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Hospital / health system · Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom

Freeman Hospital

In research, Freeman Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,787 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,474 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,089 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,128
of 28,054 · #4,887 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#308
of 1,094
Research works
4.9k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
116k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Freeman Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,787 of 10,443 11.4%314 #693
Health SciencesDomain #2,474 of 11,982 11.4%330 #839
SurgerySubfield #1,089 of 1,816 10.7%85 #556

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#693 #1,787
  2. Health Sciences#839 #2,474
  3. Surgery#556 #1,089
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Freeman Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 38.2 works9.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 84.9 works9.6×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 42.1 works7.2×
  4. OncologySubfield · 24.2 works5.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.32× its world share, 314 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 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.

Who are the top researchers at Freeman Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Talbot, Desmond G. Julian and Azfar Zaman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freeman Hospital.

  1. 1 David Talbot United Kingdom · #38,525 worldwide 389 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Desmond G. Julian United Kingdom · #42,795 worldwide 363 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Azfar Zaman United Kingdom · #44,209 worldwide 421 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Vijay Kunadian United Kingdom · #58,890 worldwide 749 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 John H. Dark United Kingdom · #90,973 worldwide 190 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Paul A. Corris United Kingdom · #118,768 worldwide 182 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Gerard Stansby United Kingdom · #150,063 worldwide 184 citations · 71 works
  8. 8 Janet M. McComb United Kingdom · #160,673 worldwide 135 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Kofi Oppong United Kingdom · #185,124 worldwide 78 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 James Lordan United Kingdom · #199,968 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Freeman Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Freeman Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Atherosclerosis and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 2.8×69 topics
  2. Chemotherapy25▲ 9.5×20 topics
  3. Guidelines24▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Immunotherapy20▲ 7.3×15 topics
  5. Treatment17▲ 3.7×24 topics
  6. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention17▲ 33×4 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Inflammation15▲ 1.95×50 topics
  9. Risk Factors15▲ 3.7×21 topics
  10. Management15▲ 5.0×21 topics
  11. Atherosclerosis14▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Heart Failure14▲ 8.7×12 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 16×7 topics
  14. Diagnosis14▲ 4.0×24 topics
  15. Graft Survival13▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 7.4×7 topics
  17. Mortality12▲ 5.5×12 topics
  18. Pancreatic Cancer11▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Gemcitabine11▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Surgical Complications11▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Echocardiography10▲ 10×8 topics
  23. Radiotherapy10▲ 7.0×13 topics
  24. Nutritional Support10▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Liver Transplantation10▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Transplantation10▲ 26×4 topics
  27. Complications9▲ 4.8×14 topics
  28. Genetic Factors9▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Acute Pancreatitis9▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Chronic Pancreatitis9▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Prognosis9▲ 7.0×6 topics
  32. Surgery9▲ 6.5×9 topics
  33. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury8▲ 34×3 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications8▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Rejection8▲ 52×2 topics
  36. Biliary Complications8▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Donor Risk Index8▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Thrombosis8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Coronary Stents8▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Myocardial Revascularization8▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Freeman Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…11Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 11 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…9Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 9 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…8Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…7Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…6Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional works
OncologySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 11 works
  2. 2 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 9 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 8 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 8 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Freeman Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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