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Cheltenham General Hospital

In research, Cheltenham General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,424 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,169 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,724
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#683
of 1,844
Research works
674
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Cheltenham General Hospital

What is Cheltenham General 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 #3,424 of 16,688 8.5%571
MedicineField #3,169 of 14,558 8.4%522

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cheltenham General 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 Cheltenham General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Cheltenham General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 32 fractional works · 79.6% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 73.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 16.2% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCheltenhamGeneral Hospital40fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2973.5%
    2. Health Professions25.6%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Social Sciences23.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    3. Psychology11.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.2%
    2. Neuroscience12.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering11.7%
    2. Environmental Science01.0%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
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: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 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.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.83×29 works
  2. Health Professions2.11×2 works
  3. Neuroscience1.60×1 works
  4. Nursing1.00×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.63×1 works
  7. Psychology0.57×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.30×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.20×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  15. Engineering0.11×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cheltenham General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Kim Benstead, Andrew Ian McNaught and David Farrugia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cheltenham General Hospital.

  1. 1 Kim Benstead United Kingdom · #581,099 worldwide 2.9k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Andrew Ian McNaught United Kingdom · #929,731 worldwide 4.7k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 David Farrugia United Kingdom · #1,135,547 worldwide 1.6k citations · 62 works
  4. 4 J. M. D. Wheeler United Kingdom · #1,342,560 worldwide 1.8k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 K R Poskitt United Kingdom · #1,368,501 worldwide 4.4k citations · 110 works
  6. 6 Maxine Taylor United Kingdom · #1,598,877 worldwide 1.7k citations · 18 works
  7. 7 M R Whyman United Kingdom · #1,719,914 worldwide 3.8k citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Peter Jenkins United Kingdom · #2,012,509 worldwide 2.1k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Robert Gornall United Kingdom · #2,366,596 worldwide 944 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Neil R. Borley United Kingdom · #2,461,082 worldwide 802 citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Cheltenham General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Cheltenham General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Cheltenham General Hospital is "Addition of docetaxel, zoledronic acid, or both to first-line long-term hormone therapy in prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): survival results from an adaptive, multiarm, multistage, platform randomised controlled trial" (Nicholas David James et al., 2015), with 1,985 citations. Next come "The UK Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy (START) trials of radiotherapy hypofractionation for treatment of early breast cancer: 10-year follow-up results of two randomised controlled trials" (1,479) and "Radiotherapy plus cisplatin or cetuximab in low-risk human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer (De-ESCALaTE HPV): an open-label randomised controlled phase 3 trial" (1,057).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Addition of docetaxel, zoledronic acid, or both to first-line long-term hormone therapy in prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): survival results from an adaptive, multiarm, multistage, platform randomised controlled trial Nicholas David James et al. · The Lancet Open access 21 Dec 2015 1,985
2 The UK Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy (START) trials of radiotherapy hypofractionation for treatment of early breast cancer: 10-year follow-up results of two randomised controlled trials Joanne Haviland, John R. Owen, John A. Dewar et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 18 Sep 2013 1,479
3 Radiotherapy plus cisplatin or cetuximab in low-risk human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer (De-ESCALaTE HPV): an open-label randomised controlled phase 3 trial Hisham Mohamed Mehanna et al. · The Lancet Open access 15 Nov 2018 1,057
4 Radiotherapy with or without Chemotherapy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Nicholas David James, Syed A. Hussain, Emma Hall et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Apr 2012 964
5 Performance measures for lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: a European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative Michal Filip Kaminski et al. · Endoscopy Open access 7 Mar 2017 889
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cheltenham General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Medical Education, Guidelines, Patient Satisfaction, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Risk Factors.

▲ 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-now 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.5×24 topics
  2. Chemotherapy3▲ 10×13 topics
  3. Medical Education3▲ 24×4 topics
  4. Guidelines2▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 10.0×6 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  10. Survival Analysis2▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Molecular Characterization2▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Empathy2▲ 32×1 topic
  13. Healthcare2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  14. Mortality2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  15. Physician2▲ 138×1 topic
  16. Radiotherapy2▲ 9.2×8 topics
  17. Endoscopic Resection1▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.87×6 topics
  20. Prevention1▲ 6.9×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors1▲ 7.1×9 topics
  22. Screening1▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Colorectal Cancer1▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Globalization1▲ 1.35×2 topics
  25. Immunotherapy1▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Inflammation1▲ 1.27×8 topics
  27. Virtual Reality1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Colonoscopy1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Labor Movement1▲ 131×1 topic
  31. Polyps1▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Union Revitalization1▲ 131×1 topic

Which research topics does Cheltenham General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Empathy and Medical Education, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Labor Movements and Unions and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Empathy and Medical Educ…2Empathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…1Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions1Labor Movements and Unions: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…1Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …1Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …1Surgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adh…1Surgical Sutures and Adhesives: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…0Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthOncologyPublic AdministrationPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 1 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 1 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 1 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cheltenham General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% 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 Cheltenham General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Cheltenham General Hospital0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cheltenham General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2017Cheltenham General Hospital9.1% in 20172010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2007.

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