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Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#7,661 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,011 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,466
of 28,054 · #34,859 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#833
of 1,094
Research works
444
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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 #7,661 of 10,443 10.5%106 #11943
Health SciencesDomain #9,011 of 11,982 10.1%119 #14332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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).

What does Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 31.7 works10×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan Belsey, Mohamed A. Imam and A Narvani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Jonathan Belsey United Kingdom · #503,996 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Mohamed A. Imam United Kingdom · #742,485 worldwide 62 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 A Narvani United Kingdom · #1,160,438 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Guidelines, Primary Care, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Patient Satisfaction and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 4.0×48 topics
  2. Complications11▲ 16×11 topics
  3. Mortality9▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Guidelines7▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.7×20 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.8×9 topics
  7. Primary Care6▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Surgical Management5▲ 9.6×12 topics
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  11. Rehabilitation5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  12. Surgery5▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Management5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  14. Survival Analysis5▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  16. Diagnosis4▲ 3.5×12 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Elderly Patients4▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Revision Surgery4▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.1×11 topics
  23. Diabetes4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  24. Obesity4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  25. Prevention4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  26. Chronic Pain4▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Pathophysiology4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment4▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Arthroplasty3▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Medical Education3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  31. Outcomes3▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Functional Recovery3▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications3▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Molecular Characterization3▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  37. Quality Improvement3▲ 11×8 topics
  38. Hip Fracture3▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Orthogeriatric Care3▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorder…2Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, an…2Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…1Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 1 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRehabilitationReproductive Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 2 works
  5. 5 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 2 works
  8. 8 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher 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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