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City Hospital

In research, City Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,215 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,887 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,140
of 22,385 · #18,721 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#599
of 862
Research works
2.6k
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.70×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
City Hospital

What is City Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #7,215 of 8,541 0.9%230 #9736
Health SciencesDomain #8,887 of 9,902 0.9%246 #12212

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at City Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 280 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 262 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 6.3% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCity Hospital342fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26276.8%
    2. Health Professions144.1%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry20.5%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology195.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology92.8%
    3. Neuroscience61.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Psychology92.6%
    2. Social Sciences61.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Engineering30.9%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.74× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 262 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.99×262 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.74×9 works
  3. Health Professions1.55×14 works
  4. Veterinary1.52×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.11×6 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×19 works
  7. Nursing0.96×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.95×2 works
  9. Psychology0.87×9 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.18×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  18. Engineering0.06×3 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at City Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark J. Garton, Archie W. Rayner and Heather Cubie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City Hospital.

  1. 1 Mark J. Garton United Kingdom · #1,816,226 worldwide 3k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Archie W. Rayner United Kingdom · #2,349,410 worldwide 3.7k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Heather Cubie United Kingdom · #2,353,323 worldwide 5.2k citations · 179 works
  4. 4 Chris Smith United Kingdom · #2,483,047 worldwide 3.7k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 K. Whyte United Kingdom · #2,933,102 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 P R Walbaum United Kingdom · #3,048,298 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Yuji Shimatani United Kingdom · #3,293,096 worldwide 4.6k citations · 151 works
  8. 8 Thomas M. Reid United Kingdom · #3,402,104 worldwide 4.4k citations · 105 works
  9. 9 J. Y. Q. Mok United Kingdom · #3,436,840 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  10. 10 David C. Flenley United Kingdom · #3,437,322 worldwide 534 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at City Hospital

What are the most cited papers from City Hospital?

The most cited paper from City Hospital is "The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus" (Eng M. Tan, Alan S. Cohen, James F. Fries et al., 1982), with 14,664 citations. Next come "Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease" (4,377) and "HTLV-I ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY, A NEW CLINICAL ENTITY" (2,426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus Eng M. Tan, Alan S. Cohen, James F. Fries et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Nov 1982 14,664
2 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease Patrick W.J.C. Serruys, Marie‐Claude Morice, A. Pieter Kappetein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Feb 2009 4,377
3 HTLV-I ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY, A NEW CLINICAL ENTITY Mitsuhiro Osame, Koichiro Usuku, Shuji Izumo et al. · The Lancet May 1986 2,426
4 Germ-Line Mutations in Nonsyndromic Pheochromocytoma Hartmut P.H. Neumann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 May 2002 1,373
5 Bladder Substitution After Pelvic Evisceration Eugene M. Bricker · Surgical Clinics of North America Oct 1950 1,228
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at City Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Treatment, Management, Parkinson's Disease, Complications and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology50▲ 3.7×97 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 3.2×52 topics
  3. Diagnosis18▲ 5.8×36 topics
  4. Treatment18▲ 4.2×37 topics
  5. Management14▲ 5.0×26 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.3×35 topics
  7. Quality of Life12▲ 2.5×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 3.2×26 topics
  9. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.4×22 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.5×28 topics
  11. Complications10▲ 5.8×16 topics
  12. Parkinson's Disease10▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  14. COVID-199▲ 1.96×14 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.1×17 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders9▲ 4.5×15 topics
  17. Mortality8▲ 4.3×12 topics
  18. Guidelines8▲ 5.1×13 topics
  19. Pandemic8▲ 2.2×6 topics
  20. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.4×11 topics
  21. Surgical Management7▲ 5.1×18 topics
  22. Heart Failure7▲ 4.6×11 topics
  23. Obesity7▲ 2.7×15 topics
  24. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.0×17 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis7▲ 3.4×11 topics
  26. Prognosis7▲ 5.9×9 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-27▲ 6.4×6 topics
  28. Thrombosis7▲ 7.0×7 topics
  29. Immune Response6▲ 3.3×13 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  31. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.7×13 topics
  32. Pathophysiology6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  33. Surgery6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  34. Echocardiography6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 6.4×3 topics
  38. Atherosclerosis5▲ 5.0×11 topics
  39. Pregnancy4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  40. Deep Brain Stimulation4▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does City Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders and Bone fractures and treatments.

Parkinson's Disease Mech…3Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksParkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …2Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional works
NeurologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyUrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 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 available48.5%not open51.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has City Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 City Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%City Hospital0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of City 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025City Hospital1.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2003.

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