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Charing Cross Hospital

In research, Charing Cross Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,578 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,377 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,852
of 28,054 · #2,215 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#361
of 1,094
Research works
8.7k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
266k
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Charing Cross 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 #2,578 of 10,443 20.1%148 #491
Health SciencesDomain #3,377 of 11,982 20.2%159 #542

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Charing Cross 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 Charing Cross Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.1 works5.4×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Charing Cross Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, H. E. de Wardener, Janet T. Powell and W. J. Hamilton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Charing Cross Hospital.

  1. 1 H. E. de Wardener · #24,455 worldwide 428 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Janet T. Powell · #30,462 worldwide 551 citations · 96 works
  3. 3 W. J. Hamilton · #39,611 worldwide 280 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 K D Bagshawe · #46,995 worldwide 182 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Ann Sandison · #57,910 worldwide 185 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Gordon Rustin · #59,789 worldwide 196 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 I M Murray-Lyon · #68,983 worldwide 992 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 K. D. Bagshawe · #77,790 worldwide 205 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Roger M. Greenhalgh · #78,686 worldwide 210 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Rosemary A. Fisher · #83,139 worldwide 323 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Charing Cross Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Charing Cross Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Complications, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Risk Factors and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.6×78 topics
  2. Quality of Life16▲ 5.3×34 topics
  3. Risk Factors9▲ 3.9×24 topics
  4. Chemotherapy9▲ 6.0×19 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 1.91×36 topics
  6. Complications8▲ 7.9×13 topics
  7. Radiotherapy8▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Diagnosis8▲ 3.9×22 topics
  9. Immunotherapy8▲ 5.1×17 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.5×13 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders6▲ 5.4×14 topics
  12. Treatment6▲ 2.5×27 topics
  13. Management6▲ 3.7×16 topics
  14. Diabetes5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.1×12 topics
  16. Surgical Management5▲ 6.2×17 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.5×14 topics
  18. Global Burden5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  19. Precision Medicine5▲ 5.0×6 topics
  20. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 16×7 topics
  21. Prognosis5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  22. Survival Analysis5▲ 8.4×5 topics
  23. Medical Imaging4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  24. Revascularization4▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  26. Neuroprotection4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  27. Neuroimaging4▲ 7.1×10 topics
  28. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  29. Muscle Strength4▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  31. Breast Reconstruction4▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  33. Immunohistochemistry4▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Ischemic Stroke4▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Hormone Therapy3▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Endovascular Therapy3▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Thrombolysis3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Prostate Cancer3▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Charing Cross Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksGestational Trophoblasti…3Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …3Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…2Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 2 fractional worksHormonal and reproductive studies: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCancer ResearchSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementEpidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesCancer Research 3 works
  4. 4 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesSurgery 2 works
  5. 5 Hormonal and reproductive studiesEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 2 works
  8. 8 Breast Implant and ReconstructionSurgery 2 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Charing Cross Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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