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Fortius Clinic

In research, Fortius Clinic stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,604 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,176 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Medicine and Health Sciences (Surgery is 19.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#32,077
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,729
of 1,844
Research works
145
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Fortius Clinic

What is Fortius Clinic 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,604 of 16,688 20.5%123
MedicineField #9,176 of 14,558 20.7%121

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

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Fortius Clinic is in Health Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (86%), Engineering (6%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 47 fractional works · 87.3% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 86.4% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 45.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 24.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFortius Clinic54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences87%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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4786.4%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering36.4%
    2. Computer Science00.7%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    2. Psychology00.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fortius Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 19.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.3 works19×
  2. MedicineField · 46.6 works4.5×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 47.1 works3.8×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.50× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.50×47 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×1 works
  3. Nursing0.84×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×0 works
  5. Engineering0.43×4 works
  6. Psychology0.19×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fortius Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Andy M. Williams, James D. F. Calder and Mary H. Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fortius Clinic.

  1. 1 Andy M. Williams United Kingdom · #152,464 worldwide 6.4k citations · 191 works
  2. 2 James D. F. Calder United Kingdom · #254,842 worldwide 4.2k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Mary H. Jones United Kingdom · #422,277 worldwide 936 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Ganesh Balendra United Kingdom · #456,957 worldwide 734 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Vítor Hugo Pinheiro United Kingdom · #659,675 worldwide 370 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 James D. F. Calder United Kingdom · #727,591 worldwide 2.2k citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Simon Ball United Kingdom · #805,028 worldwide 976 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Justin C. Lee United Kingdom · #1,154,992 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Arman Motesharei United Kingdom · #1,938,086 worldwide 74 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Sam Church United Kingdom · #2,481,822 worldwide 470 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Fortius Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Fortius Clinic?

The most cited paper from Fortius Clinic is "Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake" (Matthew Zook, Mark J Graham, Taylor B. Shelton et al., 2010), with 734 citations. Next come "Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes" (558) and "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Radiologic Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis" (486).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake Matthew Zook, Mark J Graham, Taylor B. Shelton et al. · World Medical & Health Policy Jul 2010 734
2 Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes Adam Weir et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Jun 2015 558
3 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Radiologic Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis Adil Ajuied, Fabian Wong, Christian Smith et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 8 Nov 2013 486
4 The Role of the Anterolateral Structures and the ACL in Controlling Laxity of the Intact and ACL-Deficient Knee Christoph Kittl, Hadi El Daou, Kiron K. Athwal et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 10 Dec 2015 361
5 Consensus in chronic ankle instability: Aetiology, assessment, surgical indications and place for arthroscopy Stéphane Guillo, Thomas M. Bauer, Jin Woo Lee et al. · Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research Open access 21 Nov 2013 323
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fortius Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Injury Risk, Arthroplasty, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement and Rehabilitation.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology17▲ 8.1×12 topics
  2. Anterior Cruciate Ligament10▲ 443×1 topic
  3. Injury Risk10▲ 443×1 topic
  4. Arthroplasty10▲ 182×2 topics
  5. Complications7▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Revision Surgery7▲ 103×2 topics
  7. Total Hip Replacement7▲ 103×2 topics
  8. Rehabilitation7▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 53×2 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 40×1 topic
  11. Total Knee Replacement7▲ 182×1 topic
  12. Prevention6▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Biomechanics6▲ 36×4 topics
  15. Injury Prevention6▲ 91×2 topics
  16. Muscle Injuries6▲ 167×1 topic
  17. Sports Injury6▲ 167×1 topic
  18. Regeneration5▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Shoulder Function4▲ 86×2 topics
  20. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 114×1 topic
  21. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 114×1 topic
  22. Growth Factors3▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Platelet-Rich Plasma3▲ 91×2 topics
  24. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Ankle Injuries3▲ 181×1 topic
  26. Sprains3▲ 181×1 topic
  27. Mechanical Loading3▲ 168×1 topic
  28. Tendon3▲ 168×1 topic
  29. Inflammation3▲ 2.3×8 topics
  30. Foot Strike Patterns2▲ 122×1 topic
  31. Running Injuries2▲ 122×1 topic
  32. Osteoarthritis2▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Matrix Metalloproteinases2▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Cartilage2▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Chondrocyte2▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Infection Prevention1▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Performance Analysis1▲ 9.5×1 topic
  38. Surgical Management1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  39. Training Load1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Fortius Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Sports injuries and prevention and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Knee injuries and recons…10Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 10 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 7 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 3 fractional worksTendon Structure and Tre…3Tendon Structure and Treatment: 3 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineBiomedical EngineeringRheumatology

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

  1. 1 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.1%domestic only59.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fortius Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher 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 Fortius Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Fortius Clinic0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fortius Clinic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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