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Warneford Hospital

In research, Warneford Hospital stands highest in Clinical Psychology (#70 of 1,483 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,086 of 16,945 worldwide) and Psychology (#355 of 3,744 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,261
of 28,054 · #3,061 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#311
of 1,094
Research works
2.1k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
162k
77.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Warneford Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Clinical PsychologySubfield #70 of 1,483 44.4%424
Social SciencesDomain #1,086 of 16,945 42.7%898
PsychologyField #355 of 3,744 45.3%672
Health SciencesDomain #2,017 of 20,462 36.3%759
MedicineField #1,879 of 17,978 37.8%616
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #89 of 845 39.5%223
Life SciencesDomain #2,174 of 14,347 37.0%380
NeuroscienceField #678 of 2,675 39.1%265
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #421 of 1,237 41.3%139
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield #253 of 743 52.9%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Warneford Hospital 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 Warneford Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 24.7 works16×
  2. PsychologyField · 42.5 works9.6×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.84× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.79× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.57× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Warneford Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Mayou, Dennis Gath and Keith Hawton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Warneford Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard Mayou United Kingdom · #186,397 worldwide 139 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Dennis Gath United Kingdom · #297,445 worldwide 116 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Keith Hawton United Kingdom · #466,780 worldwide 101 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Zubin Bhagwagar United Kingdom · #468,913 worldwide 45 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 F. E. Kenyon United Kingdom · #531,875 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Helen Kennerley United Kingdom · #659,384 worldwide 26 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Warneford Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Warneford Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, Prevalence, Adolescents, Epidemiology and Cognitive Therapy.

▲ 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. Depression23▲ 18×18 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 2.5×42 topics
  3. Mental Health14▲ 6.4×26 topics
  4. Anxiety11▲ 16×11 topics
  5. Emotion Regulation10▲ 22×7 topics
  6. Prevalence9▲ 15×10 topics
  7. Adolescents9▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Cognitive Therapy8▲ 50×3 topics
  9. Genetics8▲ 7.7×10 topics
  10. Neurobiology7▲ 20×9 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  12. Neuroimaging7▲ 18×7 topics
  13. Psychological Distress7▲ 19×5 topics
  14. Psychopathology7▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Quality of Life7▲ 3.1×20 topics
  16. Mental Disorders6▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Public Health6▲ 3.0×19 topics
  18. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 17×7 topics
  19. Risk Factors6▲ 3.8×13 topics
  20. Social Cognition6▲ 25×5 topics
  21. Antipsychotic Drugs6▲ 104×1 topic
  22. Neurocognitive Deficits6▲ 104×1 topic
  23. Neurological Disorders6▲ 6.8×12 topics
  24. Anxiety Disorders6▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Synaptic Plasticity5▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis5▲ 6.0×11 topics
  27. Neurobiological Correlates5▲ 36×3 topics
  28. Treatment-Resistant Depression5▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Neurobiological Mechanisms5▲ 85×2 topics
  31. Antidepressant5▲ 133×1 topic
  32. Ketamine5▲ 133×1 topic
  33. Social Support5▲ 5.8×11 topics
  34. Well-being5▲ 8.3×8 topics
  35. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy4▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Neuroscience4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  37. Children4▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Psychological Impact4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Health Services4▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Schizophrenia4▲ 23×4 topics

Which research topics does Warneford Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Treatment of Major Depression, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Schizophrenia research and treatment: 6 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 5 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…3Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 3 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Tre…2Bipolar Disorder and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPharmacologyClinical PsychologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 5 works
  3. 3 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Warneford Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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