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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,372 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,508 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,229
of 28,054 · #29,538 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#778
of 1,094
Research works
618
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is East Lancashire Hospitals NHS 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,372 of 11,982 7.2%123 #10592
MedicineField #7,508 of 10,443 6.4%112 #10312

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where East Lancashire Hospitals NHS 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 Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.1 works8.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.02× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 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.

Who are the top researchers at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan Bradshaw, Daren Subar and John Low lead among researchers whose main affiliation is East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Susan Bradshaw United Kingdom · #554,924 worldwide 4 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Daren Subar United Kingdom · #597,268 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 John Low United Kingdom · #1,101,392 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.3×61 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 5.3×24 topics
  3. Diagnosis9▲ 6.6×18 topics
  4. Complications9▲ 12×15 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 3.6×21 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 8.8×10 topics
  7. Surgical Management6▲ 11×12 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Management6▲ 5.3×12 topics
  10. Inflammation6▲ 1.95×26 topics
  11. Risk Factors6▲ 3.6×16 topics
  12. Guidelines6▲ 8.5×10 topics
  13. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.0×14 topics
  14. Survival Analysis5▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Mortality4▲ 5.4×11 topics
  16. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Children4▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.5×8 topics
  19. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  20. Metastasis3▲ 7.0×8 topics
  21. Autoantibodies3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  22. Prognostic Markers3▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Surgery3▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Breast Cancer3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  25. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  29. Medical Education3▲ 7.7×9 topics
  30. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.6×7 topics
  32. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 25×4 topics
  33. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer2▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Surgical Complications2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Breast Tumours2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Treatment Response2▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Sinusitis and nasal conditions and Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …2Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 2 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchOtorhinolaryngologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% 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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