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Hospital / health system · Epsom · United Kingdom

Epsom Hospital

In research, Epsom Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,375 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,926 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,502 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,564
of 28,054 · #15,436 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#738
of 1,094
Research works
984
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Epsom 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 #5,375 of 17,978 14.9%509
Health SciencesDomain #6,926 of 20,462 14.2%564
SurgerySubfield #2,502 of 4,227 22.0%152
Life SciencesDomain #9,324 of 14,347 14.0%140
Physical SciencesDomain #15,116 of 21,541 7.4%155
Social SciencesDomain #13,030 of 16,945 7.9%125

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

What does Epsom Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.3 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.47× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Epsom Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Olaf Helmer, Clare Etherington and T. E. R. Phillips lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Epsom Hospital.

  1. 1 Olaf Helmer United Kingdom · #276,206 worldwide 77 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Clare Etherington United Kingdom · #367,626 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 T. E. R. Phillips United Kingdom · #537,698 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Robin Fears United Kingdom · #588,856 worldwide 64 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Epsom Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Epsom Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Revision Surgery11▲ 107×2 topics
  2. Total Hip Replacement11▲ 107×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology10▲ 3.1×21 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 21×7 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 25×4 topics
  6. Arthroplasty6▲ 71×2 topics
  7. Inflammation6▲ 3.3×13 topics
  8. Outcomes6▲ 84×1 topic
  9. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 103×1 topic
  10. Hip Arthroplasty5▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Wear Particles5▲ 111×1 topic
  12. Authentication4▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Security4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  14. Feature Extraction4▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Biometric Recognition3▲ 174×1 topic
  16. Privacy3▲ 14×1 topic
  17. Public Health3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  18. Aging3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  19. Metabolism3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  20. Mortality3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  21. Stem Cells3▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Rehabilitation2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  23. Surgical Management2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  24. Antioxidant2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  25. Obesity2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  26. Senescence2▲ 182×1 topic
  27. Surgery2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  28. Telomere2▲ 182×1 topic
  29. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Regeneration2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Elderly Patients2▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Hip Fracture2▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Cancer Prevention2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  37. Anterior Cruciate Ligament1▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Antigen Presentation1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Health1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  40. Injury Risk1▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Epsom Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Biometric Identification and Security and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …6Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…5Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 5 fractional worksBiometric Identification and Security: 3 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 1 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 1 fractional worksUser Authentication and Security Systems: 1 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 1 fractional works
SurgerySignal ProcessingPhysiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 3 works
  4. 4 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 User Authentication and Security Systems Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Epsom Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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