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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 948 #21,798
2William Harvey HospitalHospital / health system 690 #26,778
3Ashford HospitalHospital / health system 254 #33,942 all time
4Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 133 #40,775 all time
5Brooklands CollegeUniversity 75 not ranked
6Medical Developments (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
7International Glaucoma AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
8Nineveh 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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust: 44.8%William Harvey Hospital: 32.6%Ashford Hospital: 12.0%Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust: 6.3%4 others listed: 4.3%45%largest
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust948 · 44.8%William Harvey Hospital690 · 32.6%Ashford Hospital254 · 12.0%Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust133 · 6.3%4 others listed90 · 4.3%

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).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 90.2 works8.7×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

▲ 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 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
  1. Epidemiology49▲ 2.8×84 topics
  2. Complications31▲ 14×16 topics
  3. Mortality30▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Treatment23▲ 4.3×36 topics
  5. Diagnosis22▲ 5.3×31 topics
  6. Guidelines20▲ 9.9×12 topics
  7. Quality of Life19▲ 3.0×37 topics
  8. Surgical Management18▲ 9.8×16 topics
  9. Inflammation16▲ 1.71×35 topics
  10. Surgery16▲ 10×10 topics
  11. Risk Factors15▲ 3.1×21 topics
  12. Postoperative Complications14▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.3×12 topics
  14. Management13▲ 3.6×25 topics
  15. Chemotherapy12▲ 4.0×18 topics
  16. Clinical Trials12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  17. COVID-1912▲ 2.0×20 topics
  18. Laparoscopic Surgery12▲ 22×5 topics
  19. Rehabilitation12▲ 6.6×10 topics
  20. Prognosis11▲ 7.7×9 topics
  21. Primary Care10▲ 6.1×13 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 7.7×9 topics
  23. Children10▲ 9.3×6 topics
  24. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Chronic Pain9▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Cardiac Risk9▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Perioperative9▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Prognostic Factors9▲ 4.5×13 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.5×18 topics
  30. Quality Improvement9▲ 10×8 topics
  31. Medical Education8▲ 7.4×9 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 5.9×8 topics
  33. Elderly Patients8▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  35. Healthcare Quality7▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Survival Analysis7▲ 5.7×6 topics
  37. Functional Recovery6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  38. Revision Surgery6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Arthroplasty6▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Ashford?

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works

Research output over time

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