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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

In research, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#6,826 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,058 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,798
of 28,054 · #20,523 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#803
of 1,094
Research works
948
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 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 #6,826 of 10,443 5.6%206 #7532
Health SciencesDomain #8,058 of 11,982 5.5%231 #7188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where East Kent Hospitals University 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).

What does East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 50.3 works8.0×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.05× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.62× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 206 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris Farmer, Edmund J. Lamb and Sashi S. Kommu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Chris Farmer United Kingdom · #358,954 worldwide 27 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Edmund J. Lamb United Kingdom · #403,889 worldwide 69 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Sashi S. Kommu United Kingdom · #1,111,392 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Mohamed Sakel United Kingdom · #1,125,581 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Philip Woodrow United Kingdom · #1,270,310 worldwide 5 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Andrew T. DiBiase United Kingdom · #1,354,989 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Samantha Barton United Kingdom · #1,499,550 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, Treatment, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 2.7×69 topics
  2. Mortality21▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Complications15▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Treatment15▲ 4.6×26 topics
  5. Guidelines13▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 3.2×30 topics
  7. Diagnosis12▲ 4.9×25 topics
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 3.9×19 topics
  9. Prognosis10▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Surgical Management10▲ 8.7×13 topics
  11. Inflammation9▲ 1.66×30 topics
  12. Clinical Trials9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  13. Surgery9▲ 9.8×9 topics
  14. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.8×17 topics
  15. Postoperative Complications9▲ 25×3 topics
  16. COVID-198▲ 2.2×17 topics
  17. Rehabilitation8▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Management8▲ 3.6×24 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.2×11 topics
  20. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.0×13 topics
  21. Cardiac Risk6▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Perioperative6▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.4×16 topics
  24. Primary Care6▲ 6.1×13 topics
  25. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.0×12 topics
  27. Quality Improvement6▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 7.2×9 topics
  29. Radiotherapy6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.4×7 topics
  31. Survival Analysis5▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Chronic Pain5▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Immunohistochemistry5▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Functional Recovery5▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Revision Surgery5▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Molecular Profiling5▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Medical Education4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  39. Clinical Management4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Elderly Patients4▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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