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Research in South Shields

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in South Shields, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
631
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
9.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1975-2026
52 years on the record
South Shields

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Which research institutions are in South Shields?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustNonprofit 2,094 #7,372
2South Tyneside CollegeUniversity 50 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does South Shields work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research in South Shields is in Health Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 178 fractional works · 83.9% of its workMedicine: 160 fractional works · 75.0% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 18.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 7.9% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSouth Shields213fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences7%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16075.0%
    2. Health Professions178.1%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Psychology52.5%
    2. Social Sciences42.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.8%
    2. Neuroscience31.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering31.5%
    2. Environmental Science20.9%
    3. Computer Science10.7%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is South Shields strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in South Shields is most concentrated in Surgery (8.1× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.1 works8.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 25 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.28× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.84×137 works
  2. Health Professions3.28×16 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×3 works
  4. Neuroscience0.99×3 works
  5. Psychology0.91×5 works
  6. Dentistry0.90×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×3 works
  8. Veterinary0.66×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×5 works
  10. Nursing0.26×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.18×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.17×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  15. Engineering0.10×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in South Shields?

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

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.1×62 topics
  2. Complications15▲ 14×13 topics
  3. Quality of Life14▲ 4.4×27 topics
  4. Mortality13▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Inflammation12▲ 2.7×37 topics
  6. Guidelines12▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors11▲ 4.8×20 topics
  8. Treatment11▲ 4.3×30 topics
  9. Diagnosis11▲ 5.4×22 topics
  10. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.5×17 topics
  11. Prevention8▲ 8.7×10 topics
  12. Surgery8▲ 10×10 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Management7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  15. Obesity7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  16. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  18. Diabetes6▲ 5.8×8 topics
  19. Prognosis6▲ 8.7×8 topics
  20. Primary Care6▲ 7.4×11 topics
  21. Colorectal Cancer6▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Medical Education6▲ 10×9 topics
  23. Incidence6▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.5×10 topics
  25. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  27. Health Outcomes5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  28. Weight Loss5▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Screening4▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  31. Colonoscopy4▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Polyps4▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Biomechanics4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Children4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  35. Lifestyle Intervention4▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Bariatric Surgery4▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Metabolic Surgery4▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Critical Care4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  39. Revision Surgery4▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in South Shields?

Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…2Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%South Shields10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2020.

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