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Bibliometric analysis shows we are the most cited of any organisation in England when it comes to hearing research

6 January 2016

We start 2016 with some excellent news for us here at the Ear Institute and the Faculty of Brain Sciences as a whole. At the end of 2015, RAND published bibliometric analysis of highly cited biomedical and health research in England.

Bibliometry is a statistical analysis of the number of times articles are cited by other publications (usually journal articles) which considers the generation,transmission and impact of research.[1]

The report, commissioned by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), shows that UCL is the most highly cited organisation in England for deafness and hearing problems, as well as for audiology and speech-language pathology over the 2004-2013 period.[1]

The report shows that UCL has the largest number of highly cited publications (HCPs) of any organisation in England over the 2004-2013 period. In the Faculty of Brain Sciences - UCL was the most cited Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the following Journal Subject Categories and Department of Health Highlight Areas:

  • Applied psychology: 6.8% (39% more than the next best HEI: Sheffield – 4.9%)
  • Audiology & speech-language pathology: 14.7% (79% more than the next best HEI: Cambridge – 8.2%)
  • Behavioural sciences: 13.7% (26% more than the next best HEI: Cambridge – 10.9%)
  • Clinical neurology: 15.6% (136% more than the next best HEI: King's College London – 6.6%)
  • Deafness and hearing problems: 5.9% (68.6% more than the next best HEI: Manchester – 3.5%)
  • Dementias: 15% (117% more than the next best HEI: King's College London – 6.9%)
  • Experimental psychology: 18.5% (103% more than the next best HEI: Oxford – 9.1%)
  • Mental health: 14.7 (35% more than next best HEI: King's College London – 10.9%)
  • Multidisciplinary psychology: 12.4% (14% more than the next best HEI: King’s College London – 10.9%)
  • Neuroimaging: 21.1% (73% more than the next best HEI: Oxford – 12.2%)
  • Neurosciences: 18.1% (97% more than the next best HEI: Cambridge – 9.2%)
  • Ophthalmology: 16.4% (310% more than the next best HEI: Oxford – 4%)
  • Psychology – psychoanalysis: 28.0% (82% more than the next best HEI: King’s College London – 15.4%)

The full report can be read here:



[1] http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1363.html