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Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities

In research, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,548 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,490 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,316
of 28,054 · #12,339 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#346
of 1,094
Research works
691
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,548 of 10,521 37.7%70 #3692
Health SciencesDomain #6,490 of 11,982 40.5%69 #6206

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities 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 Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 20.2 works7.9×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.15× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.72× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.24× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.79× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities?

Ranked on the composite score, Clair Linzey and Andrew Knight lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.

  1. 1 Clair Linzey United Kingdom · #1,288,323 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Andrew Knight United Kingdom · #1,501,299 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Emotion, Big Data, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Ethical Considerations, Burnout and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Ethics22▲ 25×10 topics
  2. Machine Learning12▲ 1.99×13 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 4.6×10 topics
  4. Emotion11▲ 29×7 topics
  5. Big Data11▲ 6.4×7 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 3.6×23 topics
  7. Neuroscience10▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations9▲ 14×10 topics
  9. Clinical Trials8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  10. Burnout8▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Ethical Climate8▲ 144×1 topic
  12. Ethical Issues8▲ 40×4 topics
  13. Moral Distress8▲ 144×1 topic
  14. Informed Consent8▲ 54×3 topics
  15. Evolution7▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Psychology7▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Disgust7▲ 135×1 topic
  18. Health Equity7▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Moral Judgment7▲ 135×1 topic
  20. Healthcare7▲ 3.4×11 topics
  21. Accountability6▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Community Engagement6▲ 9.9×3 topics
  23. Surveillance6▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Ethical Guidelines6▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Fairness6▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Medical Ethics6▲ 23×5 topics
  27. Research Participation6▲ 119×1 topic
  28. Algorithmic Bias6▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Discrimination6▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Transparency6▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Cognitive Enhancement6▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Neuroenhancement6▲ 156×1 topic
  33. Precision Medicine5▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Health Care Costs5▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Responsibility5▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Parental Discretion5▲ 144×1 topic
  37. Pediatric5▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Ethical Challenges4▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Palliative Care4▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Patient Engagement4▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics in medical practice, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Ethics in Clinical Research and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Ethics in medical practice8Ethics in medical practice: 8 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and …7Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 7 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…6Ethics in Clinical Research: 6 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…6Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 6 fractional worksNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations: 6 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksFree Will and Agency4Free Will and Agency: 4 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsCognitive NeurosciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 6 works
  5. 5 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  8. 8 Free Will and Agency Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 3 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% 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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