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Bristol General Hospital

In research, Bristol General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,288 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,990 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#20,459
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,111
of 2,253
Research works
363
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.9k
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Bristol General 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 #9,288 of 17,978 15.7%213
Health SciencesDomain #11,990 of 20,462 15.2%231

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bristol General 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.97× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 4.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 4 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.56× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bristol General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, P. C. Jackson, Michael Halliwell and P.N.T. Wells lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bristol General Hospital.

  1. 1 P. C. Jackson United Kingdom · #146,308 worldwide 123 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Michael Halliwell United Kingdom · #153,561 worldwide 94 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 P.N.T. Wells United Kingdom · #212,679 worldwide 138 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Ernest W Hey Groves United Kingdom · #459,219 worldwide 50 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Mary P. English United Kingdom · #662,509 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 George L. Parker United Kingdom · #835,985 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 C. B. Perry United Kingdom · #975,941 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Carey Coombs United Kingdom · #1,331,665 worldwide 10 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Simon Croxson United Kingdom · #1,472,840 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Bristol General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Bristol General Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Applications, Tissue Elasticity Mapping, Ultrasound Elastography, Cancer Treatment, Echocardiography, Hyperthermia and Blood-Brain Barrier.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.2×57 topics
  2. Clinical Applications16▲ 58×2 topics
  3. Tissue Elasticity Mapping15▲ 231×1 topic
  4. Ultrasound Elastography15▲ 231×1 topic
  5. Diagnosis13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  6. Cancer Treatment13▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Echocardiography11▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Diabetes11▲ 6.0×11 topics
  9. Drug Delivery11▲ 6.3×2 topics
  10. Hyperthermia11▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Blood-Brain Barrier10▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 7.8×6 topics
  13. Focused Ultrasound10▲ 101×1 topic
  14. Microbubbles10▲ 101×1 topic
  15. Obesity9▲ 3.3×9 topics
  16. Medical Education9▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Critical Care8▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Heart Failure8▲ 5.2×8 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  20. Primary Care8▲ 5.3×12 topics
  21. Quality Improvement8▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Antifungal Therapy8▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 5.9×8 topics
  24. Radiation Exposure7▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Tomography7▲ 6.8×2 topics
  26. Hypertension6▲ 5.0×5 topics
  27. Respiratory Distress Syndrome6▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Cancer Risk6▲ 6.6×4 topics
  30. Computed Tomography6▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Glycemic Control6▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Pulmonary Edema6▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Genomic Characterization6▲ 9.7×2 topics
  35. Cancer Detection6▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Ionizing Radiation6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Lung Ultrasound6▲ 76×1 topic
  38. Molecular Identification6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography6▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Quantitative6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Bristol General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Surgical site infection prevention and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksSurgical site infection prevention: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 0 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 0 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…0Health and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures0Hip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 0 fractional worksOtolaryngology and Infectious Diseases: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineObstetrics and GynecologySurgeryApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  3. 3 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 0 works
  5. 5 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases 0 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 available21.7%not open78.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bristol General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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