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Blackpool Victoria Hospital

In research, Blackpool Victoria Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,020 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,538 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,312
of 28,054 · #26,616 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,073
of 1,094
Research works
561
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Blackpool Victoria Hospital 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 #7,020 of 17,978 9.7%437
Health SciencesDomain #8,538 of 20,462 10.2%479

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blackpool Victoria 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 48 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Blackpool Victoria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Complications, Treatment, Echocardiography, Heart Failure and Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.9×50 topics
  2. Diagnosis4▲ 7.1×18 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 4.8×17 topics
  4. Guidelines3▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Complications3▲ 10×12 topics
  6. Echocardiography3▲ 17×7 topics
  7. Heart Failure2▲ 9.3×11 topics
  8. Mortality2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  9. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 51×1 topic
  10. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 51×1 topic
  11. Surgery2▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.8×12 topics
  13. Postoperative Complications2▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Management2▲ 4.1×15 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 2.8×14 topics
  18. Cardiac Risk2▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Inflammatory Response2▲ 44×3 topics
  20. Perioperative2▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Cardiopulmonary Bypass2▲ 119×1 topic
  22. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery2▲ 119×1 topic
  23. Primary Care2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  24. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Surgical Management2▲ 6.2×11 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  27. Prophylaxis2▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Atherosclerosis1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  30. Bacteremia1▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Infective Endocarditis1▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.3×7 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Airway Stenosis1▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Endovascular Repair1▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Policy1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality1▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 7.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Blackpool Victoria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…2Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…1Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…1Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blackpool Victoria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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