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Glasgow Royal Infirmary

In research, Glasgow Royal Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#3,298 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,362 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,400
of 28,054 · #2,469 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#453
of 1,094
Research works
8.8k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
260k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Glasgow Royal Infirmary 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 #3,298 of 10,443 14.3%253 #380
Health SciencesDomain #4,362 of 11,982 14.3%275 #450

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

What does Glasgow Royal Infirmary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 58.5 works7.4×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 254 worksMedicineNursing: 5.87× its world share, 10 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Glasgow Royal Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, Alan Macfarlane, James Shepherd and Ian A. Greer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

  1. 1 Alan Macfarlane United Kingdom · #4,334 worldwide 553 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 James Shepherd United Kingdom · #14,245 worldwide 717 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Ian A. Greer United Kingdom · #17,110 worldwide 445 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 W. Watson Buchanan United Kingdom · #26,918 worldwide 451 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Gordon Lowe United Kingdom · #32,748 worldwide 557 citations · 101 works
  6. 6 John A. Thomson United Kingdom · #35,283 worldwide 325 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 G. N. C. Kenny United Kingdom · #36,507 worldwide 211 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 C W Imrie United Kingdom · #38,068 worldwide 243 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Robin Russell United Kingdom · #41,245 worldwide 282 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Alan Shenkin United Kingdom · #55,120 worldwide 229 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Glasgow Royal Infirmary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Mortality, Complications, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Aging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology47▲ 3.5×82 topics
  2. Inflammation31▲ 4.4×44 topics
  3. Mortality20▲ 10×13 topics
  4. Chemotherapy18▲ 7.5×18 topics
  5. Complications17▲ 10×15 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 8.1×13 topics
  7. Quality of Life14▲ 2.8×25 topics
  8. Treatment14▲ 3.3×33 topics
  9. Cancer13▲ 2.9×21 topics
  10. Aging13▲ 7.2×10 topics
  11. Diagnosis13▲ 4.1×30 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.2×28 topics
  14. Risk Factors12▲ 3.1×18 topics
  15. Critical Care12▲ 15×8 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 4.2×16 topics
  17. Guidelines11▲ 7.2×10 topics
  18. Surgery11▲ 9.3×9 topics
  19. Rehabilitation11▲ 8.1×10 topics
  20. Prognosis10▲ 9.4×7 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Management10▲ 3.7×22 topics
  23. Sepsis9▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Pathogenesis9▲ 5.3×14 topics
  25. Surgical Management9▲ 6.3×13 topics
  26. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy8▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors8▲ 5.7×11 topics
  28. Elderly Patients8▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Endoscopic Resection8▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Revision Surgery8▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 7.9×9 topics
  33. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Muscle Mass7▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 6.7×8 topics
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications7▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Weight Loss6▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Cancer Cachexia6▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Sarcopenia6▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Glasgow Royal Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutrition and Health in Aging, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Nutrition and Health in …6Nutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…4Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional works
PhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNutrition and DieteticsOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Glasgow Royal Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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