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West Midlands Deanery

In research, West Midlands Deanery stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,112 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#8,290 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,603 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,770
of 22,385 · #17,078 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#776
of 862
Research works
721
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
West Midlands Deanery

What is West Midlands Deanery 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,112 of 16,688 4.2%512
MedicineField #8,290 of 14,558 4.8%390
Social SciencesDomain #12,603 of 14,833 5.3%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Midlands Deanery 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 West Midlands Deanery work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at West Midlands Deanery is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 64 fractional works · 75.8% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 64.2% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWest MidlandsDeanery84fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences10%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5464.2%
    2. Health Professions910.3%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Social Sciences33.6%
    2. Psychology22.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.7%
    2. Neuroscience22.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering22.3%
    2. Computer Science11.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.7%
    4. Chemistry00.5%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.91× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.91×9 works
  2. Medicine3.34×54 works
  3. Veterinary2.19×0 works
  4. Neuroscience1.38×2 works
  5. Dentistry1.23×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×4 works
  7. Psychology0.77×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.76×2 works
  9. Nursing0.62×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.35×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  19. Engineering0.16×2 works
  20. Environmental Science0.14×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West Midlands Deanery?

Ranked on the quality score, Emma Plunkett, Jonathan B. Howes and David Wall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Midlands Deanery.

  1. 1 Emma Plunkett United Kingdom · #840,654 worldwide 615 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Jonathan B. Howes United Kingdom · #2,101,152 worldwide 756 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 David Wall United Kingdom · #2,127,005 worldwide 2.5k citations · 185 works
  4. 4 F. P. Harton United Kingdom · #2,919,180 worldwide 43 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 G. W. O. Addleshaw United Kingdom · #3,174,097 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Andrew Whitehouse United Kingdom · #3,601,207 worldwide 423 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Helen M Goodyear United Kingdom · #3,727,398 worldwide 2.3k citations · 123 works
  8. 8 Robert Gerald Palmer United Kingdom · #3,748,957 worldwide 562 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Emily Johnson United Kingdom · #4,054,410 worldwide 84 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Mark Waters United Kingdom · #4,897,359 worldwide 63 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at West Midlands Deanery

What are the most cited papers from West Midlands Deanery?

The most cited paper from West Midlands Deanery is "The SCARE 2018 statement: Updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines" (Riaz Agha et al., 2018), with 2,340 citations. Next come "The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines" (1,687) and "The PROCESS 2018 statement: Updating Consensus Preferred Reporting Of CasE Series in Surgery (PROCESS) guidelines" (910).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The SCARE 2018 statement: Updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 18 Oct 2018 2,340
2 The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 9 Sep 2016 1,687
3 The PROCESS 2018 statement: Updating Consensus Preferred Reporting Of CasE Series in Surgery (PROCESS) guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 22 Oct 2018 910
4 How can experience in clinical and community settings contribute to early medical education? A BEME systematic review Tim Dornan, Sonia Littlewood, Simeón Margolis et al. · Medical Teacher Review 2006 507
5 Prevalence and aetiology of neuropathic pain in cancer patients: A systematic review Mike Bennett, Clare Rayment, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad et al. · Pain Review 23 Nov 2011 426
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West Midlands Deanery?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Risk Factors, Complications, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Ethical Considerations and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.0×47 topics
  2. Risk Factors4▲ 4.6×17 topics
  3. Mortality4▲ 8.5×10 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 2.1×19 topics
  5. Public Health4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  6. Diagnosis3▲ 4.4×17 topics
  7. Treatment3▲ 3.2×14 topics
  8. Complications3▲ 7.2×10 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 2.4×13 topics
  10. Guidelines3▲ 7.1×9 topics
  11. Mental Health2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  13. Management2▲ 3.6×14 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  15. Medical Education2▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Prevention2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  17. Primary Care2▲ 6.4×8 topics
  18. Professionalism2▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Mortality Risk2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  20. Surgical Management2▲ 5.6×11 topics
  21. Palliative Care2▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Social Network Analysis2▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Diabetes2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  24. Health Policy2▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Postoperative Complications2▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Communication2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  27. Interventions2▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Motivation2▲ 4.4×2 topics
  29. Revision Surgery2▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Patient Engagement1▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Chronic Pain1▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Health Care1▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Health Outcomes1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  35. Medical Ethics1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Patient Care1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Perioperative Care1▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Cardiac Risk1▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Perioperative1▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Quality Improvement1▲ 7.6×5 topics

Which research topics does West Midlands Deanery publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Diverticular Disease and Complications, Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…1Diverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksPerfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksSocial Media in Health Education: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…1Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryClinical PsychologyHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Social Media in Health Education Health 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Midlands Deanery's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher 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 West Midlands Deanery as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%West Midlands Deanery0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of West Midlands Deanery 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025West Midlands Deanery6.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.9% in 2017.

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