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PHG Foundation

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Research works
115
▲ 84% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
64.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
PHG Foundation

Not ranked overall: PHG Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does PHG Foundation work in?

In all years, 46% of research at PHG Foundation is in Health Sciences, 35% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (32%), Engineering (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 53 fractional works · 45.6% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 42.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 35.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 32.3% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 20.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPHG Foundation115fractional works, all years
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine4942.9%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3732.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering54.3%
    2. Environmental Science32.3%
    3. Computer Science11.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences43.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Psychology10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.53× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 9 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.53×3 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.85×0 works
  3. Medicine2.51×9 works
  4. Health Professions2.41×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.29×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.07×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.63×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.50×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  12. Psychology0.28×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PHG Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Sowmiya A. Moorthie, Ron L. Zimmern and Susmita Chowdhury lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PHG Foundation.

  1. 1 Sowmiya A. Moorthie United Kingdom · #820,523 worldwide 1.7k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Ron L. Zimmern United Kingdom · #1,160,091 worldwide 3.3k citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Susmita Chowdhury United Kingdom · #1,392,572 worldwide 1.9k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Hilary Burton United Kingdom · #1,505,992 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Mark Kroese United Kingdom · #1,549,407 worldwide 1k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Alison Hall United Kingdom · #1,684,331 worldwide 2.8k citations · 131 works
  7. 7 Ronald L. Zimmern United Kingdom · #1,753,220 worldwide 801 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Tom Dent United Kingdom · #2,230,603 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Corinna Alberg United Kingdom · #2,517,635 worldwide 382 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at PHG Foundation

What are the most cited papers from PHG Foundation?

The most cited paper from PHG Foundation is "The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refine their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes" (Bernard Pereira et al., 2016), with 1,834 citations. Next come "The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease" (1,429) and "Incidence of gastric cancer and breast cancer in CDH1 (E-cadherin) mutation carriers from hereditary diffuse gastric cancer families" (641).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refine their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes Bernard Pereira et al. · Nature Communications Open access 10 May 2016 1,834
2 The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease William John Astle et al. · Cell Open access Nov 2016 1,429
3 Incidence of gastric cancer and breast cancer in CDH1 (E-cadherin) mutation carriers from hereditary diffuse gastric cancer families Paul D.P. Pharoah, Parry Guilford, Carlos H. Caldas · Gastroenterology Open access Dec 2001 641
4 Risk models and scores for type 2 diabetes: systematic review Douglas James Noble, Rohini Mathur, Tom Dent et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 28 Nov 2011 563
5 Personalized early detection and prevention of breast cancer: ENVISION consensus statement Nora Pashayan et al. · Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology ReviewOpen access 18 Jun 2020 461
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PHG Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Precision Medicine, Cancer Risk, Genetic Testing, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, BRCA1, BRCA2 and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Precision Medicine14▲ 38×4 topics
  2. Cancer Risk11▲ 36×4 topics
  3. Genetic Testing10▲ 56×3 topics
  4. Breast Cancer10▲ 31×6 topics
  5. BRCA19▲ 297×1 topic
  6. BRCA29▲ 297×1 topic
  7. Ovarian Cancer9▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Clinical Trials8▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  10. Public Health7▲ 4.6×15 topics
  11. Genetic Variation7▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Ethical Issues6▲ 58×4 topics
  13. Cell-Free DNA6▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Inflammation6▲ 2.1×24 topics
  15. Genetic Variants5▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Community Engagement5▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Informed Consent5▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Ethical Guidelines5▲ 75×1 topic
  19. Research Participation5▲ 185×1 topic
  20. Clinical Genomics4▲ 162×1 topic
  21. Sequence Interpretation4▲ 162×1 topic
  22. Population Genetics4▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Behavior Change4▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases4▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Nutrigenomics4▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Personalized Nutrition4▲ 98×1 topic
  27. Targeted Therapy4▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Genomic Instability3▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 16×5 topics
  30. Cancer Genomics3▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Genome-Wide Association3▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Mutational Signatures3▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Haplotype Mapping3▲ 93×1 topic
  34. Mendelian Randomization3▲ 93×1 topic
  35. Aneuploidy Screening3▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Genomic Sequencing3▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Health Disparities3▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing3▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Regenerative Medicine3▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does PHG Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Biomedical Ethics and Re…1Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…1BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…1Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice0Ethics in medical practice: 0 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…0Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 0 fractional works
PhysiologyGeneticsOncologyHealth Informatics4 others

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

  1. 1 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
  2. 2 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PHG Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is PHG Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%PHG Foundation0.000093% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of PHG Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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