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UK Dementia Research Institute

In research, UK Dementia Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#473 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#112 of 1,168 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,119 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health — Neurology is 19.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,308
of 28,054 · #2,898 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#53
of 1,094
Research works
1.6k
▲ 286% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
44.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is UK Dementia Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #473 of 7,800 35.9%256 #1153
NeuroscienceField #112 of 1,168 34.8%137 #476
MedicineField #1,119 of 10,443 36.2%298 #1945
Health SciencesDomain #1,587 of 11,982 36.2%312 #2580
PhysiologySubfield #95 of 548 39.4%62 #322
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #821 of 3,579 37.4%102 #1855
Molecular BiologySubfield #904 of 2,175 35.3%68 #1807
Social SciencesDomain #4,973 of 10,521 32.8%68 #8472

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UK Dementia Research Institute 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,153 #473
  2. Neuroscience#476 #112
  3. Medicine#1,945 #1,119
  4. Health Sciences#2,580 #1,587
  5. Physiology#322 #95
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,855 #821
  7. Molecular Biology#1,807 #904
  8. Social Sciences#8,472 #4,973
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does UK Dementia Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 37.4 works20×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 38.5 works18×
  3. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 54.0 works16×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 50.6 works13×
  5. NeuroscienceField · 137.3 works12×
  6. PhysiologySubfield · 62.0 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.41× its world share, 137 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.27× its world share, 298 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UK Dementia Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Stringer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UK Dementia Research Institute.

  1. 1 Michael Stringer · #1,098,219 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at UK Dementia Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at UK Dementia Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Neuroimaging, Aging, Biomarkers, Alzheimer's Disease and Amyloid Hypothesis.

▲ 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. Neurodegeneration103▲ 51×10 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress96▲ 8.6×35 topics
  3. Neuroinflammation87▲ 45×6 topics
  4. Neuroimaging61▲ 33×11 topics
  5. Aging60▲ 16×15 topics
  6. Biomarkers57▲ 12×12 topics
  7. Alzheimer's Disease54▲ 28×8 topics
  8. Amyloid Hypothesis50▲ 123×1 topic
  9. Tau Pathology50▲ 123×1 topic
  10. Cognitive Decline48▲ 58×2 topics
  11. Cognitive Training47▲ 75×2 topics
  12. Caregiver Burden46▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Dementia46▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Mild Cognitive Impairment46▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Vascular Risk Factors46▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Epidemiology42▲ 1.55×75 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders40▲ 10×20 topics
  18. Inflammation39▲ 2.7×65 topics
  19. Mitochondrial Dysfunction38▲ 19×11 topics
  20. Brain Development37▲ 31×6 topics
  21. Innate Immunity32▲ 14×10 topics
  22. Ischemic Stroke29▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Parkinson's Disease28▲ 17×8 topics
  24. Cytokines28▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Microglia26▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Genetics26▲ 5.4×17 topics
  27. Cancer22▲ 2.5×39 topics
  28. Astrocytes21▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Synaptic Pruning21▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Neurodegenerative Diseases19▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Chaperones17▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Diagnostic Criteria17▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Protein Aggregation16▲ 46×3 topics
  34. Neuroprotection16▲ 6.6×11 topics
  35. Apoptosis14▲ 6.8×13 topics
  36. Huntington's Disease14▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Polyglutamine14▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Synaptic Plasticity14▲ 9.3×6 topics
  39. Circadian Rhythms14▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Dopaminergic Neurons13▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does UK Dementia Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Alzheimer's disease rese…50Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 50 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…46Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 46 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 21 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 14 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 12 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 11 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 10 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 8 fractional works
PhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthNeurologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 50 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 46 works
  3. 3 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurology 21 works
  4. 4 Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 14 works
  5. 5 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchNeurology 12 works
  6. 6 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsNeurology 11 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 10 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 10 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and TraumaClinical Psychology 8 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 available80.5%not open19.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.2%domestic only49.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UK Dementia Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 286% 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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