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Sheffield Kidney Institute

In research, Sheffield Kidney Institute stands highest in Medicine (#6,238 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,086 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,812
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,377
of 2,253
Research works
255
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
54.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Sheffield Kidney Institute 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
MedicineField #6,238 of 17,978 18.6%199
Health SciencesDomain #8,086 of 20,462 18.5%210

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sheffield Kidney Institute 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.68× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Sheffield Kidney Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew T. Raftery, A. Meguid El Nahas and Meguid El Nahas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sheffield Kidney Institute.

  1. 1 Andrew T. Raftery United Kingdom · #231,782 worldwide 71 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 A. Meguid El Nahas United Kingdom · #414,871 worldwide 141 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Meguid El Nahas United Kingdom · #753,826 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sheffield Kidney Institute

Which keywords describe research at Sheffield Kidney Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Hemodialysis, Inflammation, Mortality, Nutrition and Dialysis.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 76×6 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 11×3 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 7.1×9 topics
  5. Hemodialysis4▲ 181×2 topics
  6. Mortality3▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Nutrition3▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Dialysis3▲ 248×1 topic
  9. Peritoneal Dialysis3▲ 248×1 topic
  10. Ciliopathies2▲ 453×1 topic
  11. Hedgehog Signaling2▲ 261×2 topics
  12. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 124×2 topics
  13. Primary Cilium2▲ 453×1 topic
  14. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Graft Survival1▲ 72×2 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  17. Heart Failure1▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Angioplasty1▲ 71×2 topics
  19. Transplantation1▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Sheffield Kidney Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies and Organ Donation and Transplantation.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…3Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 3 fractional worksGenetic and Kidney Cyst …2Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases: 2 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…1Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Patho…1Renal and Vascular Pathologies: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 1 fractional worksRenal and related cancers: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional works
NephrologyGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 3 works
  2. 2 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  4. 4 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  8. 8 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  9. 9 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sheffield Kidney Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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