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The Medical Device (United Kingdom)

In research, The Medical Device (United Kingdom) stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,647 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,447 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,205
of 28,054 · #18,203 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#448
of 1,094
Research works
536
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is The Medical Device (United Kingdom) 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,647 of 11,982 9.9%86 #6412
MedicineField #7,447 of 10,443 9.1%76 #11972

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Medical Device (United Kingdom) 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at The Medical Device (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Healthcare, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications, Maintenance, Tissue Engineering, Complications, Management and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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. Machine Learning12▲ 2.1×26 topics
  2. Healthcare11▲ 5.3×11 topics
  3. Epidemiology10▲ 1.49×49 topics
  4. Deep Learning10▲ 1.60×30 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications8▲ 3.8×19 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 2.7×13 topics
  7. Inflammation6▲ 1.64×26 topics
  8. Management6▲ 4.4×8 topics
  9. Tissue Engineering6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  10. Complications6▲ 6.2×12 topics
  11. Maintenance5▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Drug Delivery5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  13. Precision Medicine4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  14. Revision Surgery4▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Network4▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Clinical Engineering4▲ 103×1 topic
  18. Medical Equipment4▲ 103×1 topic
  19. Cost-effectiveness Analysis4▲ 26×1 topic
  20. Economic Evaluation4▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Health Utility Measures4▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  23. Spinal Fusion4▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Traditional Chinese Medicine3▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Wavelet Transform3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  26. Angiogenesis3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  27. Integrative Medicine3▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Signal Processing3▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Cancer Treatment3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  32. Low Back Pain3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  33. Physiological Monitoring3▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Wearable Sensors3▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Hip Arthroplasty3▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Nanofibers3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Telemedicine3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Wear Particles3▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Arrhythmia Detection3▲ 37×1 topic
  40. ECG Signal3▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does The Medical Device (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and ECG Monitoring and Analysis.

Quality and Safety in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…3ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 2 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…2Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 2 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…2Biomedical and Engineering Education: 2 fractional works
Medical Laboratory TechnologyEconomics and EconometricsSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 4 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 2 works
  7. 7 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.4%domestic only36.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Medical Device (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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