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The Patients Association

In research, The Patients Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,099 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,535
of 28,054 · #22,507 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#790
of 1,094
Research works
382
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is The Patients Association 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 #8,099 of 11,982 11.8%64 #7292

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Patients Association 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.46× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at The Patients Association?

Ranked on the composite score, Adrienne Morgan and Hilary Stobart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Patients Association.

  1. 1 Adrienne Morgan United Kingdom · #483,252 worldwide 33 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Hilary Stobart United Kingdom · #933,530 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at The Patients Association

Which keywords describe research at The Patients Association?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Radiotherapy, Inflammation, Primary Care, Clinical Trials and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.2×60 topics
  2. Quality of Life7▲ 5.3×27 topics
  3. Inflammation5▲ 2.8×33 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  5. Radiotherapy4▲ 10×8 topics
  6. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.9×14 topics
  7. Cancer3▲ 2.7×19 topics
  8. Primary Care3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 2.4×15 topics
  10. Treatment3▲ 2.9×20 topics
  11. Complications3▲ 6.7×13 topics
  12. Risk Factors3▲ 3.0×17 topics
  13. Healthcare3▲ 2.8×11 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Diagnosis3▲ 3.1×20 topics
  16. Pandemic3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  17. Gene Expression2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  18. Medical Education2▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.3×11 topics
  20. Digital Health2▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Mortality2▲ 4.2×10 topics
  22. Prognostic Markers2▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Breast Cancer2▲ 9.9×9 topics
  24. Molecular Subtypes2▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Patient Engagement2▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  27. Breast Tumours2▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Prognosis2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Treatment Response2▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Breast Reconstruction2▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Behavior Change2▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Palliative Care2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Autoantibodies2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Muscle Mass2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Psychological Well-being2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Cost of Care2▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Financial Toxicity2▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does The Patients Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Psychology of Development and Education.

Breast Cancer Treatment …2Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksPsychology of Development and Education: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…1Healthcare Systems and Practices: 1 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPhysiologyEconomics and EconometricsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Psychology of Development and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.8%domestic only55.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Patients Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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