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Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine

In research, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,104 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,569 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,950 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,669
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#589
of 2,253
Research works
1.1k
▼ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,104 of 16,945 17.6%683
Health SciencesDomain #5,569 of 20,462 11.6%245
MedicineField #4,950 of 17,978 11.8%167
HistorySubfield #223 of 716 18.9%203
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,228 of 3,836 18.2%392
Life SciencesDomain #10,010 of 14,347 21.4%123
Social SciencesField #7,656 of 10,206 16.4%157

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine 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).

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.43× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Medical History, Surgery, Medicine, Neuroscience, Gender, Anatomy and Healthcare.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. History176▲ 20×41 topics
  2. Epidemiology114▲ 2.6×75 topics
  3. Medical History109▲ 235×4 topics
  4. Surgery104▲ 29×5 topics
  5. Medicine103▲ 99×8 topics
  6. Neuroscience83▲ 24×16 topics
  7. Gender77▲ 12×33 topics
  8. Anatomy71▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Healthcare69▲ 8.8×19 topics
  10. Public Health68▲ 4.5×48 topics
  11. Psychiatry64▲ 176×4 topics
  12. Mental Health58▲ 4.7×30 topics
  13. Science58▲ 28×9 topics
  14. Globalization57▲ 2.8×51 topics
  15. Historical Figures55▲ 131×2 topics
  16. Avicenna54▲ 238×2 topics
  17. Anesthesia52▲ 41×4 topics
  18. Philosophy52▲ 10×23 topics
  19. Traditional Medicine52▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Ancient Medicine52▲ 412×1 topic
  21. Islamic Medicine52▲ 412×1 topic
  22. Blood Transfusion52▲ 87×2 topics
  23. Medical Discoveries52▲ 259×1 topic
  24. Obstetrics52▲ 259×1 topic
  25. Sexuality51▲ 63×4 topics
  26. Culture50▲ 9.4×26 topics
  27. Innovation50▲ 4.9×19 topics
  28. Psychoanalysis46▲ 48×7 topics
  29. Patient Experience45▲ 60×3 topics
  30. Pregnancy44▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Psychiatric Treatment44▲ 136×2 topics
  32. Health44▲ 11×12 topics
  33. Britain44▲ 280×1 topic
  34. Colonial Psychiatry44▲ 423×1 topic
  35. Psychopharmacology44▲ 298×1 topic
  36. Reproduction44▲ 121×1 topic
  37. Technology42▲ 8.7×9 topics
  38. Society41▲ 16×16 topics
  39. Biography35▲ 125×2 topics
  40. Observations34▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Scientific Studies, Logic, programming, and type systems, Embodied and Extended Cognition and Health disparities and outcomes.

Historical and Scientifi…0Historical and Scientific Studies: 0 fractional worksLogic, programming, and …0Logic, programming, and type systems: 0 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 0 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…0Health disparities and outcomes: 0 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…0Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders …0Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksRenal and related cancers: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineArtificial IntelligenceCognitive NeuroscienceHealth4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Logic, programming, and type systems Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  4. 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 0 works
  5. 5 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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