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Grey's Hospital

In research, Grey's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#19,363 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,121 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#38,400
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#142
of 154
Research works
222
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Grey's 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
Health SciencesDomain #19,363 of 20,462 6.3%174
MedicineField #17,121 of 17,978 5.8%153

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

What does Grey's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 31.4 works4.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 31 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Grey's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Inflammation, Treatment, Robotic Surgery, Diagnosis, Surgery and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 4.5×37 topics
  2. Inflammation3▲ 3.7×18 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 5.2×16 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality2▲ 25×5 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 5.6×13 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  7. Robotic Surgery2▲ 35×5 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  9. Surgery2▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.6×9 topics
  11. Management1▲ 4.6×8 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.1×4 topics
  13. Complications1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  16. Pathophysiology1▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 7.8×6 topics
  18. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  19. Endothelial Dysfunction1▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Biomarkers1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  22. Cancer1▲ 2.0×6 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  24. Pandemic1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  25. Sepsis1▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 16×6 topics
  27. Autoantibodies1▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Immune Response1▲ 4.6×6 topics
  29. Medical Education1▲ 10.0×5 topics
  30. Placental Development1▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Preeclampsia1▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Rehabilitation1▲ 6.7×5 topics

Which research topics does Grey's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Skin and Cellular Biology Research, Genetic and rare skin diseases. and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Pregnancy and preeclamps…1Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksSkin and Cellular Biolog…1Skin and Cellular Biology Research: 1 fractional worksGenetic and rare skin diseases.: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…1Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgi…1Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 1 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Pra…0Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 0 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyCell BiologyGeneticsSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  2. 2 Skin and Cellular Biology Research Cell Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Genetic and rare skin diseases. Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 0 works
  9. 9 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Grey's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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