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Public Health Wales

In research, Public Health Wales stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,980 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,342 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,027
of 28,054 · #11,567 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#439
of 1,094
Research works
859
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Public Health Wales 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 #6,980 of 11,982 18.3%120 #4930
MedicineField #7,342 of 10,443 20.8%79 #5202

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health Wales 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).

What does Public Health Wales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.0 works9.3×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.78× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 5.15× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.15× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.96× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.74× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Health Wales?

Ranked on the composite score, David Tucker, P. Lewis White and Christopher J. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health Wales.

  1. 1 David Tucker United Kingdom · #161,595 worldwide 160 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 P. Lewis White United Kingdom · #217,732 worldwide 255 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Christopher J. Williams United Kingdom · #242,251 worldwide 152 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Guy Robinson United Kingdom · #318,675 worldwide 86 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Daniel Thomas United Kingdom · #425,891 worldwide 102 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Richard J. Roberts United Kingdom · #479,317 worldwide 96 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Harriet Hughes United Kingdom · #530,992 worldwide 69 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Liz Green United Kingdom · #544,008 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 M.R. Evans United Kingdom · #710,372 worldwide 56 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Mark Temple United Kingdom · #775,135 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health Wales

Which keywords describe research at Public Health Wales?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 4.9×78 topics
  2. Public Health30▲ 9.7×35 topics
  3. Mental Health19▲ 6.2×21 topics
  4. COVID-1915▲ 5.3×18 topics
  5. Pandemic11▲ 5.1×8 topics
  6. Quality of Life10▲ 3.4×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 4.3×17 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-29▲ 13×6 topics
  9. Primary Care9▲ 11×10 topics
  10. Mortality8▲ 7.0×9 topics
  11. Health Equity8▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Pathogenesis7▲ 6.7×15 topics
  13. Health Disparities7▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Infectious Diseases7▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Health Outcomes6▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Vaccine6▲ 7.6×10 topics
  17. Depression6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  18. Diagnosis6▲ 3.2×21 topics
  19. Immune Response6▲ 5.1×14 topics
  20. Social Support6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  21. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Resilience6▲ 5.6×5 topics
  23. Prevalence5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  24. Mortality Risk5▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Social Determinants5▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Adolescents5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Psychological Impact5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Health Promotion5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Antifungal Therapy4▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  33. Adverse Experiences4▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Childhood Trauma4▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Chronic Disease4▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Global Trade4▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Neighborhood Effects4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Patient Engagement4▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Community Health4▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Dental Caries4▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Public Health Wales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Abuse and Trauma, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Health disparities and outcomes and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments.

Child Abuse and Trauma4Child Abuse and Trauma: 4 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…4Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental and Social Impact Assessments: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 3 fractional worksParasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementHealthManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  3. 3 Health disparities and outcomes Health 4 works
  4. 4 Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 3 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

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 Wales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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