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UK Health Security Agency

In research, UK Health Security Agency stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,390 of 7,800 worldwide), Infectious Diseases (#76 of 345 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,458 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 22.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,938
of 28,054 · #9,931 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#112
of 1,094
Research works
580
fractional, all time
Citations
7.6k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
90%
world 28%

What is UK Health Security Agency 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 #1,390 of 7,800 28.8%116 #5012
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #76 of 345 33.2%81 —
MedicineField #2,458 of 10,443 29.5%236 #7779
Health SciencesDomain #3,182 of 11,982 27.8%276 #9750
Physical SciencesDomain #6,414 of 12,888 22.5%73 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UK Health Security Agency 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#5,012 #1,390
  2. Medicine#7,779 #2,458
  3. Health Sciences#9,750 #3,182
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 Health Security Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 22.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 80.9 works23×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.79× its world share, 46 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.73× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.59× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.35× its world share, 236 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UK Health Security Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Sema Mandal, Conall Watson and Helen Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UK Health Security Agency.

  1. 1 Sema Mandal United Kingdom · #82,963 worldwide 169 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Conall Watson United Kingdom · #178,710 worldwide 165 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Helen Campbell United Kingdom · #271,453 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Diane Ashiru‐Oredope United Kingdom · #531,329 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Victoria Hall United Kingdom · #573,380 worldwide 74 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Susan Fotheringham United Kingdom · #997,753 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ruth Simmons United Kingdom · #1,022,098 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Tim Marczylo United Kingdom · #1,420,461 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at UK Health Security Agency

Which keywords describe research at UK Health Security Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, COVID-19, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Pathogenesis and Infectious Diseases.

▲ 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. Epidemiology156▲ 7.6×74 topics
  2. Public Health65▲ 8.5×31 topics
  3. Vaccine56▲ 27×11 topics
  4. COVID-1956▲ 7.8×20 topics
  5. Pandemic54▲ 9.8×9 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-251▲ 30×6 topics
  7. Pathogenesis48▲ 18×20 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases45▲ 26×8 topics
  9. Immune Response38▲ 13×16 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor32▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Immunity29▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance27▲ 14×13 topics
  13. Viral Transmission26▲ 34×4 topics
  14. Coronavirus22▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Mutation21▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Antimicrobial Resistance21▲ 20×7 topics
  17. Vaccine Development21▲ 16×10 topics
  18. antibody21▲ 37×1 topic
  19. spike protein21▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Health Effects20▲ 6.5×17 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers19▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Mortality18▲ 6.1×9 topics
  23. Risk Perception16▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Drug Resistance15▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Modeling15▲ 11×1 topic
  26. transmission dynamics15▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Viral Load14▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Infection14▲ 11×8 topics
  29. Health Behavior14▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity14▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Global Access14▲ 30×2 topics
  32. COVID-19 Vaccine14▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Herd Immunity13▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Vaccine Hesitancy13▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Thrombosis12▲ 8.4×6 topics
  36. Vulnerability12▲ 10×6 topics
  37. HIV Transmission12▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Antiviral Treatment11▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Clinical Characteristics11▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Cytokine Storm11▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does UK Health Security Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …21SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 21 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…15COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 15 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…13Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 13 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…11COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 11 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 10 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…10Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 10 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 8 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 8 fractional worksBacterial Infections and…8Bacterial Infections and Vaccines: 8 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationHealthClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 21 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 15 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 13 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 11 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 10 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 10 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 8 works
  10. 10 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 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 available90.0%not open10.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UK Health Security Agency's research output changed?

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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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