Question 1

Who are the top researchers at UK Biobank?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from UK Biobank?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 3

Which research topics does UK Biobank publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at UK Biobank?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Which fields of science does UK Biobank work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Is UK Biobank's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.