Research in Ashford
Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Ashford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and William Harvey Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 8 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 2.1k ▲ 57% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 5.0% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Ashford?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 948 | #21,798 | |
| 2 | William Harvey HospitalHospital / health system | 690 | #26,778 | |
| 3 | Ashford HospitalHospital / health system | 254 | #33,942 all time | |
| 4 | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system | 133 | #40,775 all time | |
| 5 | Brooklands CollegeUniversity | 75 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Medical Developments (United Kingdom)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 7 | International Glaucoma AssociationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Nineveh Charitable TrustNonprofit | 1 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Ashford strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Ashford is most concentrated in Surgery (8.7× the world share in Surgery).
- SurgerySubfield · 90.2 works8.7×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in Ashford?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Mortality, Epidemiology, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Treatment and Surgery.
- Arthroplasty
- Revision Surgery
- Survival Analysis
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Patient Satisfaction
- Quality Improvement
- Prognostic Factors
- Cardiac Risk
- Immunotherapy
- Clinical Guidelines
- Prognosis
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Clinical Trials
- Management
- Postoperative Complications
- Surgery
- Surgical Management
- Guidelines
- Treatment
- Complications
- Epidemiology
- Mortality
- Diagnosis
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Risk Factors
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Chemotherapy
- COVID-19
- Rehabilitation
- Primary Care
- Children
- Chronic Pain
- Perioperative
- Genetic Mutations
- Medical Education
- Elderly Patients
- Healthcare Quality
- Functional Recovery
- Total Hip Replacement
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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
- Epidemiology49▲ 2.8×84 topics
- Complications31▲ 14×16 topics
- Mortality30▲ 12×12 topics
- Treatment23▲ 4.3×36 topics
- Diagnosis22▲ 5.3×31 topics
- Guidelines20▲ 9.9×12 topics
- Quality of Life19▲ 3.0×37 topics
- Surgical Management18▲ 9.8×16 topics
- Inflammation16▲ 1.71×35 topics
- Surgery16▲ 10×10 topics
- Risk Factors15▲ 3.1×21 topics
- Postoperative Complications14▲ 23×3 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.3×12 topics
- Management13▲ 3.6×25 topics
- Chemotherapy12▲ 4.0×18 topics
- Clinical Trials12▲ 4.2×14 topics
- COVID-1912▲ 2.0×20 topics
- Laparoscopic Surgery12▲ 22×5 topics
- Rehabilitation12▲ 6.6×10 topics
- Prognosis11▲ 7.7×9 topics
- Primary Care10▲ 6.1×13 topics
- Clinical Guidelines10▲ 7.7×9 topics
- Children10▲ 9.3×6 topics
- Immunotherapy10▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Chronic Pain9▲ 9.3×5 topics
- Cardiac Risk9▲ 25×1 topic
- Perioperative9▲ 25×1 topic
- Prognostic Factors9▲ 4.5×13 topics
- Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.5×18 topics
- Quality Improvement9▲ 10×8 topics
- Medical Education8▲ 7.4×9 topics
- Patient Satisfaction8▲ 5.9×8 topics
- Elderly Patients8▲ 11×4 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Healthcare Quality7▲ 15×4 topics
- Survival Analysis7▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Functional Recovery6▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Revision Surgery6▲ 11×2 topics
- Total Hip Replacement6▲ 11×2 topics
- Arthroplasty6▲ 14×2 topics
What research is done in Ashford?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
- 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
- 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
- 4 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
- 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
- 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
- 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
- 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
- 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
- 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
Research output over time
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