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Research in Stafford

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Stafford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are St George's Hospital, Stafford College and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.4k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
124k
16.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Stafford

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Stafford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1St George's HospitalHospital / health system 4,645 #6,604
2Stafford CollegeUniversity 663 #13,277
3Staffordshire County CouncilGovernment institution 366 #19,791 all time
4Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation TrustHospital / health system 267 #16,447

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.

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.

St George's Hospital: 78.2%Stafford College: 11.2%Staffordshire County Council: 6.2%Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: 4.5%78%largest
St George's Hospital4,645 · 78.2%Stafford College663 · 11.2%Staffordshire County Council366 · 6.2%Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust267 · 4.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Stafford work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Stafford is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 706 fractional works · 68.3% of its workMedicine: 633 fractional works · 61.2% of its workSurgery: 109 fractional works · 10.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 55 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 51 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 50 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRheumatology: 32 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 24 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 58 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 147 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 97 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKStafford1,035fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences14%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine63361.2%
    2. Health Professions585.6%
    3. Nursing70.7%
    4. Dentistry70.6%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Psychology403.9%
    2. Social Sciences393.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting323.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities141.3%
    5. Decision Sciences111.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology515.0%
    2. Neuroscience161.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology151.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences121.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Computer Science424.0%
    2. Engineering272.6%
    3. Environmental Science60.6%
    4. Mathematics20.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    6. Chemistry20.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Materials Science10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Stafford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Stafford is most concentrated in Rheumatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (6.8× the world share in Rheumatology).

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 26.5 works6.8×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 42.4 works4.8×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 87.4 works4.4×
← 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 26 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 503 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.08×503 works
  2. Health Professions2.15×48 works
  3. Nursing1.37×6 works
  4. Psychology1.35×35 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.34×11 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.24×11 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×31 works
  8. Dentistry1.08×4 works
  9. Neuroscience0.96×13 works
  10. Veterinary0.94×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×41 works
  12. Computer Science0.61×40 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×10 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.52×13 works
  16. Social Sciences0.31×34 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×10 works
  18. Engineering0.19×24 works
  19. Mathematics0.18×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.12×2 works
  22. Environmental Science0.12×5 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Stafford?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology116▲ 2.8×122 topics
  2. Inflammation61▲ 2.8×72 topics
  3. Quality of Life37▲ 2.5×45 topics
  4. Treatment37▲ 2.9×45 topics
  5. Guidelines31▲ 6.4×12 topics
  6. Complications30▲ 5.8×16 topics
  7. Risk Factors29▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Mortality29▲ 4.9×13 topics
  9. Big Data29▲ 2.9×12 topics
  10. Diagnosis28▲ 3.0×38 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 2.2×34 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress25▲ 1.49×49 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk24▲ 7.3×9 topics
  14. Management24▲ 2.9×32 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.6×22 topics
  16. Global Burden21▲ 3.7×12 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management21▲ 2.2×10 topics
  18. Rehabilitation21▲ 5.0×11 topics
  19. Primary Care20▲ 5.3×13 topics
  20. Surgical Management20▲ 4.6×20 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines19▲ 3.4×14 topics
  22. Chemotherapy19▲ 2.5×23 topics
  23. Firm Performance17▲ 9.5×2 topics
  24. Analytics17▲ 19×1 topic
  25. Business Intelligence17▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Radiotherapy17▲ 4.2×13 topics
  27. Cytokines17▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Autoantibodies17▲ 6.9×8 topics
  29. Surgery16▲ 4.3×11 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 6.2×7 topics
  31. Echocardiography14▲ 4.7×8 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality14▲ 5.9×5 topics
  33. Endothelial Dysfunction13▲ 5.5×8 topics
  34. Rheumatoid Arthritis13▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Quality Improvement12▲ 6.2×7 topics
  36. Postoperative Complications12▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Biological Therapy11▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs11▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Joint Inflammation11▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 7.3×7 topics

What research is done in Stafford?

Big Data and Business In…17Big Data and Business Intelligence: 17 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 10 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…4Tracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional works
Management Information SystemsRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 17 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 10 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  9. 9 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Stafford9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 2007.

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