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Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

In research, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#1,323 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,822 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#324 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,473
of 28,054 · #2,156 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#252
of 1,094
Research works
9.7k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
310k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 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 #1,323 of 10,443 17.2%467 #320
Health SciencesDomain #1,822 of 11,982 17.2%487 #387
SurgerySubfield #324 of 1,816 20.7%148 #168

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#320 #1,323
  2. Health Sciences#387 #1,822
  3. Surgery#168 #324
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Edinburgh Royal Infirmary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 147.6 works11×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.28× its world share, 466 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas K. Demetriades, Brian M. Frier and D.B. SCOTT lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

  1. 1 Andreas K. Demetriades United Kingdom · #21,573 worldwide 408 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Brian M. Frier United Kingdom · #27,394 worldwide 342 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 D.B. SCOTT United Kingdom · #36,075 worldwide 310 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Stephen J. Wigmore United Kingdom · #42,781 worldwide 305 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 L. F. Prescott United Kingdom · #45,581 worldwide 222 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 O. James Garden United Kingdom · #55,574 worldwide 236 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 R C Heading United Kingdom · #55,710 worldwide 215 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Adam T. Hill United Kingdom · #61,970 worldwide 346 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 D J Ewing United Kingdom · #63,908 worldwide 430 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 W J Irvine United Kingdom · #68,043 worldwide 221 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Rehabilitation, Patient Satisfaction and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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. Epidemiology84▲ 3.7×91 topics
  2. Complications50▲ 18×14 topics
  3. Mortality36▲ 11×12 topics
  4. Revision Surgery34▲ 47×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement34▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Inflammation33▲ 2.8×54 topics
  7. Rehabilitation29▲ 13×12 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction25▲ 14×7 topics
  9. Arthroplasty24▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Surgery23▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Health-related Quality of Life22▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Guidelines21▲ 8.0×12 topics
  13. Biomechanics20▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Outcomes20▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Surgical Management20▲ 8.7×18 topics
  16. Total Knee Replacement20▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Elderly Patients19▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Treatment19▲ 2.8×35 topics
  19. Diagnosis19▲ 3.5×30 topics
  20. Chemotherapy18▲ 4.5×15 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 2.7×27 topics
  22. Risk Factors15▲ 2.4×23 topics
  23. Functional Recovery15▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Management14▲ 3.1×23 topics
  25. Hip Arthroplasty13▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Wear Particles13▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Internal Fixation13▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Hip Fracture13▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Orthogeriatric Care13▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.0×13 topics
  31. Infection Prevention12▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Bone Healing11▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Fracture Epidemiology11▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Postoperative Complications11▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Medical Education11▲ 7.3×10 topics
  36. Prognosis11▲ 5.7×8 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 7.9×4 topics
  38. Graft Survival9▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Cardiac Risk9▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Perioperative9▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Edinburgh Royal Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Hip and Femur Fractures and Bone fractures and treatments.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …20Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 20 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 13 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures13Hip and Femur Fractures: 13 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…11Bone fractures and treatments: 11 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 9 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…6Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 6 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiology

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 20 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 13 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 13 works
  4. 4 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 7 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  10. 10 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 6 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Edinburgh Royal Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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.

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