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Nonprofit · Stockport · United Kingdom

UK Biobank

ukbiobank.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
33
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
176.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
56.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

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

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: 4.51× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.02× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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 2022–2025: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Genetic Associations and…1Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…0Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…0Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…0COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …0Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 0 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 0 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease a…0Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 0 fractional works
GeneticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEconomics and EconometricsInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 1 works
  2. 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UK Biobank's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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