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Public Health England

In research, Public Health England stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,330 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,561 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,423 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 11.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,146
of 22,385 · #879 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#161
of 862
Research works
4.5k
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
193k
42.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.29×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Public Health England

What is Public Health England 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 #1,330 of 9,902 18.2%181 #376
MedicineField #1,561 of 8,541 18.0%139 #494
Social SciencesDomain #5,423 of 9,585 15.7%70 #1392

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health England 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#376 #1,330
  2. Medicine#494 #1,561
  3. Social Sciences#1,392 #5,423
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Public Health England work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Public Health England is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 214 fractional works · 52.4% of its workMedicine: 165 fractional works · 40.5% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 8.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 33 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPublic HealthEngland407fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences20%

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. Medicine16540.5%
    2. Health Professions409.8%
    3. Dentistry61.5%
    4. Nursing20.4%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences368.8%
    2. Psychology174.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting133.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology276.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology225.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.8%
    4. Neuroscience30.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science194.8%
    2. Computer Science153.6%
    3. Mathematics81.9%
    4. Engineering71.7%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Public Health England specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.6 works12×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.43× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.17× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.71× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.43×22 works
  2. Health Professions3.71×40 works
  3. Dentistry3.17×6 works
  4. Medicine2.11×165 works
  5. Mathematics1.61×8 works
  6. Psychology1.40×17 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.25×27 works
  8. Veterinary1.23×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×10 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×13 works
  11. Environmental Science0.96×20 works
  12. Nursing0.89×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.70×36 works
  15. Neuroscience0.47×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.46×15 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.44×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×7 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.21×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×1 works
  22. Engineering0.12×7 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Public Health England?

Ranked on the quality score, Meera A Chand, Maria Cristina Fleischmann Alves Zambon and Helen Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health England.

  1. 1 Meera A Chand United Kingdom · #13,047 worldwide 24k citations · 199 works
  2. 2 Maria Cristina Fleischmann Alves Zambon United Kingdom · #17,031 worldwide 53k citations · 563 works
  3. 3 Helen Campbell United Kingdom · #35,601 worldwide 12k citations · 193 works
  4. 4 Angie Lackenby United Kingdom · #47,709 worldwide 13k citations · 108 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth M. Johnson United Kingdom · #52,144 worldwide 22k citations · 308 works
  6. 6 Bassam Hallis United Kingdom · #52,421 worldwide 19k citations · 114 works
  7. 7 Tim J G Brooks United Kingdom · #52,682 worldwide 13k citations · 153 works
  8. 8 Nick J Andrews United Kingdom · #53,784 worldwide 39k citations · 610 works
  9. 9 Gayatri Amirthalingam United Kingdom · #58,050 worldwide 13k citations · 220 works
  10. 10 Mary Elizabeth Ramsay United Kingdom · #58,511 worldwide 46k citations · 721 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health England

What are the most cited papers from Public Health England?

The most cited paper from Public Health England is "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Marie Ng et al., 2014), with 12,158 citations. Next come "Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR" (8,218) and "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Marie Ng et al. · The Lancet Open access140 authors 28 May 2014 12,158
2 Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR Victor M. Corman et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access 23 Jan 2020 8,218
3 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
4 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
5 Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries Claudia Allemani et al. · The Lancet Open access595 authors 31 Jan 2018 6,323
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Public Health England?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases, Pathogenesis, SARS-CoV-2 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. Epidemiology79▲ 4.9×99 topics
  2. Public Health39▲ 6.6×45 topics
  3. COVID-1925▲ 4.7×19 topics
  4. Pandemic21▲ 5.1×8 topics
  5. Vaccine20▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Infectious Diseases20▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Pathogenesis20▲ 9.5×22 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-217▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Immune Response14▲ 6.2×17 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 8.6×13 topics
  11. Mental Health14▲ 2.4×22 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.8×28 topics
  13. Risk Factors12▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Primary Care12▲ 7.7×13 topics
  15. Quality of Life12▲ 1.97×34 topics
  16. Health Effects11▲ 4.5×18 topics
  17. Global Burden11▲ 5.0×12 topics
  18. Vaccine Development11▲ 10×10 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor11▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Immunity10▲ 6.4×6 topics
  21. Mortality10▲ 4.2×10 topics
  22. Antimicrobial Resistance10▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Viral Transmission9▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.7×11 topics
  25. Health Disparities8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  26. Social Support8▲ 3.7×12 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  28. Mutation8▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Coronavirus8▲ 9.2×2 topics
  30. Global Health7▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Modeling7▲ 7.2×3 topics
  32. antibody7▲ 18×1 topic
  33. spike protein7▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Health Equity7▲ 6.0×4 topics
  35. Public Health Interventions7▲ 23×1 topic
  36. transmission dynamics7▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Risk Perception7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  38. Mortality Risk6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  39. Viral Load6▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Healthcare-Associated Infections6▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Public Health England publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Respiratory viral infections research.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …7SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…7COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 7 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…5Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…5Respiratory viral infections research: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…4Health disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and…3SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationHealthEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 7 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomes Health 4 works
  8. 8 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 3 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Public Health England's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% lower 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 Public Health England as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Public Health England0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Public Health England 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%Public Health England13.8% 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 25.1% in 2010.

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