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Christchurch Hospital

In research, Christchurch Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,011 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,005 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,098
of 28,054 · #4,139 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#29
of 71
Research works
3.9k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
113k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Christchurch 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 #4,011 of 10,443 10.6%196 #1415
Health SciencesDomain #5,005 of 11,982 10.4%210 #1579

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 25.7 works9.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 38.3 works6.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Christchurch Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine C. Winterbourn, Derek N.J. Hart and Ian Crozier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Christchurch Hospital.

  1. 1 Christine C. Winterbourn New Zealand · #21,324 worldwide 678 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Derek N.J. Hart New Zealand · #88,605 worldwide 390 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Ian Crozier New Zealand · #90,267 worldwide 176 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 J. M. Gibbs New Zealand · #96,027 worldwide 141 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Ross R. Bailey New Zealand · #104,238 worldwide 111 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Frank Frizelle New Zealand · #119,008 worldwide 179 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Bridget A. Robinson New Zealand · #135,920 worldwide 188 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Michael Lever New Zealand · #141,981 worldwide 247 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Murray L. Barclay New Zealand · #142,914 worldwide 177 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Teddy Y. Wu New Zealand · #144,164 worldwide 141 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Christchurch Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Christchurch Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.7×81 topics
  2. Diagnosis14▲ 6.1×27 topics
  3. Risk Factors13▲ 4.8×20 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 3.9×28 topics
  5. Guidelines11▲ 9.8×12 topics
  6. Inflammation10▲ 1.90×43 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.4×22 topics
  8. Echocardiography9▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Heart Failure9▲ 8.6×13 topics
  10. Complications9▲ 7.3×14 topics
  11. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Management9▲ 4.5×23 topics
  13. Quality of Life9▲ 2.4×25 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.5×13 topics
  15. Mortality7▲ 5.1×11 topics
  16. Surgical Management7▲ 6.6×16 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors7▲ 6.1×13 topics
  18. Endovascular Repair6▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Global Burden6▲ 4.4×11 topics
  20. Biomechanics6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  21. Surgery6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.1×15 topics
  23. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Elderly Patients4▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  27. Medical Education4▲ 6.6×9 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  29. Functional Recovery4▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Revascularization4▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Prophylaxis4▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Catheter Ablation4▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Genetic Susceptibility4▲ 16×5 topics
  34. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Remote Monitoring4▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Thrombus Formation4▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Matrix Metalloproteinases3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  39. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Hearing Loss3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Christchurch Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Acute Myocardial Infarct…3Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologySurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Christchurch Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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.

Other research institutions in Christchurch

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.