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Psychiatry Research Trust

In research, Psychiatry Research Trust stands highest in Psychology (#1,327 of 3,404 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,733 of 16,688 worldwide) and Clinical Psychology (#728 of 1,390 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,140
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#519
of 1,844
Research works
3.6k
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
244k
68.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.27×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Psychiatry Research Trust

What is Psychiatry Research 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
PsychologyField #1,327 of 3,404 15.9%1,011
Health SciencesDomain #6,733 of 16,688 16.1%1,072
Clinical PsychologySubfield #728 of 1,390 17.2%549
MedicineField #7,991 of 14,558 15.6%874
Social SciencesDomain #9,079 of 14,833 15.8%1,442
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #552 of 784 15.9%349
Health ProfessionsField #2,336 of 3,315 19.1%177
NeuroscienceField #1,587 of 2,157 12.2%541
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,526 of 5,801 11.7%348
Social PsychologySubfield #1,070 of 1,314 13.6%182

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

Which fields of science does Psychiatry Research Trust work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Psychiatry Research Trust is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (28%), Medicine (25%), Neuroscience (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,442 fractional works · 40.4% of its workPsychology: 1,011 fractional works · 28.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 549 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 182 fractional works · 5.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 163 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 74 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 256 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 100 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 124 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 98 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,072 fractional works · 30.0% of its workMedicine: 874 fractional works · 24.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 349 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPhysiology: 72 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 177 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 144 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 936 fractional works · 26.2% of its workNeuroscience: 541 fractional works · 15.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 251 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 177 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNeurology: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 348 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 175 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 110 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 119 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPsychiatryResearch Trust3,568fractional works, all years
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences40%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,44240.4%
    1. Psychology1,01128.3%
    2. Social Sciences2567.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities1243.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance240.7%
    5. Decision Sciences150.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting120.3%
  2. Health Sciences1,07230.0%
    1. Medicine87424.5%
    2. Health Professions1775.0%
    3. Nursing140.4%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Neuroscience54115.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3489.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences250.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology110.3%
    1. Mathematics260.7%
    2. Chemistry250.7%
    3. Computer Science230.7%
    4. Engineering170.5%
    5. Environmental Science150.4%
    6. Materials Science50.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.0%
    10. Energy10.0%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.86× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.85× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.85×3 works
  2. Neuroscience4.86×1 works
  3. Health Professions3.44×1 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.04×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.75×4 works
  6. Dentistry1.72×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.34×1 works
  8. Medicine1.04×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.89×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.72×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.65×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Psychiatry Research Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael L. Rutter, Julian Leff and Lorna Wing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Psychiatry Research Trust.

  1. 1 Michael L. Rutter United Kingdom · #3,360 worldwide 163k citations · 882 works
  2. 2 Julian Leff United Kingdom · #369,863 worldwide 22k citations · 347 works
  3. 3 Lorna Wing United Kingdom · #618,500 worldwide 17k citations · 251 works
  4. 4 Christine E. Vaughn United Kingdom · #1,398,750 worldwide 6.2k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Ann Le Couteur United Kingdom · #1,407,589 worldwide 19k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 J. K. Wing United Kingdom · #1,437,255 worldwide 13k citations · 172 works
  7. 7 Brian S. Meldrum United Kingdom · #1,442,581 worldwide 24k citations · 348 works
  8. 8 Peter L Lantos United Kingdom · #2,070,255 worldwide 22k citations · 290 works
  9. 9 B. MacCarthy United Kingdom · #2,216,508 worldwide 2.6k citations · 41 works
  10. 10 B.S. Meldrum United Kingdom · #2,313,297 worldwide 6.8k citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Psychiatry Research Trust

What are the most cited papers from Psychiatry Research Trust?

The most cited paper from Psychiatry Research Trust is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (8,181) and "The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism" (7,623).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci Stephan Ripke et al. · Nature Open access297 authors Jul 2014 8,181
3 The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism Catherine Lord, Susan Risi, Linda Lambrecht et al. · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Jun 2000 7,623
4 Role of Genotype in the Cycle of Violence in Maltreated Children Avshalom Caspi, Joseph L. McClay, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. · Science 2 Aug 2002 4,873
5 Resilience in the Face of Adversity Michael L. Rutter · The British Journal of Psychiatry Dec 1985 3,421
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Psychiatry Research Trust?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Emotion Regulation, Prevalence, Genetics, Neurobiology, Neurological Disorders and Adolescents.

▲ 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. Mental Health298▲ 7.5×36 topics
  2. Depression286▲ 11×22 topics
  3. Emotion Regulation243▲ 21×9 topics
  4. Epidemiology232▲ 1.62×66 topics
  5. Prevalence226▲ 16×14 topics
  6. Genetics222▲ 8.1×18 topics
  7. Neurobiology199▲ 17×10 topics
  8. Neurological Disorders192▲ 7.9×20 topics
  9. Adolescents178▲ 14×8 topics
  10. Psychopathology171▲ 27×4 topics
  11. Meta-Analysis162▲ 8.2×14 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome160▲ 5.2×18 topics
  13. Psychiatric Disorders159▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Social Cognition156▲ 24×9 topics
  15. Anxiety Disorders151▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Mental Disorders141▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Cognitive Therapy133▲ 36×3 topics
  18. Neuroimaging133▲ 13×10 topics
  19. Developmental Trajectories132▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Synaptic Plasticity132▲ 12×6 topics
  21. Dendritic Spines121▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Parenting120▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Antipsychotic Drugs119▲ 64×1 topic
  24. Neurocognitive Deficits119▲ 64×1 topic
  25. Neuroscience118▲ 10×13 topics
  26. Children116▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Prefrontal Cortex115▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Social Support109▲ 6.7×15 topics
  29. Behavioral Problems108▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Neurobiological Correlates107▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Psychological Distress106▲ 22×6 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease106▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Stress105▲ 7.3×10 topics
  34. Embodiment101▲ 16×6 topics
  35. Genetic Variation99▲ 8.9×8 topics
  36. Phenomenology98▲ 22×4 topics
  37. DSM95▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Self-Experience95▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Neuronal Circuits92▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Astrocyte Function91▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Psychiatry Research Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, History of Science and Medicine, African history and culture studies and Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices.

Attention Deficit Hypera…0Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…0History of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Psychiatry an…0Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices: 0 fractional worksCognitive Abilities and …0Cognitive Abilities and Testing: 0 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…0Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksLabor market dynamics and wage inequality: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthHistory and Philosophy of ScienceAnthropologyClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  3. 3 African history and culture studies Anthropology 0 works
  4. 4 Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices Clinical Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Psychiatry Research Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower 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 Psychiatry Research Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000084% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Psychiatry Research Trust0.000069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Psychiatry Research Trust 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.

10%20%30%Psychiatry Research Trust16.1% in 2014all institutions10.0% in 201420002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.7% in 2012.

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