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Guy's Hospital

In research, Guy's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,196 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,400 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 17.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,186
of 28,054 · #869 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#163
of 1,094
Research works
16k
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
563k
35.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Guy's 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 #1,196 of 10,443 22.8%169 #208
Health SciencesDomain #1,400 of 11,982 21.7%213 #207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guy'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 Guy's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 26.1 works18×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.53× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 17.95× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 169 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Guy's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard AC Hughes, P. E. Polani and Michael Tynan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guy's Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard AC Hughes United Kingdom · #7,971 worldwide 863 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 P. E. Polani United Kingdom · #25,857 worldwide 403 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Michael Tynan United Kingdom · #28,202 worldwide 380 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Martin Bobrow United Kingdom · #32,887 worldwide 356 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 H. Keen United Kingdom · #36,186 worldwide 400 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Philip R. Evans United Kingdom · #40,542 worldwide 747 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 C Chantler United Kingdom · #44,512 worldwide 308 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 G S Panayi United Kingdom · #44,748 worldwide 406 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 J S Cameron United Kingdom · #53,795 worldwide 220 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 R.D. Rubens United Kingdom · #59,750 worldwide 232 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Guy's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Guy's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Radiotherapy and Breast Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 3.0×82 topics
  2. Quality of Life23▲ 5.3×32 topics
  3. Treatment16▲ 4.4×34 topics
  4. Inflammation15▲ 2.4×53 topics
  5. Diagnosis12▲ 4.5×27 topics
  6. Immunotherapy11▲ 5.1×18 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 3.0×22 topics
  8. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.6×20 topics
  9. Genetics9▲ 4.2×12 topics
  10. Management9▲ 3.7×21 topics
  11. Cancer9▲ 2.1×37 topics
  12. Radiotherapy8▲ 7.2×12 topics
  13. Breast Cancer8▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Gender Differences7▲ 6.2×4 topics
  16. Survival7▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Surgical Management6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  18. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 9.9×6 topics
  19. Medical Education6▲ 8.1×9 topics
  20. Autoantibodies6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  21. Dental Students6▲ 85×2 topics
  22. Motivation6▲ 4.7×2 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.5×13 topics
  24. Career Choice6▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Professional Expectations6▲ 128×1 topic
  26. Immunohistochemistry6▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Precision Medicine6▲ 3.9×6 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.2×18 topics
  29. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Ovarian Cancer5▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Dental Caries5▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Lymphoma5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  34. Bone Regeneration4▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Cancer Risk4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  36. Prostate Cancer4▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Gynecomastia4▲ 286×1 topic
  38. Male Breast Cancer4▲ 286×1 topic
  39. Graft Survival4▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Kidney Transplantation4▲ 23×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Education, Practice, Research, Male Breast Health Studies, Cancer and Skin Lesions and Dental Radiography and Imaging.

Dental Education, Practi…6Dental Education, Practice, Research: 6 fractional worksMale Breast Health Studies4Male Breast Health Studies: 4 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions: 4 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 4 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 4 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 3 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…3Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 3 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 3 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthDermatologyOral Surgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 Male Breast Health Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 4 works
  4. 4 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 4 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 3 works
  10. 10 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 3 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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