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Churchill Hospital

In research, Churchill Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,974 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,068 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,865
of 28,054 · #2,139 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#302
of 1,094
Research works
4k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
175k
43.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Churchill 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 #2,974 of 10,443 20.8%137 #425
Health SciencesDomain #4,068 of 11,982 21.2%142 #569

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

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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.85× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 8 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 Churchill Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hermann Bondi, Philip J Wiffen and Susan Huson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Churchill Hospital.

  1. 1 Hermann Bondi United Kingdom · #12,016 worldwide 704 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Philip J Wiffen United Kingdom · #16,909 worldwide 572 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Susan Huson United Kingdom · #43,425 worldwide 293 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 John Stradling United Kingdom · #46,146 worldwide 279 citations · 101 works
  5. 5 Graham P. Collins United Kingdom · #58,167 worldwide 283 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Janet Vaughan United Kingdom · #111,148 worldwide 196 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Rubeta Matin United Kingdom · #124,095 worldwide 110 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Roger Berry United Kingdom · #127,271 worldwide 101 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Radu Mihai United Kingdom · #128,728 worldwide 134 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Rosemary Biggs United Kingdom · #155,092 worldwide 162 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Churchill Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Churchill Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Rituximab, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Epidemiology, Lymphoma, Survival Analysis and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.2×73 topics
  2. Chemotherapy14▲ 10×21 topics
  3. Rituximab11▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors10▲ 11×14 topics
  5. Immunotherapy10▲ 7.0×18 topics
  6. Lymphoma8▲ 25×4 topics
  7. Cancer7▲ 2.9×31 topics
  8. Clinical Trials7▲ 5.7×13 topics
  9. Inflammation7▲ 1.74×42 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.3×13 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.2×17 topics
  12. Survival Analysis7▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Diagnosis6▲ 3.5×28 topics
  14. PET Imaging6▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.7×23 topics
  17. Molecular Profiling6▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Radiotherapy5▲ 7.1×12 topics
  19. Therapeutic Targets5▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Gene Expression Profiling5▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Classification5▲ 5.7×3 topics
  22. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia5▲ 56×1 topic
  23. Genetic Pathogenesis5▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Genomic Aberrations5▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Hodgkin's Lymphoma5▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Metastasis5▲ 7.2×11 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.1×19 topics
  28. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Surgery4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  33. Cytoreductive Surgery4▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Pneumothorax4▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery4▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  38. Molecular Classification3▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Gastric Cancer3▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Molecular Characterization3▲ 9.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Churchill Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksPancreatic function and …2Pancreatic function and diabetes: 2 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Research Topics: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
GeneticsPathology and Forensic MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Churchill Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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