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UK Biobank

ukbiobank.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
33
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
176.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
UK Biobank

Not ranked overall: UK Biobank is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does UK Biobank work in?

In all years, 48% of research at UK Biobank is in Health Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Psychology (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 16 fractional works · 48.4% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 42.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 25.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 22.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUK Biobank33fractional works, all years
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine1442.7%
    2. Health Professions25.1%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology722.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology26.6%
    2. Social Sciences26.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting13.1%
    5. Decision Sciences01.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    1. Environmental Science01.4%
    2. Computer Science01.1%
    3. Mathematics01.1%
    4. Engineering00.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.20× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.85× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.85×2 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.32×2 works
  3. Health Professions3.17×1 works
  4. Medicine2.20×6 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.76×0 works
  6. Nursing1.63×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.62×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.55×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.24×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  14. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at UK Biobank?

Ranked on the quality score, Tim Peakman, Simon Sheard and Samantha Welsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UK Biobank.

  1. 1 Tim Peakman United Kingdom · #512,407 worldwide 18k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Simon Sheard United Kingdom · #587,764 worldwide 4.4k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Samantha Welsh United Kingdom · #648,265 worldwide 13k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at UK Biobank

What are the most cited papers from UK Biobank?

The most cited paper from UK Biobank is "UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age" (Cathie L. M. Sudlow, John Gallacher, Naomi E. Allen et al., 2015), with 13,925 citations. Next come "The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data" (10,121) and "Multimodal population brain imaging in the UK Biobank prospective epidemiological study" (2,336).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age Cathie L. M. Sudlow, John Gallacher, Naomi E. Allen et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 31 Mar 2015 13,925
2 The UK Biobank resource with deep phenotyping and genomic data Clare Bycroft, Colin Freeman, Desislava Petkova et al. · Nature Open access 2 Oct 2018 10,121
3 Multimodal population brain imaging in the UK Biobank prospective epidemiological study Karla L. Miller et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access 19 Sep 2016 2,336
4 Plasma proteomic associations with genetics and health in the UK Biobank Benjamin B. Sun et al. · Nature Open access 4 Oct 2023 1,716
5 The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease William John Astle et al. · Cell Open access Nov 2016 1,429
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at UK Biobank?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Variation, Gene Expression, Metabolic Syndrome, Public Health, Precision Medicine, Ethical Issues, Population Genetics and Biomarkers.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Variation3▲ 33×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.5×21 topics
  3. Gene Expression3▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 9.2×9 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  6. Precision Medicine2▲ 22×6 topics
  7. Ethical Issues2▲ 64×4 topics
  8. Population Genetics2▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Biomarkers2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  10. Genome-Wide Association2▲ 69×1 topic
  11. Haplotype Mapping2▲ 228×1 topic
  12. Behavior Change2▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Clinical Trials2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  14. Quality of Life2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  16. Risk Factors2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  17. Chronic Diseases2▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Mental Health2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  19. Social Media2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  20. Genetic Variants1▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Machine Learning1▲ 1.82×6 topics
  22. Nutrigenomics1▲ 119×1 topic
  23. Obesity1▲ 5.3×6 topics
  24. Personalized Nutrition1▲ 119×1 topic
  25. Inflammation1▲ 1.63×10 topics
  26. Patient Engagement1▲ 42×3 topics
  27. Global Burden1▲ 6.4×6 topics
  28. Informed Consent1▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Natural Language Processing1▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Research Participation1▲ 153×1 topic
  31. Corporate Political Activity1▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Depression1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  33. Emotional Disclosure1▲ 296×1 topic
  34. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Psychological Language Analysis1▲ 296×1 topic

Which research topics does UK Biobank publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mental Health via Writing, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Mental Health via Writing: 1 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…1Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases0Genomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksFocus Groups and Qualita…0Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods: 0 fractional worksSocial Media in Health Education: 0 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…0Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyGeneticsGeneral Health ProfessionsApplied Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health via Writing Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Social Media in Health Education Health 0 works
  9. 9 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 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 available82.9%not open17.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.9%domestic only71.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UK Biobank's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% 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 UK Biobank as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%UK Biobank0.000036% in 202520102020

Fractional works of UK Biobank over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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