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Trials Methodology Research Network

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Research works
116
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Trials Methodology Research Network

Not ranked overall: Trials Methodology Research Network is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Trials Methodology Research Network work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Trials Methodology Research Network is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Health Professions (25%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 69.3% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 43.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 25.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTrialsMethodology…55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences18%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2443.8%
    2. Health Professions1425.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences36.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.0%
    3. Psychology23.8%
    4. Decision Sciences23.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    1. Computer Science11.7%
    2. Mathematics11.6%
    3. Engineering11.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 9.60× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.75× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions9.60×14 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.77×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.75×2 works
  4. Medicine2.28×24 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.86×2 works
  6. Mathematics1.36×1 works
  7. Psychology1.23×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.74×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.50×4 works
  12. Nursing0.33×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  17. Engineering0.09×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Trials Methodology Research Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Petek Eylül Taneri and Lydia O’Sullivan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Trials Methodology Research Network.

  1. 1 Petek Eylül Taneri Ireland · #794,335 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Lydia O’Sullivan Ireland · #3,300,143 worldwide 468 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Trials Methodology Research Network

What are the most cited papers from Trials Methodology Research Network?

The most cited paper from Trials Methodology Research Network is "The COMET Handbook: version 1.0" (Paula Ruth Williamson, Douglas G. Altman, Heather Bagley et al., 2017), with 2,079 citations. Next come "Core Outcome Set–STAndards for Reporting: The COS-STAR Statement" (672) and "The yin and yang of nitric oxide in cancer progression" (376).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The COMET Handbook: version 1.0 Paula Ruth Williamson, Douglas G. Altman, Heather Bagley et al. · Trials Open access Jun 2017 2,079
2 Core Outcome Set–STAndards for Reporting: The COS-STAR Statement Jamie J Kirkham, Sarah L. Gorst, Douglas G. Altman et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 18 Oct 2016 672
3 The yin and yang of nitric oxide in cancer progression Anthony Joseph Burke, Francis J Sullivan, Francis Joseph Giles et al. · Carcinogenesis Open access 25 Jan 2013 376
4 Trial Forge Guidance 1: what is a Study Within A Trial (SWAT)? Shaun P. Treweek et al. · Trials Open access 23 Feb 2018 354
5 Efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines Carolina Graña et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 7 Dec 2022 323
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Trials Methodology Research Network?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Clinical Trials, Systematic Review, Patient Engagement, Chronic Disease Management, Behavior Change, Primary Care, Mental Health Services and Stakeholder Engagement.

▲ 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. Clinical Trials5▲ 13×10 topics
  2. Systematic Review4▲ 144×2 topics
  3. Patient Engagement4▲ 57×4 topics
  4. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 37×5 topics
  5. Epidemiology4▲ 1.68×24 topics
  6. Behavior Change3▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Primary Care3▲ 16×10 topics
  8. Mental Health Services3▲ 109×2 topics
  9. Stakeholder Engagement3▲ 60×2 topics
  10. Public Involvement3▲ 194×1 topic
  11. Quality of Life3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  12. Recovery Model3▲ 194×1 topic
  13. Publication Bias3▲ 106×2 topics
  14. Public Health2▲ 3.1×15 topics
  15. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Informed Consent2▲ 59×2 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  18. Community Engagement2▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Healthcare Interventions2▲ 110×1 topic
  20. Implementation Science2▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Information Seeking Behavior2▲ 83×2 topics
  22. Qualitative Research2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  23. Ethical Guidelines2▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Research Methodology2▲ 63×3 topics
  25. Research Participation2▲ 149×1 topic
  26. Social Support2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  27. Digital Divide2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Health Literacy2▲ 119×1 topic
  29. Quality Assessment2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 16×4 topics
  31. eHealth2▲ 119×1 topic
  32. Depression2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  33. Evidence Synthesis2▲ 130×1 topic
  34. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  35. PRISMA Statement2▲ 130×1 topic
  36. Aging2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  37. Hyperglycemia2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Maternal Obesity2▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Quality Improvement1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Trials Methodology Research Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Health Policy Implementation Science, Ethics in Clinical Research and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility.

Mental Health and Patien…3Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…2Health Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…2Ethics in Clinical Research: 2 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Info…2Health Literacy and Information Accessibility: 2 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 2 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical industry and healthcare: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  6. 6 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 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 available76.9%not open23.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Trials Methodology Research Network's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Trials Methodology Research Network as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Trials Methodology Research Network0.00018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Trials Methodology Research Network over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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