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Scottish Health Services

In research, Scottish Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,522 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,187
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#653
of 1,844
Research works
338
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Scottish Health Services

What is Scottish Health Services known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #8,522 of 16,688 13.3%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scottish Health Services 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 fields of science does Scottish Health Services work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Scottish Health Services is in Health Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Health Professions (15%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 139 fractional works · 41.0% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 23.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 52 fractional works · 15.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 81 fractional works · 24.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 53 fractional works · 15.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKScottish HealthServices338fractional works, all years
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine7923.4%
    2. Health Professions5215.4%
    3. Veterinary41.2%
    4. Nursing20.6%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5315.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology226.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.2%
    4. Neuroscience30.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences319.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities154.3%
    3. Psychology133.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting51.5%
    6. Decision Sciences41.2%
    1. Environmental Science164.7%
    2. Engineering102.9%
    3. Computer Science72.0%
    4. Mathematics41.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.3%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 11.62× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 20.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary20.35×0 works
  2. Health Professions11.62×4 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.27×0 works
  4. Medicine1.61×4 works
  5. Psychology1.53×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.32×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.90×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.80×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.17×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scottish Health Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Vera Carstairs, SUSAN K. COLE and Justin A. Clarke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scottish Health Services.

  1. 1 Vera Carstairs United Kingdom · #859,564 worldwide 2.9k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 SUSAN K. COLE United Kingdom · #1,081,490 worldwide 917 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Justin A. Clarke United Kingdom · #1,645,420 worldwide 809 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 M. A. Heasman United Kingdom · #2,670,974 worldwide 913 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 I. W. Kemp United Kingdom · #2,946,983 worldwide 341 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Margaret Whitehead United Kingdom · #3,374,640 worldwide 44 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 D. A. Sim United Kingdom · #3,810,175 worldwide 460 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 T. J. Maxwell United Kingdom · #4,926,843 worldwide 395 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Scottish Health Services

What are the most cited papers from Scottish Health Services?

The most cited paper from Scottish Health Services is "Pregnancy complications and maternal risk of ischaemic heart disease: a retrospective cohort study of 129 290 births" (Gordon C. S. Smith, Jill P. Pell, David A. Walsh, 2001), with 988 citations. Next come "Induction of Abortion with Mifepristone (RU 486) and Oral or Vaginal Misoprostol" (392) and "Caesarean section and risk of unexplained stillbirth in subsequent pregnancy" (382).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pregnancy complications and maternal risk of ischaemic heart disease: a retrospective cohort study of 129 290 births Gordon C. S. Smith, Jill P. Pell, David A. Walsh · The Lancet Jun 2001 988
2 Induction of Abortion with Mifepristone (RU 486) and Oral or Vaginal Misoprostol Hazem El‐Refaey, Dhamnasekar Rajasekar, Mona Abdalla et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Apr 1995 392
3 Caesarean section and risk of unexplained stillbirth in subsequent pregnancy Gordon C. S. Smith, Jill P. Pell, Richard Bobbie · The Lancet Nov 2003 382
4 The Scottish Record Linkage System. Stephen W. Kendrick, Jessica A. Clarke · PubMed Mar 1993 377
5 Interpregnancy interval and risk of preterm birth and neonatal death: retrospective cohort study Gordon C. S. Smith, Jill P Pell, Richard Dobbie · BMJ Open access 7 Aug 2003 349
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Which keywords describe research at Scottish Health Services?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Public Health, Plant Breeding, Milk Composition, Genetic Diversity, Quality Improvement, Marker-Assisted Selection and Population Genetics.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Primary Care22▲ 16×11 topics
  2. Public Health22▲ 4.7×27 topics
  3. Epidemiology15◆ 1.13×53 topics
  4. Climate Change14▲ 1.61×32 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity12▲ 7.1×9 topics
  6. Plant Breeding12▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress12▲ 1.86×18 topics
  8. Milk Composition11▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Quality Improvement11▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Marker-Assisted Selection11▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Methane Production10▲ 77×1 topic
  12. Population Genetics10▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Ruminant Nutrition10▲ 77×1 topic
  14. Quantitative Genetics10▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Animal Breeding10▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Genomic Selection10▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Risk Factors9▲ 2.6×17 topics
  18. Health System Reform9▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Continuity of Care8▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Patient-Centered Medical Home8▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Pay for Performance8▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Health Disparities8▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Social Support8▲ 5.0×7 topics
  25. Dairy Cattle7▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Mortality7▲ 3.9×10 topics
  27. Antioxidants6▲ 4.4×5 topics
  28. Mortality Risk6▲ 9.0×5 topics
  29. Energy Balance6▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Health Outcomes6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  31. Chronic Disease6▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Reproductive Loss6▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Uterine Disease6▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Health Equity6▲ 8.9×3 topics
  35. National Identity5▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Consumer Perception5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  37. Health Care Utilization5▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Maternal Mortality5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  39. Conflict5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  40. Health Inequalities5▲ 14×5 topics

Which research topics does Scottish Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nursing Roles and Practices, Health, psychology, and well-being, Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout and Irish and British Studies.

Nursing Roles and Practi…1Nursing Roles and Practices: 1 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 0 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…0Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 0 fractional worksIrish and British Studies0Irish and British Studies: 0 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 0 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics a…0Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 0 fractional worksInnovations and Analysis in Business and Education: 0 fractional worksBanking Sector Performance and Management: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceEmergency Medical ServicesEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology Small Animals 0 works
  8. 8 Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Banking Sector Performance and Management Accounting 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 0 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Scottish Health Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Scottish Health Services0.000059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scottish Health Services over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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