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Hammersmith Hospital

In research, Hammersmith Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,364 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,940 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,376 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Oncology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,407
of 28,054 · #607 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#174
of 1,094
Research works
17k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
813k
46.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Hammersmith 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 #1,364 of 10,443 25.4%260 #137
Health SciencesDomain #1,940 of 11,982 25.4%271 #174
Life SciencesDomain #2,376 of 7,800 28.3%86 #223

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#137 #1,364
  2. Health Sciences#174 #1,940
  3. Life Sciences#223 #2,376
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Hammersmith Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 30.8 works7.5×
  2. OncologySubfield · 23.9 works5.4×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.51× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.39× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hammersmith Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Harpreet Wasan, John M. Goldman and Eva M. Kohner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hammersmith Hospital.

  1. 1 Harpreet Wasan United Kingdom · #6,757 worldwide 1k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 John M. Goldman United Kingdom · #9,986 worldwide 667 citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Eva M. Kohner United Kingdom · #13,555 worldwide 819 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Stephen R. Bloom United Kingdom · #15,265 worldwide 2.1k citations · 234 works
  5. 5 David O. Cosgrove United Kingdom · #17,260 worldwide 336 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Kenneth M. Taylor United Kingdom · #19,017 worldwide 428 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Christopher J. Bulpitt United Kingdom · #20,553 worldwide 497 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Terry Jones United Kingdom · #21,067 worldwide 534 citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Mohammad A. Ghatei United Kingdom · #21,273 worldwide 838 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Victor Dubowitz United Kingdom · #25,893 worldwide 563 citations · 107 works
All ranked researchers at Hammersmith Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Hammersmith Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Echocardiography and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 1.74×87 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 3.2×64 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.1×28 topics
  4. Treatment17▲ 3.5×34 topics
  5. Chemotherapy16▲ 6.0×21 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 5.1×20 topics
  7. Cancer16▲ 3.0×39 topics
  8. Diagnosis15▲ 4.2×28 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.2×42 topics
  10. Heart Failure13▲ 7.8×13 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 7.1×8 topics
  12. Biomarkers12▲ 4.5×15 topics
  13. Echocardiography12▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Clinical Trials12▲ 4.5×14 topics
  15. Immunotherapy12▲ 4.2×17 topics
  16. Obesity12▲ 4.0×18 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.8×14 topics
  18. Management10▲ 3.2×20 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 8.9×8 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 6.8×9 topics
  21. Precision Medicine8▲ 4.5×8 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors8▲ 4.7×13 topics
  23. Thrombosis8▲ 7.2×7 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance8▲ 4.3×9 topics
  25. Mortality8▲ 3.4×11 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations8▲ 4.5×13 topics
  27. Metastasis8▲ 5.6×10 topics
  28. Radiofrequency Ablation7▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma7▲ 8.9×3 topics
  30. Guidelines7▲ 3.9×12 topics
  31. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 7.3×5 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death6▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Graft Survival6▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Kidney Transplantation5▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Pancreatic Cancer5▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Hormone Therapy5▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Hammersmith Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…4Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 4 fractional worksHormonal and reproductiv…4Hormonal and reproductive studies: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional works
OncologyHepatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hammersmith Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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