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Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

In research, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,495 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,052 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,415 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,585
of 28,054 · #11,263 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#887
of 1,094
Research works
1.5k
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Gloucestershire Royal 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 #2,495 of 17,978 15.2%1,027
Health SciencesDomain #3,052 of 20,462 15.3%1,171
SurgerySubfield #1,415 of 4,227 17.5%254
Life SciencesDomain #7,404 of 14,347 19.3%182

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

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 5.78× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.17× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hugh Barr, Neil A. Shepherd and J J Earnshaw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

  1. 1 Hugh Barr United Kingdom · #14,202 worldwide 383 citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Neil A. Shepherd United Kingdom · #59,768 worldwide 176 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 J J Earnshaw United Kingdom · #68,828 worldwide 147 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Cliodna McNulty United Kingdom · #200,926 worldwide 108 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 G. R. Fearnley United Kingdom · #256,353 worldwide 147 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 M W L Gear United Kingdom · #282,785 worldwide 89 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 J J Earnshaw United Kingdom · #414,221 worldwide 69 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Paul Dunckley United Kingdom · #672,423 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 W H F Thomson United Kingdom · #728,179 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Mark Manford United Kingdom · #913,932 worldwide 14 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Epidemiology, Surgery, Stroke, Treatment, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.1×45 topics
  2. Mortality7▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  4. Treatment4▲ 4.3×19 topics
  5. Surgery4▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Risk Factors3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  7. Stroke3▲ 22×6 topics
  8. Diagnosis3▲ 4.1×14 topics
  9. Quality Improvement3▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Complications3▲ 6.7×8 topics
  11. Guidelines3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  12. Rehabilitation2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  13. Public Health2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  14. Healthcare2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  15. Elderly Patients2▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Pain Management2▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Prevention2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  19. Primary Care2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  21. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  22. Science2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  24. Biomechanics2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  25. Functional Recovery2▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  27. Academic Medicine1▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Gender Bias1▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Injury Severity1▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Kidney Transplantation1▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Postoperative Complications1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Social Determinants1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Squamous Cell Carcinoma1▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Trauma Center1▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Autoantibodies1▲ 7.4×7 topics
  36. Cardiac Risk1▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Hip Fracture1▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Orthogeriatric Care1▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Perioperative1▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Gloucestershire Royal Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Hip and Femur Fractures and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Trauma and Emergency Car…1Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communicati…1Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 1 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineGender StudiesSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gloucestershire Royal Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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