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Epsom Hospital

In research, Epsom Hospital stands highest in Surgery (#1,602 of 3,248 worldwide), Medicine (#7,775 of 14,558 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,438 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 10.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,966
of 22,385 · #12,364 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#729
of 862
Research works
984
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Epsom Hospital

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
SurgerySubfield #1,602 of 3,248 11.7%152
MedicineField #7,775 of 14,558 7.9%509
Physical SciencesDomain #9,438 of 17,446 4.7%155
Health SciencesDomain #9,119 of 16,688 7.7%564
Life SciencesDomain #9,130 of 11,023 7.8%140
Social SciencesDomain #14,305 of 14,833 4.5%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Epsom Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Epsom Hospital is in Health Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 58 fractional works · 61.9% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 57.6% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 25.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 15.7% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 15.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEpsom Hospital94fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5457.6%
    2. Health Professions33.5%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science77.1%
    2. Engineering54.8%
    3. Environmental Science22.5%
    4. Materials Science11.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1112.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Social Sciences32.8%
    2. Psychology22.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Epsom Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 23.9 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: 2.27× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× 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, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.99×54 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.27×11 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.24×2 works
  4. Nursing1.55×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.35×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.91×7 works
  8. Psychology0.67×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.58×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.50×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×1 works
  13. Engineering0.32×4 works
  14. Materials Science0.31×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.22×3 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Epsom Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Field, Charis Demetriou and Binay BG Gurung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Epsom Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard Field United Kingdom · #605,610 worldwide 4.2k citations · 500 works
  2. 2 Charis Demetriou United Kingdom · #838,264 worldwide 704 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Binay BG Gurung United Kingdom · #1,542,155 worldwide 867 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Deiary F. Kader United Kingdom · #1,603,725 worldwide 3.7k citations · 155 works
  5. 5 W. E. Trevelyan United Kingdom · #1,782,474 worldwide 5.5k citations · 20 works
  6. 6 G. Isherwood United Kingdom · #1,792,935 worldwide 927 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Nikolaos V. Bardakos United Kingdom · #1,915,303 worldwide 1.4k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Valerie Piercy United Kingdom · #1,916,305 worldwide 2.2k citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Giles H. Stafford United Kingdom · #2,031,594 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Johnathan D. Craik United Kingdom · #2,173,948 worldwide 567 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Epsom Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Epsom Hospital?

The most cited paper from Epsom Hospital is "The stress response to trauma and surgery" (J.P. DESBOROUGH, 2000), with 2,318 citations. Next come "Endogenous kynurenines as targets for drug discovery and development" (773) and "Atypical β-adrenoceptor on brown adipocytes as target for anti-obesity drugs" (731).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The stress response to trauma and surgery J.P. DESBOROUGH · British Journal of Anaesthesia Open access Jul 2000 2,318
2 Endogenous kynurenines as targets for drug discovery and development Trevor W. Stone, Lynda Gail Darlington · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review Aug 2002 773
3 Atypical β-adrenoceptor on brown adipocytes as target for anti-obesity drugs Jonathan R.S. Arch, A. T. Ainsworth, Michael Anthony Cawthorne et al. · Nature May 1984 731
4 PROMOTION OF INSULIN SECRETION BY GLUCAGON Ellis Samols, Germano Marri, Vincent Marks · The Lancet Aug 1965 523
5 Treatment of depression: time to consider folic acid and vitamin B12 Alec J. Coppen, Christina Bolander-Gouaille · Journal of Psychopharmacology 2005 380
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Epsom Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications, Patient Satisfaction, Epidemiology, 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-now 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 Surgery13▲ 110×2 topics
  2. Total Hip Replacement13▲ 110×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 3.1×23 topics
  4. Complications10▲ 21×7 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Arthroplasty7▲ 74×2 topics
  7. Outcomes7▲ 88×1 topic
  8. Total Knee Replacement7▲ 107×1 topic
  9. Hip Arthroplasty6▲ 112×1 topic
  10. Inflammation6▲ 3.1×14 topics
  11. Wear Particles6▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Authentication4▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Security4▲ 6.9×2 topics
  14. Feature Extraction4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  15. Biometric Recognition3▲ 154×1 topic
  16. Privacy3▲ 12×1 topic
  17. Mortality3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  18. Public Health3▲ 2.4×6 topics
  19. Aging3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  21. Metabolism3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  22. Rehabilitation3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  23. Stem Cells3▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Antioxidant2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  25. Surgery2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  26. Surgical Management2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  27. Cancer Prevention2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  28. Senescence2▲ 142×1 topic
  29. Telomere2▲ 142×1 topic
  30. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Elderly Patients2▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Hip Fracture2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Anterior Cruciate Ligament2▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Gene Therapy2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  36. Injury Risk2▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Regeneration2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Tumor Regression1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Epsom Hospital publish most on?

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

Total Knee Arthroplasty …7Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 7 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…6Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional worksBiometric Identification and Security: 3 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, a…2Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…2Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 1 fractional worksCoenzyme Q10 studies and effects: 1 fractional worksNutrition, Genetics, and Disease: 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 7 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 3 works
  4. 4 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Epsom Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Epsom Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Epsom Hospital0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Epsom Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2024Epsom Hospital5.6% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2022.

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