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Great Western Hospital

In research, Great Western Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,506 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,551 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,758
of 22,385 · #24,752 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#666
of 862
Research works
859
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Great Western Hospital

What is Great Western Hospital known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,506 of 8,541 4.1%112 #10009
Health SciencesDomain #7,551 of 9,902 3.7%131 #11410

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Great Western 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Great Western Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Great Western Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 141 fractional works · 83.6% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 71.0% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGreat WesternHospital169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12071.0%
    2. Health Professions169.5%
    3. Dentistry42.1%
    4. Veterinary10.7%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Computer Science21.4%
    2. Engineering21.4%
    3. Environmental Science21.3%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.7%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.31× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.62× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.41×1 works
  2. Dentistry4.31×4 works
  3. Medicine3.69×120 works
  4. Health Professions3.62×16 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.84×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.50×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×2 works
  10. Psychology0.32×2 works
  11. Nursing0.30×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.27×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.18×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.14×3 works
  17. Engineering0.09×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Great Western Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Badrinathan Chandrasekaran, Paul W.X. Foley and Mark Juniper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Great Western Hospital.

  1. 1 Badrinathan Chandrasekaran United Kingdom · #193,979 worldwide 5.9k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Paul W.X. Foley United Kingdom · #322,550 worldwide 5k citations · 154 works
  3. 3 Mark Juniper United Kingdom · #371,999 worldwide 2.4k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Andy Beale United Kingdom · #661,675 worldwide 2.6k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Nathan J. Coombs United Kingdom · #1,321,354 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Andrew Ewing Stanton United Kingdom · #1,387,758 worldwide 2.3k citations · 142 works
  7. 7 Alexander J. Sternberg United Kingdom · #1,711,504 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Sherwin Ng United Kingdom · #1,716,748 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Julia Wolf United Kingdom · #1,763,140 worldwide 804 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Wendy Johnson United Kingdom · #1,809,989 worldwide 3k citations · 161 works
All ranked researchers at Great Western Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Great Western Hospital?

The most cited paper from Great Western Hospital is "Clinical and biological implications of driver mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes" (Elli Papaemmanuil et al., 2013), with 1,863 citations. Next come "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130) and "Intrapleural Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase in Pleural Infection" (867).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clinical and biological implications of driver mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes Elli Papaemmanuil et al. · Blood Open access 12 Sep 2013 1,863
2 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
3 Intrapleural Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase in Pleural Infection Najib Mahboob Rahman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 10 Aug 2011 867
4 Second-line FOLFOX chemotherapy versus active symptom control for advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC-06): a phase 3, open-label, randomised, controlled trial Ángela Lamarca et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 30 Mar 2021 786
5 Coexistence of LMPP-like and GMP-like Leukemia Stem Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Nicolas Goardon et al. · Cancer Cell Open access 2011 662
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Great Western Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Primary Care, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation and Autoantibodies.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.1×62 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 6.2×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 6.3×24 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×28 topics
  5. Complications8▲ 10.0×14 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×22 topics
  7. Management6▲ 4.7×18 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.8×11 topics
  9. Primary Care6▲ 9.7×12 topics
  10. Autoantibodies5▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  12. Surgical Management5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  13. Echocardiography4▲ 9.5×6 topics
  14. Mortality4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  15. Guidelines4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  17. Heart Failure4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  18. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  20. Surgery4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  21. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  22. Children4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  24. Medical Education4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors3▲ 4.6×12 topics
  26. Gender Differences3▲ 5.3×3 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  28. Arthroplasty3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Health Care Costs3▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Imaging3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  32. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  33. Training3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Career Choice3▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Dental Students3▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Rituximab3▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Reflective Practice2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Revision Surgery2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Great Western Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dental Education, Practice, Research, Vasculitis and related conditions, Frailty in Older Adults and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Dental Education, Practi…3Dental Education, Practice, Research: 3 fractional worksVasculitis and related c…2Vasculitis and related conditions: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeriatrics and GerontologyRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Great Western Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Great Western Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Great Western Hospital0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Great Western Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Great Western Hospital4.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2007.

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