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Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,406 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,741 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,888
of 28,054 · #14,368 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#402
of 1,094
Research works
842
▲ 326% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation 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 #5,406 of 11,982 10.7%265 #6177
MedicineField #4,741 of 10,443 10.9%224 #5127

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation 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).

What does Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 24.6 works9.5×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.32× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 5.10× its world share, 9 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Raji Ganesan, Lynn Hirschowitz and Prasad Nagakumar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Raji Ganesan United Kingdom · #350,499 worldwide 85 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Lynn Hirschowitz United Kingdom · #785,237 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Prasad Nagakumar United Kingdom · #1,181,355 worldwide 9 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 J. Gray United Kingdom · #1,282,487 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Fionnuala Mone United Kingdom · #1,305,485 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Critical Care, Management, Prenatal Diagnosis, Inflammation, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 3.3×88 topics
  2. Inflammation18▲ 2.5×41 topics
  3. Quality of Life15▲ 3.0×29 topics
  4. Management13▲ 4.8×24 topics
  5. Primary Care13▲ 9.7×13 topics
  6. Critical Care12▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Diagnosis12▲ 3.6×25 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 4.0×17 topics
  9. Public Health11▲ 2.1×21 topics
  10. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 21×7 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.6×25 topics
  12. Treatment10▲ 2.3×29 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality9▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Genetics9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  16. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.3×18 topics
  17. Mutation Analysis8▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Surgical Treatment7▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Enteral Nutrition7▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Nutrition Support Therapy7▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Prognostic Factors7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations7▲ 4.4×18 topics
  23. Pulmonary Infections7▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Social Determinants7▲ 8.8×4 topics
  25. Microbiota6▲ 8.6×2 topics
  26. Liver Transplantation6▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Prevalence6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  28. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 7.6×2 topics
  29. Infertility6▲ 12×3 topics
  30. CFTR6▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Cystic Fibrosis6▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Pregnancy5▲ 7.5×9 topics
  33. Training5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  34. Pediatric5▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Preterm Infants5▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Advocacy5▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Community Health5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Pediatrics5▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Robotic Surgery5▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Urinary Incontinence5▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Child and Adolescent Health and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Clinical Nutrition and G…7Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 7 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…6Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…5Child and Adolescent Health: 5 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …4Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 4 fractional worksGynecological conditions…4Gynecological conditions and treatments: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsObstetrics and Gynecology2 others

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

  1. 1 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  2. 2 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  6. 6 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 4 works
  7. 7 Gynecological conditions and treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 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 available54.6%not open45.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 326% 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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