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Research in Watford

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Watford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are NHS Blood and Transplant, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Watford General Hospital.

Research institutions
18
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.6k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
111k
20.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Watford

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Which research institutions are in Watford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1NHS Blood and TransplantHospital / health system 2,107 #6,839
2Building Research EstablishmentResearch facility 1,750 #7,594 all time
3Watford General HospitalHospital / health system 877 #21,064
4West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS TrustHospital / health system 541 #15,714
5Action for ChildrenNonprofit 349 #22,268 all time
6Kodak (United Kingdom)Company 119 not ranked
7West Herts CollegeUniversity 70 not ranked
8Vinci (United Kingdom)Company 61 not ranked
9Medtronic (United Kingdom)Company 52 not ranked
10British Board of AgrémentGovernment institution 11 not ranked
11Tropical Marine Centre (United Kingdom)Company 8 not ranked
12Gama (United Kingdom)Hospital / health system 7 not ranked
13Synergation (United Kingdom)Company 6 not ranked
14Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing TechnologiesNonprofit 6 not ranked
15FiberLogix (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
16SLA Pharma (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
17AI Factory (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
18Sheepcot Medical CentreHospital / health system 2 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.

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.

NHS Blood and Transplant: 35.3%Building Research Establishment: 29.3%Watford General Hospital: 14.7%West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust: 9.1%14 others listed: 11.7%35%largest
NHS Blood and Transplant2,107 · 35.3%Building Research Establishment1,750 · 29.3%Watford General Hospital877 · 14.7%West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust541 · 9.1%14 others listed699 · 11.7%

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

Which fields of science does Watford work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research in Watford is in Health Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Engineering (6%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 449 fractional works · 69.0% of its workMedicine: 406 fractional works · 62.5% of its workSurgery: 75 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransplantation: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 77 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 50 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKWatford651fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences12%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine40662.5%
    2. Health Professions396.0%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering416.3%
    2. Computer Science152.3%
    3. Environmental Science91.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    5. Mathematics30.5%
    6. Chemistry30.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences304.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting152.2%
    3. Psychology142.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities71.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.0%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology294.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology121.9%
    3. Neuroscience40.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Watford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Transplantation, Kidney Transplantation, Graft Survival, Ethical Considerations, Anemia, Blood Transfusion and Hemorrhage.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 2.2×108 topics
  2. Transplantation28▲ 42×4 topics
  3. Kidney Transplantation28▲ 68×2 topics
  4. Graft Survival26▲ 47×3 topics
  5. Ethical Considerations26▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Inflammation23▲ 1.68×53 topics
  7. Anemia23▲ 37×4 topics
  8. Risk Factors23▲ 3.2×28 topics
  9. Public Health22▲ 2.4×35 topics
  10. Blood Transfusion22▲ 75×3 topics
  11. Hemorrhage21▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Critical Care19▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Mortality19▲ 5.1×11 topics
  14. Living Kidney Donors17▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Organ Donation17▲ 104×1 topic
  16. Liver Transplantation17▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Complications16▲ 4.8×16 topics
  18. Diagnosis16▲ 2.6×34 topics
  19. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury15▲ 35×3 topics
  20. Biliary Complications15▲ 53×1 topic
  21. Donor Risk Index15▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Management14▲ 2.8×25 topics
  23. Guidelines13▲ 4.3×12 topics
  24. Cardiac Surgery12▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Red Blood Cell12▲ 97×1 topic
  26. Tranexamic Acid12▲ 97×1 topic
  27. Coagulopathy12▲ 22×2 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-211▲ 5.7×6 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Drugs11▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Antibody-Mediated Rejection11▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Renal Allograft11▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Trauma10▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 8.3×7 topics
  34. Thrombosis10▲ 5.7×7 topics
  35. Rejection10▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Disaster Response9▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Sepsis9▲ 8.0×4 topics
  38. Altruism9▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Blood Donation9▲ 84×1 topic
  40. Donor Behavior9▲ 84×1 topic

What research is done in Watford?

Organ Donation and Transplantation: 15 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksBlood transfusion and ma…10Blood transfusion and management: 10 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…9Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 9 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 8 fractional worksBlood donation and transfusion practices: 7 fractional worksBlood groups and transfu…6Blood groups and transfusion: 6 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 6 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryBiochemistryTransplantation5 others

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

  1. 1 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  3. 3 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 10 works
  4. 4 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 9 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 8 works
  6. 6 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 7 works
  7. 7 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 6 works
  8. 8 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%30%Watford10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.9% in 1993.

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