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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 ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 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 ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 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 - ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 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: ²Ñ²¹²Ô³¦³ó±ð²õ³Ù±ð°ùÌý– 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: