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County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

In research, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#12,385 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,822 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,885
of 28,054 · #35,886 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#903
of 1,094
Research works
300
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 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
MedicineField #12,385 of 17,978 9.6%186
Health SciencesDomain #14,822 of 20,462 9.2%228

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Anjan Dhar and Lisa Wård lead among researchers whose main affiliation is County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Anjan Dhar United Kingdom · #552,409 worldwide 68 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Lisa Wård United Kingdom · #1,055,895 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Mortality, Elderly Patients and Clinical Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 4.1×47 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 4.3×18 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 5.7×18 topics
  4. Risk Factors4▲ 5.5×11 topics
  5. Guidelines3▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Mortality3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 3.2×16 topics
  8. Elderly Patients3▲ 25×4 topics
  9. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Complications3▲ 7.8×10 topics
  11. Diagnosis3▲ 4.3×13 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  15. Aging2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  16. Intestinal Permeability2▲ 70×2 topics
  17. Enteric Nervous System2▲ 74×2 topics
  18. Frailty2▲ 59×1 topic
  19. Genetics2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  20. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  22. Surgery2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  23. Gastrointestinal Disorders2▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Irritable Bowel Syndrome2▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  26. Prevention2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  27. Primary Care2▲ 6.8×9 topics
  28. Endoscopic Stenting2▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Esophageal Perforation2▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Global Burden2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  31. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Children1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Liver Transplantation1▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Revascularization1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Colorectal Cancer1▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Screening1▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Colonoscopy1▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Ischemic Stroke1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Frailty in Older Adults, Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Frailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal motilit…2Gastrointestinal motility and disorders: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…2Esophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…1Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…1Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyGastroenterologySurgeryOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 2 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher 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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