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Glasgow Victoria Infirmary

In research, Glasgow Victoria Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#4,249 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,875 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,681 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#17,524
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#953
of 2,253
Research works
854
▼ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Glasgow Victoria Infirmary 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 #4,249 of 17,978 12.4%626
Health SciencesDomain #4,875 of 20,462 12.9%685
SurgerySubfield #2,681 of 4,227 12.7%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Glasgow Victoria 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 Victoria Infirmary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 69.0 works7.2×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 142.8 works6.6×
← 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.

Who are the top researchers at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Ballantyne, Margaret Gordon and A. Brown Kelly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Glasgow Victoria Infirmary.

  1. 1 D. Ballantyne United Kingdom · #254,288 worldwide 116 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Margaret Gordon United Kingdom · #307,879 worldwide 58 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 A. Brown Kelly United Kingdom · #392,179 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Robert S. Clark United Kingdom · #406,725 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Glasgow Victoria Infirmary?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, Treatment, Diagnosis, Mortality, Quality of Life and Surgical Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology98▲ 2.8×96 topics
  2. Inflammation43▲ 2.1×45 topics
  3. Treatment42▲ 3.8×36 topics
  4. Complications42▲ 9.5×16 topics
  5. Quality of Life38▲ 3.3×35 topics
  6. Diagnosis37▲ 4.2×28 topics
  7. Guidelines35▲ 8.6×12 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 3.4×27 topics
  9. Mortality28▲ 6.6×12 topics
  10. Risk Factors28▲ 3.1×23 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 5.5×13 topics
  12. Surgical Management25▲ 6.5×19 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome23▲ 3.1×18 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations22▲ 5.0×19 topics
  15. Heart Failure22▲ 5.7×10 topics
  16. Primary Care19▲ 5.3×12 topics
  17. Management19▲ 2.8×21 topics
  18. Postoperative Complications18▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Rehabilitation17▲ 5.4×11 topics
  20. Critical Care17▲ 8.8×8 topics
  21. Diabetes16▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Radiotherapy16▲ 5.0×13 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines16▲ 6.0×8 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 6.8×5 topics
  25. Cardiac Risk15▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Perioperative15▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Surgery15▲ 5.4×11 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk15▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Prognosis14▲ 5.1×8 topics
  30. Glycemic Control14▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Anesthesia14▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Chronic Pain12▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Pain Management12▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. Survival Analysis12▲ 5.2×6 topics
  35. Perioperative Care12▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Sedation12▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Insulin Therapy12▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Ketogenic Diet10▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation10▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Distal Radius Fractures9▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Glasgow Victoria Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Nematode management and characterization studies and Plant and animal studies.

  1. 1 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 0 works
  2. 2 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 0 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Glasgow Victoria Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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