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Broadgreen Hospital

In research, Broadgreen Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,293 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#5,632 of 14,558 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,986 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,491
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#864
of 1,844
Research works
751
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Broadgreen Hospital

What is Broadgreen 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,293 of 16,688 6.6%619
MedicineField #5,632 of 14,558 6.4%570
SurgerySubfield #1,986 of 3,248 5.7%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Broadgreen 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Broadgreen Hospital work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Broadgreen Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 619 fractional works · 82.3% of its workMedicine: 570 fractional works · 75.9% of its workSurgery: 122 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 81 fractional works · 10.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 63 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 5.1% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGastroenterology: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 63 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBroadgreenHospital751fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine57075.9%
    2. Health Professions354.6%
    3. Nursing101.3%
    4. Dentistry30.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology364.7%
    2. Neuroscience101.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology101.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    1. Psychology131.7%
    2. Social Sciences121.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities81.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Engineering141.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy40.5%
    3. Chemistry40.5%
    4. Environmental Science30.4%
    5. Materials Science20.2%
    6. Mathematics20.2%
    7. Computer Science10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 12 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.77×1 works
  2. Medicine3.66×12 works
  3. Veterinary2.77×0 works
  4. Health Professions2.75×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.76×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  11. Psychology0.33×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.16×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  18. Engineering0.06×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Broadgreen Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Francis Whitwell, T. K. Kaul and Susan J. Cope lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Broadgreen Hospital.

  1. 1 Francis Whitwell United Kingdom · #1,199,256 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 T. K. Kaul United Kingdom · #2,160,417 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Susan J. Cope United Kingdom · #2,224,793 worldwide 710 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Jessie Rowe United Kingdom · #2,986,000 worldwide 159 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 C.C. Evans United Kingdom · #3,200,264 worldwide 503 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 C S McKendrick United Kingdom · #3,229,890 worldwide 698 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 James B. Meade United Kingdom · #3,420,549 worldwide 854 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 James Moroney United Kingdom · #3,545,555 worldwide 130 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 W. A. JONES United Kingdom · #3,568,023 worldwide 546 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 T.J. Tarr United Kingdom · #3,570,932 worldwide 260 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Broadgreen Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Broadgreen Hospital?

The most cited paper from Broadgreen Hospital is "EAU-ESTRO-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer. Part 1: Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Treatment with Curative Intent" (Nicolas Mottet et al., 2016), with 3,282 citations. Next come "POSSUM: A scoring system for surgical audit" (1,728) and "EAU-ESTRO-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer. Part II: Treatment of Relapsing, Metastatic, and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer" (1,461).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EAU-ESTRO-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer. Part 1: Screening, Diagnosis, and Local Treatment with Curative Intent Nicolas Mottet et al. · European Urology Open access 31 Aug 2016 3,282
2 POSSUM: A scoring system for surgical audit Graham Paul Copeland, Daryl Rhys Jones, James Walters · British journal of surgery Mar 1991 1,728
3 EAU-ESTRO-SIOG Guidelines on Prostate Cancer. Part II: Treatment of Relapsing, Metastatic, and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Philip A Cornford, Joaquim Bellmunt, M. Bolla et al. · European Urology 9 Sep 2016 1,461
4 Localization of the gene for familial adenomatous polyposis on chromosome 5 Walter Fred Bodmer, Clyde Bailey, J. G. Bodmer et al. · Nature Aug 1987 1,391
5 Allele frequency net: a database and online repository for immune gene frequencies in worldwide populations Faviel F. González-Galarza, Stephen E. Christmas, Derek Middleton et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 9 Nov 2010 735
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Broadgreen Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Complications, Guidelines, Surgery and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology105▲ 3.5×97 topics
  2. Diagnosis63▲ 8.2×34 topics
  3. Treatment48▲ 5.0×36 topics
  4. Management40▲ 6.9×25 topics
  5. Complications32▲ 8.2×16 topics
  6. Guidelines32▲ 8.8×11 topics
  7. Inflammation27▲ 1.50×41 topics
  8. Surgery26▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Risk Factors26▲ 3.3×21 topics
  10. Quality of Life23▲ 2.3×34 topics
  11. Echocardiography21▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 2.5×19 topics
  13. Mortality20▲ 5.3×12 topics
  14. Chemotherapy20▲ 3.7×18 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 2.8×16 topics
  16. Immunotherapy18▲ 3.6×17 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 3.9×13 topics
  18. Genetic Variants16▲ 9.8×5 topics
  19. Surgical Management15▲ 4.5×16 topics
  20. Prevalence15▲ 5.1×7 topics
  21. Diabetes14▲ 3.8×11 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations14▲ 3.6×19 topics
  23. Heart Failure14▲ 4.1×10 topics
  24. Postoperative Complications14▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Primary Care13▲ 4.2×13 topics
  26. Myocardial Infarction13▲ 6.5×6 topics
  27. Prophylaxis13▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Cardiac Risk12▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Perioperative12▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Atherosclerosis12▲ 4.3×6 topics
  31. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement12▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement12▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Intestinal Permeability11▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Urinary Incontinence11▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Celiac Disease10▲ 80×1 topic
  37. Gluten Sensitivity10▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Endovascular Repair10▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Arrhythmias10▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Catheter Ablation9▲ 9.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Broadgreen Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Dermatological diseases and infestations, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Pancreatitis Pathology a…1Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksDermatological diseases and infestations: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 0 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 0 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 0 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 0 fractional works
SurgeryInfectious DiseasesOncologyRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 0 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 0 works
  6. 6 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 0 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  10. 10 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Broadgreen Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Broadgreen Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Broadgreen Hospital0.000044% in 202519801990200020102020

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