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Walton Centre

In research, Walton Centre stands highest in Medicine (#3,990 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,678 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 26.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,534
of 28,054 · #10,994 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#458
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Walton Centre 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
MedicineField #3,990 of 10,443 15.7%141 #3008
Health SciencesDomain #4,678 of 11,982 15.5%148 #3466

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Walton Centre 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).

What does Walton Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 26.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 29.2 works27×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.16× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 142 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Walton Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Diagnostic Criteria, Cognitive Impairment, Treatment, Epilepsy and Radiosurgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.1×58 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders21▲ 19×17 topics
  3. Immunotherapy14▲ 10×14 topics
  4. Diagnostic Criteria12▲ 30×9 topics
  5. Treatment11▲ 4.7×19 topics
  6. Cognitive Impairment10▲ 21×6 topics
  7. Quality of Life9▲ 3.3×22 topics
  8. Inflammation9▲ 2.2×24 topics
  9. Epilepsy8▲ 42×3 topics
  10. Radiosurgery8▲ 48×4 topics
  11. Neurobiology8▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Prognosis8▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Antiepileptic Drugs7▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Chronic Pain7▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Clinical Trials7▲ 5.6×10 topics
  16. Neuroimaging7▲ 14×10 topics
  17. Radiotherapy7▲ 9.5×8 topics
  18. Neuroinflammation7▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Low Back Pain7▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Genetics6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  21. Parkinson's Disease6▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Cognitive Function6▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Surgery6▲ 9.4×6 topics
  24. Psychological Factors6▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Glioblastoma6▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Temozolomide6▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Surgical Management6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  28. Central Sensitization5▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration5▲ 9.2×8 topics
  30. Pain Management5▲ 12×7 topics
  31. Neuropathic Pain5▲ 41×3 topics
  32. Neuroprotection5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  33. Seizures5▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Endovascular Treatment5▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Multiple Sclerosis5▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Neuromyelitis Optica5▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Autoantibodies5▲ 11×7 topics
  39. Drug Resistance5▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Deep Brain Stimulation4▲ 35×3 topics

Which research topics does Walton Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Epilepsy research and treatment and Neurological disorders and treatments.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…6Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…5Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 5 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 4 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 3 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …3Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 3 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional works
GeneticsPathology and Forensic MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetics 6 works
  2. 2 Multiple Sclerosis Research StudiesPathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Epilepsy research and treatmentPsychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  4. 4 Neurological disorders and treatmentsNeurology 4 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Neuropathies and DisordersNeurology 3 works
  6. 6 Brain Metastases and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 3 works
  8. 8 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsNeurology 3 works
  9. 9 Meningioma and schwannoma managementEpidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyPathology and Forensic Medicine 3 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Walton Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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