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Wellcome Trust

In research, Wellcome Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,600 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,325 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,363
of 28,054 · #520 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#171
of 1,094
Research works
6.9k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
597k
86.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Wellcome Trust 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,600 of 11,982 38.0%81 #484
MedicineField #4,325 of 10,443 38.9%68 #436

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 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.30× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.59× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.45× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 2.69× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wellcome Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Salvador Moncada, John R. Vane and Richard Palmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellcome Trust.

  1. 1 Salvador Moncada United Kingdom · #1,243 worldwide 2.3k citations · 129 works
  2. 2 John R. Vane United Kingdom · #3,091 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Richard Palmer United Kingdom · #24,925 worldwide 557 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 John A. Salmon United Kingdom · #79,199 worldwide 330 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 R.J. Flower United Kingdom · #100,635 worldwide 232 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Brendan J.R. Whittle United Kingdom · #109,604 worldwide 228 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 F Y Liew United Kingdom · #123,378 worldwide 165 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Ian G. Charles United Kingdom · #128,488 worldwide 195 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 R.A. Neal United Kingdom · #132,314 worldwide 138 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 J. G. Howard United Kingdom · #133,512 worldwide 169 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Wellcome Trust

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Metabolic Syndrome, Vaccine, Community Health Workers, Pathogenesis 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.7×67 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 2.7×31 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 1.87×42 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.4×28 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.1×15 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.7×27 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality5▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.6×18 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.8×13 topics
  10. Vaccine5▲ 6.6×9 topics
  11. Depression4▲ 3.0×13 topics
  12. Global Burden4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  13. Health Inequalities4▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Community Health Workers4▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Child Mortality4▲ 34×1 topic
  16. Health Systems4▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Treatment4▲ 1.92×27 topics
  18. Vaccine Development4▲ 9.1×9 topics
  19. Immune Response4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  20. Obesity4▲ 2.9×15 topics
  21. Data Integration3▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Bioinformatics3▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  26. Glycemic Control3▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Immunity3▲ 4.0×8 topics
  28. Primary Care3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  29. Natural Language Processing3▲ 6.4×2 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Biomedical Ontologies2▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Drug Resistance2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Insulin Therapy2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Text Mining2▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Training2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  36. Behavior Change2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  37. Genome Sequence2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. RNA-Seq2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Type 1 Diabetes2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Vector Control2▲ 9.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Wellcome Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Global Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…1Malaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …1Diabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthMolecular BiologyInfectious DiseasesSurgery4 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 2 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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