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Wellcome Trust

In research, Wellcome Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,147 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,183 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,399
of 22,385 · #1,212 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#171
of 862
Research works
6.9k
▼ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
597k
86.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.25×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Wellcome Trust

What is Wellcome Trust known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,147 of 9,902 24.4%81 #743
MedicineField #1,183 of 8,541 24.4%68 #715

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellcome Trust 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Wellcome Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Wellcome Trust is in Health Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Neuroscience (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 87 fractional works · 46.2% of its workMedicine: 74 fractional works · 39.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 30.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 19.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 11.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWellcome Trust188fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7439.3%
    2. Health Professions105.2%
    3. Nursing21.3%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3619.1%
    2. Neuroscience105.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology73.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology94.5%
    2. Social Sciences63.3%
    3. Decision Sciences41.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    1. Computer Science63.0%
    2. Environmental Science42.0%
    3. Engineering31.6%
    4. Chemistry20.9%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Mathematics10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.58× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.68× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.32× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 2.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.68×7 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.58×36 works
  3. Neuroscience3.32×10 works
  4. Nursing2.56×2 works
  5. Veterinary2.38×1 works
  6. Medicine2.05×74 works
  7. Health Professions1.97×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.93×4 works
  9. Psychology1.49×8 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×3 works
  11. Chemistry0.57×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×5 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.41×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.39×6 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.26×6 works
  20. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  23. Engineering0.11×3 works
  24. Energy0.08×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wellcome Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Salvador Moncada, Richard M. J. Palmer and Kaiqin Lao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellcome Trust.

  1. 1 Salvador Moncada United Kingdom · #32,968 worldwide 152k citations · 776 works
  2. 2 Richard M. J. Palmer United Kingdom · #65,762 worldwide 70k citations · 287 works
  3. 3 Kaiqin Lao United Kingdom · #86,449 worldwide 15k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Sharon D. Kemp United Kingdom · #166,967 worldwide 6.3k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Peter J. Hart United Kingdom · #233,257 worldwide 2.6k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Richard G. Knowles United Kingdom · #279,045 worldwide 19k citations · 125 works
  7. 7 Brendan A. Larder United Kingdom · #307,892 worldwide 14k citations · 144 works
  8. 8 Heather C Brown United Kingdom · #315,430 worldwide 6.7k citations · 139 works
  9. 9 Gerald A Higgs United Kingdom · #359,338 worldwide 5.1k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Graham K. Darby United Kingdom · #370,042 worldwide 7.5k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Wellcome Trust

What are the most cited papers from Wellcome Trust?

The most cited paper from Wellcome Trust is "PHENIX : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution" (Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi et al., 2010), with 24,924 citations. Next come "Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome" (24,745) and "Phaser crystallographic software" (21,198).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PHENIX : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Open access 21 Jan 2010 24,924
2 Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome Eric S. Lander et al. · Nature Open access252 authors Feb 2001 24,745
3 Phaser crystallographic software Airlie J. McCoy, Ralf W. Grosse‐Kunstleve, Paul D. Adams et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography Open access 13 Jul 2007 21,198
4 A global reference for human genetic variation Corresponding authors et al. · Nature Open access815 authors 29 Sep 2015 20,444
5 Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega Fabian Sievers, Andreas Wilm, David Dineen et al. · Molecular Systems Biology Open access 11 Oct 2011 16,563
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Community Health Workers, Vaccine Development and Child Mortality.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.7×71 topics
  2. Inflammation7▲ 1.82×44 topics
  3. Public Health7▲ 2.6×32 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.3×29 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.9×16 topics
  6. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.6×21 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.5×28 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality5▲ 13×5 topics
  9. Depression5▲ 3.1×14 topics
  10. Vaccine5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.7×13 topics
  12. Global Burden5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  13. Health Inequalities5▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Treatment5▲ 2.0×31 topics
  15. Community Health Workers4▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Vaccine Development4▲ 9.3×9 topics
  17. Child Mortality4▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Health Systems4▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Immune Response4▲ 4.2×14 topics
  20. Obesity4▲ 2.8×15 topics
  21. Bioinformatics4▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Data Integration4▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Genetics4▲ 2.8×16 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  25. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  27. Primary Care3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Glycemic Control3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  29. Natural Language Processing3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  30. Semantic Web3▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Training3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Biomedical Ontologies3▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Text Mining3▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Genomics3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  35. Insulin Therapy3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  37. Genome Sequence2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. RNA-Seq2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Capacity Building2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Vector Control2▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Wellcome Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies, Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Global Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 3 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 2 fractional worksScientific Computing and…2Scientific Computing and Data Management: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Tech…2Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthMolecular BiologyInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wellcome Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Wellcome Trust0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wellcome Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Wellcome Trust19.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.9% in 2011.

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