11. Pandemic9▲ 6.6×7 topics
  12. Big Data8▲ 7.0×7 topics
  13. Climate Change8▲ 2.4×12 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 4.6×11 topics
  15. Mental Health6▲ 3.6×14 topics
  16. Data Cleaning6▲ 177×1 topic
  17. Record Linkage6▲ 177×1 topic
  18. Health Inequalities6▲ 42×3 topics
  19. Small Area Estimation6▲ 638×1 topic
  20. Spatial Microsimulation6▲ 638×1 topic
  21. Capture-Recapture5▲ 1384×1 topic
  22. Economic Growth5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  23. Population Size Estimation5▲ 1384×1 topic
  24. SARS-CoV-25▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Life Expectancy4▲ 63×2 topics
  26. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Mortality4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Health Outcomes4▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Chronic Disease3▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Monetary Policy3▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Primary Care3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  33. Financial Crisis3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Modeling2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  35. Mortality Forecasting2▲ 115×1 topic
  36. Ontology2▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Population Ageing2▲ 115×1 topic
  38. Thrombosis2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  39. Public Health Interventions2▲ 26×1 topic
  40. transmission dynamics2▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Office for National Statistics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health disparities and outcomes, Data Quality and Management, demographic modeling and climate adaptation and Census and Population Estimation.

Health disparities and o…10Health disparities and outcomes: 10 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 6 fractional worksdemographic modeling and climate adaptation: 6 fractional worksCensus and Population Es…5Census and Population Estimation: 5 fractional worksInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 2 fractional works
HealthManagement Science and Operations ResearchStatistics and ProbabilityDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Health disparities and outcomes Health 10 works
  2. 2 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  3. 3 demographic modeling and climate adaptation Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  4. 4 Census and Population Estimation Statistics and Probability 5 works
  5. 5 Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Demography 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office for National Statistics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% 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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