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Barts Health NHS Trust

In research, Barts Health NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#831 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#737 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,871 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Emergency Medicine is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,872
of 28,054 · #4,451 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#109
of 1,094
Research works
4.5k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Barts Health NHS 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
Health SciencesDomain #831 of 11,982 13.4%1,020 #1283
MedicineField #737 of 10,443 13.6%912 #1210
Life SciencesDomain #1,871 of 7,800 17.1%123 #2619
SurgerySubfield #670 of 1,816 12.3%145 #976
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #362 of 738 16.6%92 #777
Health ProfessionsField #947 of 1,928 11.8%82 #1450
Social SciencesDomain #7,704 of 10,521 18.4%71 #6906
EpidemiologySubfield #724 of 976 13.3%65 #1156
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #872 of 1,144 9.4%78 #1234
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,965 of 3,579 19.3%69 #4564

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Barts Health NHS 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).

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. Health Sciences#1,283 #831
  2. Medicine#1,210 #737
  3. Life Sciences#2,619 #1,871
  4. Surgery#976 #670
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#777 #362
  6. Health Professions#1,450 #947
  7. Social Sciences#6,906 #7,704
  8. Epidemiology#1,156 #724
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,234 #872
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,564 #2,965
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 Barts Health NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 27.0 works8.8×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 91.9 works7.0×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.45× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.55× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 912 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Naveena Singh, Melanie Powell and Andrew Wragg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barts Health NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Naveena Singh United Kingdom · #21,080 worldwide 321 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Melanie Powell United Kingdom · #90,702 worldwide 193 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Andrew Wragg United Kingdom · #97,212 worldwide 178 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Chloe Orkin United Kingdom · #177,309 worldwide 160 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Daniel A. Jones United Kingdom · #188,025 worldwide 163 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Sotiris Antoniou United Kingdom · #219,089 worldwide 237 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Anthony Mathur United Kingdom · #280,656 worldwide 192 citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Michael Millar United Kingdom · #289,536 worldwide 89 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Anthony Bewley United Kingdom · #298,711 worldwide 92 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Gareth Parkes United Kingdom · #303,617 worldwide 82 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at Barts Health NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Complications and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology163▲ 3.3×121 topics
  2. Treatment63▲ 4.1×43 topics
  3. Diagnosis60▲ 5.2×37 topics
  4. Inflammation57▲ 2.2×69 topics
  5. Quality of Life56▲ 3.1×50 topics
  6. Mortality53▲ 7.4×13 topics
  7. Guidelines44▲ 7.5×12 topics
  8. Risk Factors43▲ 3.1×35 topics
  9. Chemotherapy41▲ 4.6×24 topics
  10. Management39▲ 4.0×30 topics
  11. Complications39▲ 6.2×17 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 2.7×32 topics
  13. Public Health35▲ 1.93×46 topics
  14. Clinical Trials34▲ 4.0×18 topics
  15. Immunotherapy33▲ 3.7×19 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines32▲ 4.7×14 topics
  17. Primary Care30▲ 6.3×15 topics
  18. Genetics28▲ 3.2×20 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations27▲ 5.0×21 topics
  20. Rehabilitation26▲ 5.3×11 topics
  21. Heart Failure26▲ 4.8×13 topics
  22. Global Burden26▲ 3.8×12 topics
  23. Surgical Management24▲ 4.8×19 topics
  24. Immune Response24▲ 3.4×19 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines23▲ 6.4×9 topics
  26. Quality Improvement23▲ 9.5×8 topics
  27. Pathogenesis22▲ 3.5×21 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction22▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Surgery22▲ 5.0×9 topics
  30. Echocardiography22▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Radiotherapy20▲ 4.2×13 topics
  32. Critical Care20▲ 6.8×8 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease19▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Medical Education18▲ 5.4×11 topics
  35. Immunology17▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging17▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Catheter Ablation17▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Elderly Patients16▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Mutation Analysis15▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Crohn's Disease14▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Barts Health NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …13Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 13 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…11Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 11 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease11Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 11 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…10Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 10 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 8 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures7Hip and Femur Fractures: 7 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEmergency MedicineGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 11 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 7 works
  9. 9 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Barts Health NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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