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Great Western Hospital

In research, Great Western Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,262 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,725 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,102
of 28,054 · #27,515 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,018
of 1,094
Research works
859
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Great Western 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 #9,262 of 10,443 2.9%112 #10893
Health SciencesDomain #10,725 of 11,982 2.5%131 #10783

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 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.18× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.74× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.04× 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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Great Western Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Elizabeth Price, Thomas Dutton and Andrew Stanton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Great Western Hospital.

  1. 1 Elizabeth Price United Kingdom · #564,846 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Thomas Dutton United Kingdom · #707,288 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Andrew Stanton United Kingdom · #795,691 worldwide 15 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 David Collins United Kingdom · #990,262 worldwide 25 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Lyn Williamson United Kingdom · #1,089,858 worldwide 1 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Great Western Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Great Western Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Primary Care, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation and 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 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.1×58 topics
  2. Treatment12▲ 6.3×29 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 6.6×24 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 2.6×25 topics
  5. Complications8▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 3.0×20 topics
  7. Management6▲ 5.0×18 topics
  8. Primary Care6▲ 10×12 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.9×11 topics
  10. Autoantibodies5▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Surgical Management5▲ 7.5×10 topics
  12. Echocardiography4▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Mortality4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 2.6×14 topics
  15. Guidelines4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  16. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  18. Surgery4▲ 6.8×10 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  20. Children4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  21. Heart Failure4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.9×9 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  24. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  25. Medical Education3▲ 8.1×8 topics
  26. Gender Differences3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  28. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  29. Arthroplasty3▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Imaging3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  31. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. Training3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Career Choice3▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Dental Students3▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Health Care Costs2▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Revision Surgery2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Reflective Practice2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Stroke2▲ 8.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Great Western Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Education, Practice, Research, Frailty in Older Adults, Innovations in Medical Education and Child and Adolescent Health.

Dental Education, Practi…3Dental Education, Practice, Research: 3 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…2Dental Radiography and Imaging: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsGeriatrics and GerontologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 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 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Great Western Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher 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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