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Public Health Agency

In research, Public Health Agency stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,734 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,560
of 22,385 · #14,453 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#418
of 862
Research works
495
▲ 141% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Public Health Agency

What is Public Health Agency 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 #5,734 of 9,902 7.8%69 #7881

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health Agency 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 Public Health Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Public Health Agency is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (11%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 86 fractional works · 52.1% of its workMedicine: 67 fractional works · 40.5% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 16.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPublic HealthAgency165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences52%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6740.5%
    2. Health Professions137.8%
    3. Nursing63.4%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences1710.5%
    2. Psychology52.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology84.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences84.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.0%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Environmental Science106.1%
    2. Engineering42.7%
    3. Mathematics32.0%
    4. Computer Science21.3%
    5. Materials Science10.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
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: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.71× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.71× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.97× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 6.99× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.99×6 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.71×8 works
  3. Health Professions2.97×13 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.71×2 works
  5. Medicine2.11×67 works
  6. Veterinary1.96×0 works
  7. Mathematics1.69×3 works
  8. Environmental Science1.24×10 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×10 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.97×8 works
  11. Psychology0.93×5 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.83×17 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.46×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  19. Engineering0.18×4 works
  20. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Public Health Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Jillian Johnston, Naomh Gallagher and Muhammad Sartaj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health Agency.

  1. 1 Jillian Johnston United Kingdom · #951,018 worldwide 1.5k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Naomh Gallagher United Kingdom · #1,776,099 worldwide 533 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Muhammad Sartaj United Kingdom · #2,053,334 worldwide 1.9k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Laura Camilloni United Kingdom · #2,319,469 worldwide 937 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Lucy Namulemo United Kingdom · #2,512,355 worldwide 35 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sarah L. Milligan United Kingdom · #2,793,397 worldwide 159 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Denise O’Hagan United Kingdom · #2,817,072 worldwide 150 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Neil Irvine United Kingdom · #3,184,904 worldwide 477 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Tracy Owen United Kingdom · #3,977,485 worldwide 65 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Lucy Jessop United Kingdom · #4,872,009 worldwide 229 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health Agency

What are the most cited papers from Public Health Agency?

The most cited paper from Public Health Agency is "Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England: test negative case-control study" (Jamie Lopez Bernal, Nick J Andrews, Charlotte Gower et al., 2021), with 1,398 citations. Next come "SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection" (1,091) and "SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway" (739).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England: test negative case-control study Jamie Lopez Bernal, Nick J Andrews, Charlotte Gower et al. · BMJ Open access 13 May 2021 1,398
2 SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection Steven A. Kemp et al. · Nature Open access1,134 authors 5 Feb 2021 1,091
3 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway Brian J. Willett et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access692 authors 7 Jul 2022 739
4 Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies Dami A. Collier et al. · Nature Open access1,136 authors 11 Mar 2021 717
5 Improving health through policies that promote active travel: A review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment Audrey J. de Nazelle et al. · Environment International 25 Mar 2011 622
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Public Health Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 4.9×69 topics
  2. Public Health15▲ 6.2×38 topics
  3. Vaccine10▲ 16×11 topics
  4. COVID-1910▲ 4.7×19 topics
  5. Pathogenesis10▲ 12×18 topics
  6. Pandemic9▲ 5.3×10 topics
  7. Immune Response8▲ 8.8×13 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases8▲ 15×9 topics
  9. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.3×18 topics
  10. Vaccine Development6▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Health Effects5▲ 5.3×15 topics
  13. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  14. Child Development5▲ 7.1×3 topics
  15. Risk Factors5▲ 2.6×18 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-25▲ 9.5×5 topics
  17. Biodiversity5▲ 3.6×6 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 32×1 topic
  19. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Global Burden4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Toxicity4▲ 5.5×11 topics
  22. Drug Resistance4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  23. Global Health4▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 11×9 topics
  25. Health Equity4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Risk Perception4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  27. Social Distancing4▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Health Inequalities3▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Maternal Mortality3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  30. Socio-economic Factors3▲ 18×2 topics
  31. COVID-19 Vaccine3▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Food Safety3▲ 7.1×12 topics
  33. Global Access3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Health Behavior3▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Vaccine Hesitancy3▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Host Immune Response3▲ 30×3 topics
  37. Non-Communicable Diseases3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  38. Infection3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  39. Disease Burden3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. transmission dynamics3▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Public Health Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Child Nutrition and Wate…4Child Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…3Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…2Public Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 2 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsHealthModeling and SimulationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.9%domestic only49.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Public Health Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 141% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Public Health Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Public Health Agency0.00095% in 202519801990200020102020

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