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Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

In research, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,977 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,662 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 18.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,098
of 22,385 · #12,144 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#737
of 862
Research works
1.5k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

What is Essex Cardiothoracic Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,977 of 9,902 7.0%84 #4186
MedicineField #4,662 of 8,541 7.0%81 #3918

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Essex Cardiothoracic Centre 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 Essex Cardiothoracic Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Essex Cardiothoracic Centre is in Health Sciences, 6% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Engineering (4%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 104 fractional works · 85.3% of its workMedicine: 100 fractional works · 81.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 9.9% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% 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 workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEssexCardiothoracic…122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences4%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10081.8%
    2. Health Professions43.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Engineering43.5%
    2. Chemistry10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Computer Science00.3%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Neuroscience32.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.7%
    2. Psychology11.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Essex Cardiothoracic Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.1 works18×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.26× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.26×100 works
  2. Neuroscience1.27×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.23×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×2 works
  5. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  6. Psychology0.35×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×1 works
  8. Nursing0.28×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×2 works
  10. Engineering0.23×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.14×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.10×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Essex Cardiothoracic Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas R. Keeble, Reto Andreas Gamma and Jason N. Dungu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Essex Cardiothoracic Centre.

  1. 1 Thomas R. Keeble United Kingdom · #298,910 worldwide 5.7k citations · 236 works
  2. 2 Reto Andreas Gamma United Kingdom · #367,393 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Jason N. Dungu United Kingdom · #491,867 worldwide 2.7k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 John R. Davies United Kingdom · #513,532 worldwide 5.6k citations · 288 works
  5. 5 Kare H. Tang United Kingdom · #522,246 worldwide 4.6k citations · 90 works
  6. 6 Jeremy Sayer United Kingdom · #550,349 worldwide 3.3k citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Nicholas M.K. Robinson United Kingdom · #1,190,201 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Antony D. Grayson United Kingdom · #1,214,571 worldwide 3.5k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Gerald Clesham United Kingdom · #1,317,601 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Richard D. Page United Kingdom · #1,415,155 worldwide 2.9k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

What are the most cited papers from Essex Cardiothoracic Centre?

The most cited paper from Essex Cardiothoracic Centre is "Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial" (Rasha Kadem Al-Lamee et al., 2017), with 1,026 citations. Next come "Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest" (1,017) and "Use of the Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio or Fractional Flow Reserve in PCI" (982).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial Rasha Kadem Al-Lamee et al. · The Lancet Open access 2 Nov 2017 1,026
2 Hypothermia versus Normothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Josef Dankiewicz et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Jun 2021 1,017
3 Use of the Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio or Fractional Flow Reserve in PCI Justin E. Davies et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Mar 2017 982
4 General practitioners' perceptions of the route to evidence based medicine: a questionnaire survey Alastair McColl, Helen Elizabeth Smith, Peter Denton White et al. · BMJ Open access 31 Jan 1998 897
5 Endovascular ultrasound renal denervation to treat hypertension (RADIANCE-HTN SOLO): a multicentre, international, single-blind, randomised, sham-controlled trial Michel Azizi et al. · The Lancet Open access151 authors 23 May 2018 727
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Essex Cardiothoracic Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Treatment and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.3×37 topics
  2. Heart Failure10▲ 17×11 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 7.1×14 topics
  4. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Echocardiography8▲ 23×7 topics
  6. Guidelines8▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Treatment8▲ 5.1×14 topics
  8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 44×4 topics
  9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Resuscitation5▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Atherosclerosis4▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Hypothermia4▲ 45×2 topics
  16. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 28×3 topics
  17. Radiation Exposure4▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Cardiac Arrest4▲ 57×1 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment4▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  21. Out-of-Hospital4▲ 57×1 topic
  22. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Complications4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Computed Tomography Angiography4▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Myocardial Perfusion4▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Endovascular Repair4▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Catheter Ablation3▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Coronary Stents3▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Prognosis3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  32. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Prophylaxis3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Stroke Prevention3▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Thrombosis3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Neuropathic Pain3▲ 35×3 topics
  39. Aortic Aneurysm3▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Essex Cardiothoracic Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…4Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…4Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…3Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksPain Management and Trea…2Pain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…2Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Essex Cardiothoracic Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Essex Cardiothoracic Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Essex Cardiothoracic Centre0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Essex Cardiothoracic Centre 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Essex Cardiothoracic Centre5.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 2009.

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