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Royal College of Nursing

In research, Royal College of Nursing stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,191 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,292 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,510
of 28,054 · #4,088 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#388
of 1,094
Research works
1.8k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Royal College of Nursing 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 #3,191 of 11,982 6.1%106 #454
MedicineField #10,292 of 10,443 4.3%61 #7869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal College of Nursing 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: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.05× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 11.55× its world share, 9 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.67× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal College of Nursing?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine Hancock, John Sheahan and Mark Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal College of Nursing.

  1. 1 Christine Hancock United Kingdom · #90,430 worldwide 146 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 John Sheahan United Kingdom · #220,756 worldwide 74 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mark Jones United Kingdom · #388,192 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Kim Manley United Kingdom · #573,644 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Tanis Hand United Kingdom · #833,436 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Brenda Poulton United Kingdom · #854,328 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Helen Donovan United Kingdom · #1,006,783 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Mahendran Kavitha United Kingdom · #1,027,307 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 C. F. Cross United Kingdom · #1,160,728 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Simon Crompton United Kingdom · #1,348,627 worldwide 3 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Royal College of Nursing

Which keywords describe research at Royal College of Nursing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Mental Health, Depression, Social Support, Stress, Pandemic, Treatment and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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. Quality of Life18▲ 7.3×22 topics
  2. Mental Health17▲ 7.1×18 topics
  3. Depression13▲ 8.9×12 topics
  4. Social Support12▲ 13×9 topics
  5. Epidemiology12▲ 1.77×38 topics
  6. COVID-1911▲ 5.0×9 topics
  7. Treatment11▲ 5.6×10 topics
  8. Pandemic11▲ 6.1×7 topics
  9. Stress10▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy10▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Public Health9▲ 3.8×21 topics
  12. Nursing9▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Elderly8▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Health8▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Primary Care7▲ 11×12 topics
  16. Educational Achievement7▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Job Stress7▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Vaccine7▲ 9.9×5 topics
  19. Healthcare6▲ 3.4×12 topics
  20. Healthcare Workers6▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Nanoparticles6▲ 2.9×4 topics
  22. Job Satisfaction6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  23. Coronavirus6▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Social Impact6▲ 8.8×2 topics
  25. Herbal Medicine6▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Anxiety5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Prevention5▲ 7.5×9 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations5▲ 8.9×7 topics
  29. economic burden5▲ 87×1 topic
  30. Child Development5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  31. Medical Education5▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Health Policy5▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Health Inequalities5▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Nursing Education5▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Psychological Impact4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  36. Health Workforce4▲ 60×2 topics
  37. Phenomenology4▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Cost Analysis4▲ 50×2 topics
  39. Patient Outcomes4▲ 38×3 topics
  40. Psychological Distress4▲ 8.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Royal College of Nursing publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Diverse Scientific Research Studies, Global Maternal and Child Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Health and Well-being St…7Health and Well-being Studies: 7 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksPressure Ulcer Prevention and Management: 3 fractional worksNursing education and management: 3 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research…3Health Sciences Research and Education: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…2Library Science and Information Literacy: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 7 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  5. 5 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Occupational Therapy 3 works
  6. 6 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 3 works
  7. 7 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  10. 10 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal College of Nursing's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower 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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