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Battle Hospital

In research, Battle Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,103 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,827 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#27,392
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,471
of 1,844
Research works
213
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Battle Hospital

What is Battle Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #10,103 of 16,688 9.6%157
MedicineField #8,827 of 14,558 9.2%127

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Battle 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Battle Hospital work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Battle Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Health Professions (12%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 156 fractional works · 73.4% of its workMedicine: 127 fractional works · 59.8% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 12.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.8% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBattle Hospital213fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12759.8%
    2. Health Professions2612.3%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary10.6%
    1. Social Sciences63.0%
    2. Psychology62.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.1%
    6. Decision Sciences21.1%
    1. Neuroscience73.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering115.2%
    2. Environmental Science20.9%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.27×0 works
  2. Health Professions3.30×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.26×1 works
  4. Mathematics1.83×0 works
  5. Medicine1.67×4 works
  6. Psychology1.41×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.29×2 works
  9. Environmental Science1.15×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.69×0 works
  11. Engineering0.30×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.26×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Battle Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, John A. Bunyan, Anthony Bradlow and H. B. Battle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Battle Hospital.

  1. 1 John A. Bunyan United Kingdom · #2,159,480 worldwide 2k citations · 383 works
  2. 2 Anthony Bradlow United Kingdom · #2,897,585 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 H. B. Battle United Kingdom · #2,997,406 worldwide 870 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hugh C.R. Simpson United Kingdom · #3,364,131 worldwide 453 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 W Hausmann United Kingdom · #3,659,305 worldwide 171 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Battle Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Battle Hospital?

The most cited paper from Battle Hospital is "Recommendations for euthanasia of experimental animals: Part 1" (Bryony Close, Keith Banister, Vera Baumans et al., 1996), with 608 citations. Next come "Recommendations for euthanasia of experimental animals: Part 2" (509) and "The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial" (492).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recommendations for euthanasia of experimental animals: Part 1 Bryony Close, Keith Banister, Vera Baumans et al. · Laboratory Animals Oct 1996 608
2 Recommendations for euthanasia of experimental animals: Part 2 Bryony Close, Keith Banister, Vera Baumans et al. · Laboratory Animals Open access 1997 509
3 The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial B. H. Cuthbertson, Janice E. Rattray, Marion Campbell et al. · BMJ Open access 16 Oct 2009 492
4 Randomized controlled trial of cannabis‐based medicine in spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis Christine Collin, Paul T. G. Davies, I. K. Mutiboko et al. · European Journal of Neurology 23 Feb 2007 382
5 A randomised controlled trial of care of the perineum during second stage of normal labour Rona McCandlish, Ursula Bowler, Hedwig van Asten et al. · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dec 1998 308
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Battle Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Management, Diagnosis, Public Health, Guidelines, Treatment and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.2×52 topics
  2. Primary Care13▲ 14×10 topics
  3. Public Health11▲ 3.9×13 topics
  4. Management11▲ 6.7×14 topics
  5. Diagnosis11▲ 4.9×24 topics
  6. Treatment11▲ 3.9×27 topics
  7. Risk Factors9▲ 4.2×13 topics
  8. Quality of Life9▲ 3.2×17 topics
  9. Guidelines8▲ 8.0×10 topics
  10. Inflammation7▲ 1.48×20 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Healthcare6▲ 4.2×7 topics
  13. Surgery6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.6×9 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  16. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  17. Complications5▲ 4.6×8 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  19. Prevention5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  21. Mortality4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  22. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis4▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma4▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Collaborative Practice4▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Health Care Utilization4▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Medical Education4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  27. Screening4▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Health Workforce4▲ 37×2 topics
  29. NHS4▲ 85×2 topics
  30. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  31. Prostate Cancer4▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Advanced Practice Nursing3▲ 89×1 topic
  33. Healthcare Workers3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Nurse Practitioners3▲ 89×1 topic
  35. Urinary Incontinence3▲ 17×2 topics
  36. MRI Imaging3▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Survival Rates3▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Disaster Response3▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Health Policy3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Prognostic Models3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Battle Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Occupational Health and Performance, Sports injuries and prevention and Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Sports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…0Sports injuries and prevention: 0 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nu…0Muscle metabolism and nutrition: 0 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksSmart Materials for Cons…0Smart Materials for Construction: 0 fractional worksCommonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism: 0 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 0 fractional worksPlant Ecology and Taxono…0Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies: 0 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineOccupational TherapyCell BiologyEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 1 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  7. 7 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Battle Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Battle Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000049% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Battle Hospital0.000072% in 202519801990200020102020

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