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Public Health Scotland

In research, Public Health Scotland stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,351 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,138 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,951
of 28,054 · #11,153 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#334
of 1,094
Research works
675
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
38.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Public Health Scotland known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,351 of 11,982 26.8%97 #3915
MedicineField #3,138 of 10,443 27.6%74 #5361

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health Scotland 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.92× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.48× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Health Scotland?

Ranked on the composite score, David Walsh, Andrew McAuley and Gerry McCartney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health Scotland.

  1. 1 David Walsh United Kingdom · #20,819 worldwide 418 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Andrew McAuley United Kingdom · #101,500 worldwide 251 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Gerry McCartney United Kingdom · #524,723 worldwide 88 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Utkarsh Agrawal United Kingdom · #534,657 worldwide 97 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Mark Robinson United Kingdom · #1,295,326 worldwide 26 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health Scotland

Which keywords describe research at Public Health Scotland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Pandemic, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Health Outcomes, Mortality and Mortality Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.7×66 topics
  2. Public Health18▲ 8.9×30 topics
  3. Pandemic12▲ 8.5×7 topics
  4. COVID-1911▲ 5.8×18 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-29▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Health Outcomes8▲ 21×6 topics
  7. Mortality8▲ 9.9×11 topics
  8. Mortality Risk7▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Health Equity7▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Primary Care7▲ 13×12 topics
  11. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 19×3 topics
  12. Vaccine6▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Mental Health6▲ 3.0×12 topics
  14. Health Disparities6▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Chronic Disease6▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Immune Response6▲ 7.2×11 topics
  17. Social Support6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  18. Healthcare5▲ 3.3×11 topics
  19. Immunity5▲ 8.6×4 topics
  20. Social Relationships5▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Socioeconomic Inequalities5▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.7×14 topics
  23. Global Burden4▲ 6.0×12 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases4▲ 9.9×7 topics
  25. Surgery4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  26. Viral Transmission4▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Coronavirus4▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Life Expectancy4▲ 52×2 topics
  29. antibody4▲ 28×1 topic
  30. spike protein4▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Longevity4▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Ageing Population4▲ 72×1 topic
  33. Health Care Expenditure4▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Precarious Employment3▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Stroke3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Unemployment3▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Emergency Department Visits3▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Risk Perception3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Thrombosis3▲ 8.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Public Health Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health disparities and outcomes, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Global Health Care Issues and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Health disparities and o…5Health disparities and outcomes: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues4Global Health Care Issues: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…3Employment and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional works
HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Health disparities and outcomes Health 5 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Respiratory viral infections research 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Public Health Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% 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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