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Royal Navy

In research, Royal Navy stands highest in Medicine (#7,238 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,733 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,827
of 28,054 · #16,925 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#709
of 1,094
Research works
1.4k
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Royal Navy 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
MedicineField #7,238 of 10,443 12.1%84 #5986
Health SciencesDomain #8,733 of 11,982 12.2%98 #7579

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Navy 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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.47× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Navy?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark J. Midwinter, Sheldon F. Dudley and John Breeze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Navy.

  1. 1 Mark J. Midwinter United Kingdom · #113,469 worldwide 124 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Sheldon F. Dudley United Kingdom · #148,169 worldwide 109 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 John Breeze United Kingdom · #213,621 worldwide 104 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Carl Edmonds United Kingdom · #530,065 worldwide 40 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Jason Smith United Kingdom · #658,035 worldwide 91 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Jon Clasper United Kingdom · #690,836 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 J.R.A. Lakey United Kingdom · #860,925 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Thomas Stratton United Kingdom · #868,591 worldwide 1 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Peter F. Mahoney United Kingdom · #922,412 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Tom Woolley United Kingdom · #1,089,961 worldwide 11 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Navy

Which keywords describe research at Royal Navy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Epidemiology, Quality Improvement, Injury Severity, Health Outcomes, Hemorrhage, Prehospital Care and Trauma Center.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.0×59 topics
  2. Mortality12▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Public Health9▲ 4.2×24 topics
  4. Quality Improvement8▲ 28×5 topics
  5. Injury Severity8▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Health Outcomes7▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Hemorrhage7▲ 72×3 topics
  8. Prehospital Care7▲ 116×1 topic
  9. Trauma Center7▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Sepsis7▲ 28×4 topics
  11. Management7▲ 5.8×15 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations6▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Resuscitation6▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Trauma6▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases6▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Disaster Response5▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Critical Care5▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Healthcare Workers5▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Medical Education5▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Coagulopathy5▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Albumin4▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Glycocalyx4▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Emergency Preparedness4▲ 69×1 topic
  24. Triage4▲ 69×1 topic
  25. International Law4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  26. Risk Factors4▲ 2.3×15 topics
  27. Biomechanics4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  29. Complications3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  30. Prognosis3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  32. Global Health2▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Thrombus Formation2▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Cerebral Blood Flow2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Traumatic Brain Injury2▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Health Policy2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  37. Internal Fixation2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Medical Therapy2▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Blood Transfusion2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Shipping2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Navy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Disaster Response and Management and Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications.

Trauma and Emergency Car…7Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 7 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 2 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 2 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 2 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEmergency Medical ServicesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 2 works
  6. 6 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 2 works
  10. 10 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Navy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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