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Addenbrooke's Hospital

In research, Addenbrooke's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#999 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,468 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,015 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Neurology is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,533
of 28,054 · #876 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#141
of 1,094
Research works
14k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
623k
44.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Addenbrooke's Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #999 of 10,443 16.3%596 #184
Health SciencesDomain #1,468 of 11,982 16.1%626 #237
Life SciencesDomain #2,015 of 7,800 24.3%123 #339
SurgerySubfield #620 of 1,816 17.4%104 #170
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,298 of 3,579 24.0%76 #474

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Addenbrooke's Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#184 #999
  2. Health Sciences#237 #1,468
  3. Life Sciences#339 #2,015
  4. Surgery#170 #620
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#474 #2,298
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Addenbrooke's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 39.0 works8.5×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 104.4 works5.6×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 45.5 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 596 worksMedicineNursing: 1.85× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Addenbrooke's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Miles Parkes, John D. Pickard and David Baguley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Addenbrooke's Hospital.

  1. 1 Miles Parkes United Kingdom · #5,619 worldwide 821 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 John D. Pickard United Kingdom · #23,427 worldwide 465 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 David Baguley United Kingdom · #28,982 worldwide 264 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Trevor Baglin United Kingdom · #42,888 worldwide 388 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Robert Macfarlane United Kingdom · #45,416 worldwide 239 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 D. A. S. Compston United Kingdom · #49,426 worldwide 363 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 David Evans United Kingdom · #51,192 worldwide 370 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Marek Czosnyka United Kingdom · #54,949 worldwide 369 citations · 105 works
  9. 9 Neville V. Jamieson United Kingdom · #60,959 worldwide 229 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Gordon Wishart United Kingdom · #70,327 worldwide 749 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Addenbrooke's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Addenbrooke's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Management, Angiogenesis, Tumor Microenvironment, Prognosis, Guidelines and Pathophysiology.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology121▲ 3.8×116 topics
  2. Inflammation38▲ 2.3×71 topics
  3. Management30▲ 4.8×27 topics
  4. Treatment28▲ 2.9×46 topics
  5. Complications27▲ 6.7×17 topics
  6. Diagnosis26▲ 3.5×37 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 6.8×8 topics
  8. Guidelines24▲ 6.3×12 topics
  9. Immunotherapy23▲ 4.0×18 topics
  10. Angiogenesis22▲ 8.6×14 topics
  11. Mortality22▲ 4.8×12 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy22▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Prognosis22▲ 8.3×9 topics
  14. Risk Factors21▲ 2.4×31 topics
  15. Pathophysiology21▲ 8.8×11 topics
  16. PET Imaging20▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Immunosuppression19▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations19▲ 5.5×21 topics
  19. Stromal Cells19▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Neuroprotection19▲ 6.6×14 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines19▲ 4.2×13 topics
  22. Heart Failure19▲ 5.4×12 topics
  23. Echocardiography18▲ 8.3×8 topics
  24. Neuroinflammation18▲ 7.9×6 topics
  25. Surgical Management18▲ 5.5×19 topics
  26. Rehabilitation17▲ 5.5×11 topics
  27. Fibroblast Activation Protein17▲ 49×1 topic
  28. N-terminal Acetylation17▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Surgery17▲ 6.1×12 topics
  30. Radiotherapy17▲ 5.4×13 topics
  31. Intracranial Pressure16▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Pathogenesis16▲ 3.9×20 topics
  33. Traumatic Brain Injury15▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Catheter Ablation14▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy14▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines14▲ 6.0×9 topics
  37. Cerebral Blood Flow14▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Microdialysis14▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Remote Monitoring12▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death12▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Addenbrooke's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 17 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 14 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…11Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 11 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…8Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …6Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 6 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional works
OncologyNeurologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 17 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 14 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 6 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Addenbrooke's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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