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Hospital / health system · Orkney Islands · United Kingdom

Balfour Hospital

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Research works
47
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
724
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Balfour Hospital is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.57× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.58× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Balfour Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Guidelines, Ethical Considerations, Religion, Mortality and Allergen-specific Immunotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.5×17 topics
  2. Quality of Life4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 2.1×4 topics
  4. Primary Care2▲ 11×8 topics
  5. Climate Change2▲ 1.61×3 topics
  6. Ethical Considerations2▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Guidelines2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  8. Religion2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  9. Mortality2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  10. Allergen-specific Immunotherapy2▲ 89×1 topic
  11. Asthma2▲ 28×1 topic
  12. COVID-192▲ 5.5×5 topics
  13. Data Analytics2▲ 86×2 topics
  14. Risk Factors2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  15. Complications1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Catheter Ablation1▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  19. Digital Divide1▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Events1▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Global Burden1▲ 4.7×3 topics
  23. Health Workforce1▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Global Health1▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Motivation1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  26. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Artificial Lift Systems1▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Atrial Fibrillation1▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Ceramic Materials1▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Difficult Airway Society1▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Economic Development1▲ 3.1×1 topic
  32. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  33. Incoterms1▲ 118×1 topic
  34. Letters of Credit1▲ 118×1 topic
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Resilience1▲ 5.4×1 topic
  37. Stroke Prevention1▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Sustainability Transitions1▲ 126×1 topic
  39. Telecommunications1▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Tracheal Intubation1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Balfour Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Tracheal and airway disorders and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…0Esophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Fu…0Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 0 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 0 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …0Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
SurgerySensory SystemsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 0 works
  5. 5 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Balfour Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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