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Birmingham Women's Hospital

In research, Birmingham Women's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,671 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,468 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,293
of 28,054 · #8,853 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#922
of 1,094
Research works
1.8k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
55k
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Birmingham Women's 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 #8,671 of 10,443 17.2%71 #2590
Health SciencesDomain #10,468 of 11,982 15.2%82 #3296

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Birmingham Women's 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.91× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 6.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Birmingham Women's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Janesh Gupta, T. Justin Clark and Fiona MacDonald lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Birmingham Women's Hospital.

  1. 1 Janesh Gupta United Kingdom · #57,017 worldwide 175 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 T. Justin Clark United Kingdom · #74,346 worldwide 147 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Fiona MacDonald United Kingdom · #112,799 worldwide 193 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Khalid S. Khan United Kingdom · #120,401 worldwide 356 citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Philip Toozs‐Hobson United Kingdom · #123,804 worldwide 111 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 J. Selwyn Crawford United Kingdom · #124,662 worldwide 239 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Sarah Bundey United Kingdom · #128,509 worldwide 164 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Pallavi Latthe United Kingdom · #149,531 worldwide 130 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 W. R. BUTT United Kingdom · #230,216 worldwide 100 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 A. C. Crooke United Kingdom · #306,904 worldwide 102 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Birmingham Women's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Birmingham Women's Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.7×48 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 3.1×24 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 4.3×15 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality5▲ 25×5 topics
  5. Primary Care5▲ 15×8 topics
  6. Surgical Treatment5▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Management5▲ 6.6×13 topics
  8. Diagnosis4▲ 5.0×16 topics
  9. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 30×6 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.7×20 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.8×10 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Rehabilitation4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  14. Preterm Infants3▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations3▲ 7.6×14 topics
  16. Pathophysiology3▲ 10×7 topics
  17. Pregnancy3▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Urinary Incontinence3▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Critical Care3▲ 12×6 topics
  20. Maternal Outcomes3▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Perinatal Outcomes3▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Stem Cells3▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Infertility3▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Liver Transplantation3▲ 22×5 topics
  25. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction3▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Pelvic Organ Prolapse3▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Community Health2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Health Equity2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  30. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Social Determinants2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Advocacy2▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Global Trends2▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Pediatrics2▲ 86×1 topic
  35. Cesarean Section2▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Immunobiology2▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Pain Symptoms2▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Vaginal Birth2▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Birmingham Women's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Child and Adolescent Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Pelvic floor disorders t…3Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…2Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksEndometriosis Research a…2Endometriosis Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPreterm Birth and Chorio…2Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 2 fractional works
RheumatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsObstetrics and GynecologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 3 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  8. 8 Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  10. 10 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 2 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Birmingham Women's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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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