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St Andrew's Healthcare

In research, St Andrew's Healthcare stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,482 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#8,593 of 14,558 worldwide) and Psychology (#2,578 of 3,404 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 12.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#14,203
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#704
of 1,844
Research works
824
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
St Andrew's Healthcare

What is St Andrew's Healthcare 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 #8,482 of 16,688 7.2%393
MedicineField #8,593 of 14,558 6.4%323
PsychologyField #2,578 of 3,404 5.0%156
Social SciencesDomain #11,702 of 14,833 6.5%286

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Andrew's Healthcare 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 St Andrew's Healthcare work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at St Andrew's Healthcare is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (27%), Medicine (19%), Psychology (17%).

Physical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 39.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 27.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 27.7% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 18.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 27.0% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 17.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Andrew'sHealthcare99fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences27%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy2727.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.1%
    3. Computer Science43.9%
    4. Engineering32.6%
    5. Mathematics11.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine1918.9%
    2. Health Professions88.5%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Psychology1717.3%
    2. Social Sciences77.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Neuroscience33.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does St Andrew's Healthcare specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 26.8 works12×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.24× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.22× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 19 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.69× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy12.24×27 works
  2. Psychology5.69×17 works
  3. Health Professions3.22×8 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.59×4 works
  5. Veterinary2.49×0 works
  6. Neuroscience2.03×3 works
  7. Mathematics1.17×1 works
  8. Medicine0.98×19 works
  9. Social Sciences0.56×7 works
  10. Computer Science0.50×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.44×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.41×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  16. Engineering0.17×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St Andrew's Healthcare?

Ranked on the quality score, Geoffrey L. Dickens, Camilla Haw and Nick Alderman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Andrew's Healthcare.

  1. 1 Geoffrey L. Dickens United Kingdom · #1,830,993 worldwide 4.1k citations · 199 works
  2. 2 Camilla Haw United Kingdom · #1,888,509 worldwide 7.2k citations · 120 works
  3. 3 Nick Alderman United Kingdom · #2,094,762 worldwide 4.4k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Fiona L. Mason United Kingdom · #2,379,967 worldwide 583 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Inga Stewart United Kingdom · #2,462,465 worldwide 284 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Lorna Duggan United Kingdom · #2,801,976 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Enys Delmage United Kingdom · #3,174,017 worldwide 144 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 M.E.J. Hackett United Kingdom · #3,216,416 worldwide 621 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 F. P. Leyburn-Yarker United Kingdom · #3,441,670 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Jean H. Stubbs United Kingdom · #3,482,406 worldwide 1.5k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at St Andrew's Healthcare

What are the most cited papers from St Andrew's Healthcare?

The most cited paper from St Andrew's Healthcare is "The ecological validity of tests of executive function" (Paul W. Burgess, Nick Alderman, Jonathan J. Evans et al., 1998), with 943 citations. Next come "The case for the development and use of “ecologically valid” measures of executive function in experimental and clinical neuropsychology" (672) and "Psychiatric and personality disorders in deliberate self-harm patients" (476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ecological validity of tests of executive function Paul W. Burgess, Nick Alderman, Jonathan J. Evans et al. · Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society Open access Nov 1998 943
2 The case for the development and use of “ecologically valid” measures of executive function in experimental and clinical neuropsychology Paul W. Burgess, Nick Alderman, CATRIN FORBES et al. · Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society Open access Mar 2006 672
3 Psychiatric and personality disorders in deliberate self-harm patients Camilla Haw, Keith E Hawton, Kelly Houston et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Open access 2001 476
4 Disease-associated epigenetic changes in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Emma Dempster, Ruth Pidsley, Leonard C. Schalkwyk et al. · Human Molecular Genetics Open access 9 Sep 2011 462
5 Ecological validity of a simplified version of the multiple errands shopping test Nick Alderman, Paul W. Burgess, Caroline L. Knight et al. · Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society Open access 2003 338
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Which keywords describe research at St Andrew's Healthcare?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Energy, Quantum Gravity, Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmological Parameters, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Relativity and Unified Field Theories.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.2×22 topics
  2. Dark Energy9▲ 136×2 topics
  3. Cosmic Microwave Background8▲ 148×1 topic
  4. Cosmological Parameters8▲ 148×1 topic
  5. Quantum Gravity8▲ 96×3 topics
  6. Mental Health7▲ 5.0×15 topics
  7. Relativity5▲ 167×1 topic
  8. Unified Field Theories5▲ 374×1 topic
  9. Depression4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  10. Earth Systems Science3▲ 526×1 topic
  11. Gaia Hypothesis3▲ 526×1 topic
  12. Adolescents3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  14. Lorentz Violation3▲ 159×1 topic
  15. Noncommutative Field Theory3▲ 159×1 topic
  16. Psychological Distress3▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Resilience3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  18. Social Support3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  19. Prevalence3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  20. Cognitive Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Anxiety2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  22. Genetics2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  23. Mental Health Services2▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Healthcare Workers2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Psychometric Evaluation2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Binary Black Hole2▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Gravitational Waves2▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Mental Illness2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Mental Disorders2▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Quantum Information2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Trauma2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Neuroimaging2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Systematic Review2▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Patient Engagement2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Circadian Rhythms2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Emotion Recognition2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Psychopathology2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  39. Public Involvement2▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Recovery Model2▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does St Andrew's Healthcare publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Relativity and Gravitational Theory, Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…8Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 8 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitati…5Relativity and Gravitational Theory: 5 fractional worksEarth Systems and Cosmic…3Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution: 3 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quant…3Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 3 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…2Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…2Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 1 fractional worksQuantum and Classical Electrodynamics: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric ScienceStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  2. 2 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  3. 3 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution Atmospheric Science 3 works
  4. 4 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St Andrew's Healthcare's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 St Andrew's Healthcare as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%St Andrew's Healthcare0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Andrew's Healthcare over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2016St Andrew's Healthcare1.1% in 2016200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2007.

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