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Exeter Hospital

In research, Exeter Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,630 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,057 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,490
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#926
of 1,844
Research works
293
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Exeter Hospital

What is Exeter 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 #8,630 of 14,558 10.2%122
Health SciencesDomain #10,057 of 16,688 9.1%153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Exeter 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 Exeter Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Exeter Hospital is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 52.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 45.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKExeter Hospital33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences16%

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. Medicine1545.0%
    2. Health Professions25.8%
    3. Veterinary01.0%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology515.1%
    2. Neuroscience12.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities27.5%
    2. Psychology13.8%
    3. Social Sciences13.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Environmental Science25.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.4%
    3. Engineering12.1%
    4. Computer Science01.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.61× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.53×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.82×5 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.61×2 works
  4. Medicine2.34×15 works
  5. Health Professions2.19×2 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.15×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.58×1 works
  8. Psychology1.25×1 works
  9. Nursing1.11×0 works
  10. Environmental Science1.09×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.26×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.14×0 works
  19. Engineering0.14×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Exeter Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Glenn A. Roberts, H. Wilfred Eddison and Howden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Exeter Hospital.

  1. 1 Glenn A. Roberts United Kingdom · #1,311,596 worldwide 1.6k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 H. Wilfred Eddison United Kingdom · #2,052,068 worldwide 10 citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Howden United Kingdom · #2,574,114 worldwide 4 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 W J Rich United Kingdom · #2,777,357 worldwide 452 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Laurie Haas United Kingdom · #4,323,390 worldwide 87 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Richard Tillett United Kingdom · #4,526,237 worldwide 125 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Francis Treuherz United Kingdom · #4,613,892 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Exeter Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Exeter Hospital?

The most cited paper from Exeter Hospital is "Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial" (Christopher Parker et al., 2018), with 1,289 citations. Next come "DEVELOPMENT OF A EUROPEAN MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLE SYSTEM FOR SEASONAL-TO-INTERANNUAL PREDICTION (DEMETER)" (1,002) and "Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms" (752).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Radiotherapy to the primary tumour for newly diagnosed, metastatic prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): a randomised controlled phase 3 trial Christopher Parker et al. · The Lancet Open access 21 Oct 2018 1,289
2 DEVELOPMENT OF A EUROPEAN MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLE SYSTEM FOR SEASONAL-TO-INTERANNUAL PREDICTION (DEMETER) T. N. Palmer et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access Jun 2004 1,002
3 Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms Samuel E. Jones et al. · Nature Communications Open access 29 Jan 2019 752
4 Focus Groups Richard Antony Powell, Helen M. Single · International Journal for Quality in Health Care 1996 705
5 Predictors of anti-TNF treatment failure in anti-TNF-naive patients with active luminal Crohn's disease: a prospective, multicentre, cohort study Nicholas Alexander Kennedy et al. · ˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology Open access164 authors 26 Feb 2019 696
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Which keywords describe research at Exeter Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Improvement, Epidemiology, Diagnostic Accuracy, Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Radiology Errors, Structured Reporting and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.92×24 topics
  2. Quality Improvement2▲ 25×5 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.5×9 topics
  4. Climate Change1▲ 1.25×13 topics
  5. Anemia1▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.8×11 topics
  7. Diagnostic Accuracy1▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Iron Deficiency1▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Radiology Errors1▲ 147×1 topic
  10. Structured Reporting1▲ 147×1 topic

Which research topics does Exeter Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiology practices and education, Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment, Digital Imaging in Medicine and Iron Metabolism and Disorders.

Radiology practices and …1Radiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemi…0Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 0 fractional worksDigital Imaging in Medicine: 0 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 0 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 0 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 0 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…0Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 0 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 0 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …0Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHematologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  2. 2 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 0 works
  3. 3 Digital Imaging in Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 0 works
  5. 5 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 0 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Exeter Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Exeter Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Exeter Hospital0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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