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Broomfield Hospital

In research, Broomfield Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,898 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,446 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,499
of 28,054 · #20,199 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#933
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Broomfield Hospital 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 #8,898 of 10,443 5.4%107 #5875
Health SciencesDomain #10,446 of 11,982 5.2%115 #7441

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

What does Broomfield Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.2 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Broomfield Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Elliot, Peter Dziewulski and Venkat Ramakrishnan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Broomfield Hospital.

  1. 1 David Elliot United Kingdom · #735,080 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Peter Dziewulski United Kingdom · #932,949 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Venkat Ramakrishnan United Kingdom · #1,003,346 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Charles Yuen Yung Loh United Kingdom · #1,017,115 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 John P. Broomfield United Kingdom · #1,520,692 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Broomfield Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Broomfield Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Breast Reconstruction, Quality of Life, Free Flap, Microsurgical Reconstruction, Radiotherapy and Anatomy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.1×46 topics
  2. Complications18▲ 24×13 topics
  3. Quality of Life12▲ 5.4×22 topics
  4. Breast Reconstruction10▲ 114×2 topics
  5. Free Flap7▲ 117×1 topic
  6. Microsurgical Reconstruction7▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Radiotherapy6▲ 10×8 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 1.89×22 topics
  9. Anatomy6▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Treatment6▲ 3.2×17 topics
  11. Rehabilitation5▲ 9.1×8 topics
  12. Surgical Management5▲ 8.1×12 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  14. Management4▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Reconstruction4▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Craniofacial4▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Laparoscopic Repair4▲ 71×2 topics
  18. Nasal4▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  20. Diagnosis4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  21. Risk Factors4▲ 2.4×10 topics
  22. Wound Healing4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  23. Infection Prevention4▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Mortality4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  25. Chronic Pain3▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Acellular Dermal Matrix3▲ 108×1 topic
  27. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  28. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure3▲ 108×1 topic
  29. Communication3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.0×14 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Guidelines3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  33. Hernia Repair3▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Mesh Techniques3▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Surgery3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  36. Prognostic Factors3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  37. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Pathophysiology2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  40. Growth Factors2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Broomfield Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques, Breast Implant and Reconstruction and Hernia repair and management.

Reconstructive Surgery a…7Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 7 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 3 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksAbdominal Surgery and Complications: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEconomics and EconometricsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRehabilitation1 others

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

  1. 1 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Hernia repair and management Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Abdominal Surgery and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Broomfield Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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