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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#776 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,112 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,635 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Neurology — Surgery is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,913
of 28,054 · #4,105 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#110
of 1,094
Research works
3.8k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
79k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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 #776 of 10,443 15.1%813 #895
Health SciencesDomain #1,112 of 11,982 14.7%885 #1175
Life SciencesDomain #1,635 of 7,800 24.8%149 #2183
SurgerySubfield #418 of 1,816 13.3%171 #640
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,029 of 3,579 25.0%92 #2455
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #739 of 1,144 11.9%86 #699

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#895 #776
  2. Health Sciences#1,175 #1,112
  3. Life Sciences#2,183 #1,635
  4. Surgery#640 #418
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,455 #2,029
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#699 #739
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 171.3 works6.5×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 36.3 works5.7×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 92 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 813 worksMedicineNursing: 2.72× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 16 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 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Tim Raine, Helen V. Firth and Pippa Corrie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Tim Raine United Kingdom · #31,558 worldwide 377 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Helen V. Firth United Kingdom · #48,379 worldwide 314 citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Pippa Corrie United Kingdom · #86,263 worldwide 201 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Maria O’Donovan United Kingdom · #131,358 worldwide 205 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 James C. Nicholson United Kingdom · #133,410 worldwide 99 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Pamela Ewan United Kingdom · #189,530 worldwide 125 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 J. Robert O’Neill United Kingdom · #258,069 worldwide 178 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Shuaib Nasser United Kingdom · #261,309 worldwide 199 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Jonathan R. Boyle United Kingdom · #274,997 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Soo‐Mi Park United Kingdom · #318,359 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Management, Chemotherapy and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology144▲ 3.2×114 topics
  2. Inflammation52▲ 2.2×71 topics
  3. Treatment50▲ 3.7×44 topics
  4. Quality of Life43▲ 2.7×42 topics
  5. Management42▲ 4.8×28 topics
  6. Diagnosis42▲ 4.0×36 topics
  7. Complications41▲ 7.4×16 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 6.8×14 topics
  9. Immunotherapy41▲ 5.2×19 topics
  10. Risk Factors41▲ 3.3×32 topics
  11. Chemotherapy39▲ 4.9×24 topics
  12. Mortality33▲ 5.2×13 topics
  13. Radiotherapy32▲ 7.4×13 topics
  14. Guidelines31▲ 6.0×13 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress30▲ 1.62×42 topics
  16. Surgical Management28▲ 6.1×20 topics
  17. Rehabilitation26▲ 5.8×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations26▲ 5.3×23 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy24▲ 9.2×5 topics
  20. Survival Analysis24▲ 7.8×6 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors24▲ 4.9×14 topics
  22. Surgery24▲ 6.0×12 topics
  23. Genetics24▲ 3.0×16 topics
  24. Critical Care22▲ 8.5×8 topics
  25. Clinical Trials21▲ 2.9×17 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines21▲ 6.3×9 topics
  27. Prognosis20▲ 5.5×9 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders20▲ 3.1×20 topics
  29. Pathophysiology18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  30. Prevention17▲ 3.6×14 topics
  31. Medical Education16▲ 5.7×11 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization15▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Laparoscopic Surgery14▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Molecular Classification14▲ 8.1×4 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery14▲ 8.6×5 topics
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease14▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Liver Transplantation14▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Graft Survival12▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy12▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection12▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Clinical Nutrition and G…10Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 10 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…10Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 10 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…9Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…8Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…7Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 7 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 7 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsSurgeryGeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 10 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 9 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 9 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 8 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 7 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 7 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher 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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