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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

In research, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Clinical Psychology (#97 of 738 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,979 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,079 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Psychiatry and Mental health is 25.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,627
of 28,054 · #3,669 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#146
of 1,094
Research works
2.9k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
81k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 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
Clinical PsychologySubfield #97 of 738 28.0%137 #154
Health SciencesDomain #1,979 of 11,982 26.1%303 #2048
MedicineField #2,079 of 10,443 27.4%238 #1999
Social SciencesDomain #2,701 of 10,521 27.3%281 #1383
Life SciencesDomain #2,204 of 7,800 36.0%74 #2107
PsychologyField #634 of 2,181 29.4%211 #399
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #75 of 243 29.7%84 #102
Health ProfessionsField #1,038 of 1,928 21.2%63 #1502

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Clinical Psychology#154 #97
  2. Health Sciences#2,048 #1,979
  3. Medicine#1,999 #2,079
  4. Social Sciences#1,383 #2,701
  5. Life Sciences#2,107 #2,204
  6. Psychology#399 #634
  7. Psychiatry and Mental health#102 #75
  8. Health Professions#1,502 #1,038
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 25.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 84.5 works25×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 137.1 works20×
  3. PsychologyField · 211.3 works10×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.00× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.06× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.58× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 10.34× its world share, 211 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Maxine X. Patel, Catherine Wilson and Sean Cross lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Maxine X. Patel United Kingdom · #319,979 worldwide 143 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Catherine Wilson United Kingdom · #625,227 worldwide 26 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Sean Cross United Kingdom · #766,874 worldwide 23 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Jane Bates United Kingdom · #807,567 worldwide 4 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Chris Attoe United Kingdom · #821,441 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Fiona Subotsky United Kingdom · #826,261 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Matthew Broadbent United Kingdom · #833,892 worldwide 88 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Philip Timms United Kingdom · #889,426 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Abdi Sanati United Kingdom · #927,794 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Megan Fisher United Kingdom · #948,079 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Prevalence, Mental Health, Genetics, Adolescents, Anxiety, Cognitive Therapy and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Depression91▲ 15×22 topics
  2. Prevalence65▲ 24×10 topics
  3. Epidemiology63▲ 2.4×51 topics
  4. Mental Health62▲ 6.3×34 topics
  5. Genetics54▲ 11×13 topics
  6. Adolescents49▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Anxiety48▲ 15×12 topics
  8. Treatment38▲ 4.7×21 topics
  9. Cognitive Therapy37▲ 52×3 topics
  10. Emotion Regulation36▲ 17×8 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome36▲ 6.7×13 topics
  12. Risk Factors34▲ 4.6×14 topics
  13. Social Cognition33▲ 29×8 topics
  14. Neurobiological Correlates32▲ 49×3 topics
  15. Quality of Life32▲ 3.3×32 topics
  16. Public Health32▲ 3.2×25 topics
  17. Antipsychotic Drugs31▲ 121×1 topic
  18. Neurocognitive Deficits31▲ 121×1 topic
  19. Obesity29▲ 5.7×17 topics
  20. Neuroimaging29▲ 16×10 topics
  21. Neurobiology28▲ 16×9 topics
  22. Psychopathology27▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Psychological Distress26▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Mental Disorders24▲ 32×3 topics
  25. Psychological Factors24▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Psychiatric Disorders24▲ 26×4 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis23▲ 5.9×12 topics
  28. Autism Spectrum Disorders23▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Body Image22▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Eating Disorders22▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Neuroscience21▲ 11×12 topics
  32. Neurological Disorders20▲ 5.2×18 topics
  33. Anxiety Disorders19▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy19▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Primary Care18▲ 7.3×11 topics
  36. Comorbidity18▲ 24×4 topics
  37. Adherence18▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Mobile Health18▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Health Services17▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Emotion Recognition16▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Schizophrenia research a…31Schizophrenia research and treatment: 31 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 22 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 15 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 14 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 13 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 12 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…12Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 11 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 11 fractional worksPsychiatric care and men…11Psychiatric care and mental health services: 11 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyApplied PsychologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 31 works
  2. 2 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 22 works
  3. 3 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 15 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 14 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 13 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 12 works
  7. 7 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  9. 9 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 11 works
  10. 10 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 11 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 available55.4%not open44.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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