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Bedford Hospital

In research, Bedford Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,975 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,563 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,547
of 28,054 · #22,510 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,083
of 1,094
Research works
615
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Bedford Hospital 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 #9,975 of 10,443 5.7%66 #10698
Health SciencesDomain #11,563 of 11,982 5.5%71 #12255

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bedford 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.19× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bedford Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, L. Leistner, John W. Bone and Arindam Chaudhuri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bedford Hospital.

  1. 1 L. Leistner United Kingdom · #186,047 worldwide 109 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 John W. Bone United Kingdom · #754,409 worldwide 1 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Arindam Chaudhuri United Kingdom · #1,194,485 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Bedford Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Bedford Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Complications, Epidemiology, Mortality, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Surgery 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.2×52 topics
  2. Guidelines7▲ 18×10 topics
  3. Complications7▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Mortality6▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Diagnosis6▲ 7.6×17 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 2.6×23 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 4.4×18 topics
  9. Surgery4▲ 15×9 topics
  10. Management4▲ 6.3×10 topics
  11. Quality of Life4▲ 3.4×20 topics
  12. Prevention4▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Surgical Management4▲ 12×12 topics
  14. Diabetes4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.9×14 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.6×9 topics
  17. Rehabilitation3▲ 8.7×7 topics
  18. Children3▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  20. Elderly Patients2▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Functional Recovery2▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  25. Echocardiography2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  26. Revascularization2▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Hip Fracture2▲ 63×1 topic
  28. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  30. Postoperative Complications2▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Biomechanics2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Incidence2▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Infection Prevention2▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Screening2▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Colonoscopy2▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Medical Education2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Bedford Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hip and Femur Fractures, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Peripheral Artery Disease Management and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Hip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 1 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…1Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bedford Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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