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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#7,219 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,927 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,114
of 28,054 · #31,807 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#771
of 1,094
Research works
534
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 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
MedicineField #7,219 of 10,443 8.0%83 #11470
Health SciencesDomain #8,927 of 11,982 8.2%89 #13655

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 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).

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: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous, Megan Thomas and Raj Nichani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Charalambos Panayiotou Charalambous United Kingdom · #22,923 worldwide 524 citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Megan Thomas United Kingdom · #443,696 worldwide 54 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Raj Nichani United Kingdom · #648,588 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Paul Jebb United Kingdom · #955,258 worldwide 0 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Rashmi Sharma United Kingdom · #981,746 worldwide 7 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Mortality, Complications, Echocardiography, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quality of Life and Mechanical Ventilation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.0×50 topics
  2. Guidelines6▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Mortality6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  4. Quality of Life6▲ 3.6×21 topics
  5. Complications5▲ 9.2×12 topics
  6. Echocardiography5▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.8×18 topics
  8. Diagnosis5▲ 4.5×18 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.0×11 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 3.0×21 topics
  11. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Medical Education4▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  15. Critical Care3▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Primary Care3▲ 8.0×9 topics
  17. Rehabilitation3▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Cardiac Risk3▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Perioperative3▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Respiratory Distress Syndrome3▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 9.3×6 topics
  22. Pulmonary Edema3▲ 54×2 topics
  23. Heart Failure3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  24. Lung Ultrasound3▲ 96×1 topic
  25. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography3▲ 96×1 topic
  26. Acute Lung Injury2▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  29. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Elderly Patients2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Health Care Costs2▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Perioperative Care2▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Pulmonary Infections2▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Mutation Analysis2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Inflammatory Response2▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Quality Assessment2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Quality Improvement2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  40. End-of-Life2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical A…3Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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