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Bristol Royal Infirmary

In research, Bristol Royal Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#7,906 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,525 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,446
of 28,054 · #3,833 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#733
of 1,094
Research works
5.3k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
157k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Bristol Royal Infirmary 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 #7,906 of 10,443 10.7%77 #732
Health SciencesDomain #9,525 of 11,982 10.7%83 #915

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bristol Royal Infirmary 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bristol Royal Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, K W Heaton, David W. Warnock and A. E. Read lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bristol Royal Infirmary.

  1. 1 K W Heaton United Kingdom · #26,090 worldwide 581 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 David W. Warnock United Kingdom · #39,663 worldwide 332 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 A. E. Read United Kingdom · #50,637 worldwide 278 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Richard F. Harvey United Kingdom · #57,896 worldwide 433 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 J.P. Woodcock United Kingdom · #88,185 worldwide 170 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 C. Bolton United Kingdom · #171,160 worldwide 164 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 I. Watt United Kingdom · #196,840 worldwide 90 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Iain Watt United Kingdom · #234,738 worldwide 80 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 JAMES P. OʼHARE United Kingdom · #235,096 worldwide 74 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 J R Farndon United Kingdom · #244,352 worldwide 172 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Bristol Royal Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Bristol Royal Infirmary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Inflammation and Management.

▲ 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▲ 3.4×59 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.9×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 5.9×19 topics
  4. Mortality6▲ 9.2×9 topics
  5. Guidelines5▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Treatment5▲ 4.3×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  8. Management4▲ 4.8×15 topics
  9. Quality of Life4▲ 2.6×21 topics
  10. Cancer3▲ 2.4×14 topics
  11. Complications3▲ 6.1×10 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.3×9 topics
  15. Surgery2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  16. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  17. Medical Education2▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  19. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  20. Echocardiography2▲ 7.8×8 topics
  21. Heart Failure2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  22. Prevention2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  23. Medical Imaging2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Biomechanics2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  26. Cytokines2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  29. Elderly Patients2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Revascularization2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Rituximab2▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Infection Prevention2▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Stem Cells2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  36. Incidence2▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Inflammatory Response2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Screening2▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Bristol Royal Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Bone fractures and treatments, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Colorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…1Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 1 fractional works
OncologyEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 1 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bristol Royal Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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