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Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

In research, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#12,481 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,547 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,246
of 22,385 · #33,583 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#856
of 862
Research works
245
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

What is Bedford Hospital NHS Trust 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
MedicineField #12,481 of 14,558 3.7%197
Health SciencesDomain #14,547 of 16,688 3.6%214

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

Which fields of science does Bedford Hospital NHS Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 69 fractional works · 87.7% of its workMedicine: 63 fractional works · 80.1% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBedford HospitalNHS Trust79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences88%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6380.1%
    2. Health Professions44.9%
    3. Dentistry22.4%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.4%
    2. Neuroscience11.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering11.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.8%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    2. Psychology10.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.90× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.90×2 works
  2. Medicine4.17×63 works
  3. Health Professions1.86×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.43×0 works
  5. Neuroscience0.99×1 works
  6. Nursing0.72×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.43×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.28×1 works
  11. Psychology0.21×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  13. Engineering0.11×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Y Gerçek, M Williams and Montasser A. Mahran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Y Gerçek United Kingdom · #2,003,253 worldwide 392 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 M Williams United Kingdom · #3,482,459 worldwide 335 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Montasser A. Mahran United Kingdom · #3,580,211 worldwide 156 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Masoom Muttalib United Kingdom · #4,837,596 worldwide 111 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Tsakadze Lo United Kingdom · #5,053,484 worldwide 3 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Pramod Nair United Kingdom · #5,344,466 worldwide 7 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Mohammed Azher United Kingdom · #5,362,967 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

What are the most cited papers from Bedford Hospital NHS Trust?

The most cited paper from Bedford Hospital NHS Trust is "International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways" (Heather Jane Cordell et al., 2015), with 313 citations. Next come "Mutations in CTC1, encoding conserved telomere maintenance component 1, cause Coats plus" (294) and "Results of a nationwide prospective audit of stoma complications within 3 weeks of surgery" (268).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways Heather Jane Cordell et al. · Nature Communications Open access462 authors 22 Sep 2015 313
2 Mutations in CTC1, encoding conserved telomere maintenance component 1, cause Coats plus Beverley Anderson et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 22 Jan 2012 294
3 Results of a nationwide prospective audit of stoma complications within 3 weeks of surgery Jude Cottam, Karen Richards, Anne M. Hasted et al. · Colorectal Disease 2 Aug 2007 268
4 Application of phage display to high throughput antibody generation and characterization Darren J. Schofield et al. · Genome biology Open access 29 Nov 2007 237
5 Anthropometric measures and nutritional status in a healthy elderly population Sergio Sánchez‐García, Carmen García‐Peña, Ximena Duque et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 3 Jan 2007 205
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Which keywords describe research at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Treatment, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Risk, Risk Factors and Mortality.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.8×37 topics
  2. Quality of Life5▲ 4.2×14 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 4.8×18 topics
  4. Surgical Management4▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 5.2×13 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  7. Inflammation3▲ 1.96×20 topics
  8. Mortality3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  9. Obesity3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  10. Management3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Prognosis3▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Healthcare3▲ 2.9×5 topics
  14. Complications2▲ 6.3×8 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  16. Diabetes2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  18. Echocardiography2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  19. Emergency Department2▲ 111×2 topics
  20. Orthostatic Hypotension2▲ 154×1 topic
  21. Simulation2▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Syncope2▲ 154×1 topic
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  24. Newborn Screening2▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Operating Room2▲ 198×1 topic
  26. Postoperative Complications2▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Reconstruction2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Scheduling2▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Medical Imaging2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  30. Heart Failure2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  32. Craniofacial2▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Nasal2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Pain Management2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  35. Medical Education2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Neurotoxicity2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Genetic Variants1▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Pneumothorax1▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Treatment Guidelines1▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Bedford Hospital NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders, Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization: 2 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…2Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Health and Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Tr…1Thyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …1Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration…1Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency Medical ServicesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOral Surgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 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 available48.4%not open51.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bedford Hospital NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Bedford Hospital NHS Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Bedford Hospital NHS Trust0.00040% in 2025200020102020

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