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Hospital / health system · Dorchester · United Kingdom

Dorset County Hospital

In research, Dorset County Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#12,328 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,766 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,820
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,656
of 2,253
Research works
354
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Dorset County 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
MedicineField #12,328 of 17,978 6.5%213
Health SciencesDomain #14,766 of 20,462 6.4%251

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dorset County 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.83× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.64× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Dorset County Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Risk Factors, Clinical Guidelines and Medical Errors.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.4×26 topics
  2. Risk Factors2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.3×11 topics
  4. Complications2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  6. Mortality2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  7. COVID-192▲ 2.9×6 topics
  8. Revision Surgery2▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Medical Errors2▲ 91×2 topics
  12. Quality of Care2▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Treatment2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.0×12 topics
  15. Diagnosis2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Biomechanics2▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Cancer2▲ 2.3×5 topics
  19. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Inflammation2▲ 1.54×14 topics
  22. Continuity of Care1▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Guideline Development1▲ 135×1 topic
  24. Health1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  25. Hospital Handoffs1▲ 218×1 topic
  26. Patient Safety1▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Quality Assessment1▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Surgical Management1▲ 6.8×6 topics
  29. Social Support1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  31. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  32. Hip Arthroplasty1▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Pandemic1▲ 2.2×4 topics
  34. Surgery1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  35. Wear Particles1▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Bone Healing1▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Fracture Epidemiology1▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Homelessness1▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Mental Illness1▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Dorset County Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Hospital Admissions and Outcomes and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…1Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksHospital Admissions and …1Hospital Admissions and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…1Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency MedicineEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dorset County Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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 Dorchester

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