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Heartlands Hospital

In research, Heartlands Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,942 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,465 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,659
of 28,054 · #8,571 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#595
of 1,094
Research works
1.9k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Heartlands 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 #5,942 of 10,443 7.7%121 #2325
Health SciencesDomain #7,465 of 11,982 7.6%132 #2737

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.1 works7.2×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 121 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 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.

Who are the top researchers at Heartlands Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Sherwood Burge, Adel Mansur and Alastair Robertson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heartlands Hospital.

  1. 1 Sherwood Burge United Kingdom · #44,517 worldwide 222 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Adel Mansur United Kingdom · #162,493 worldwide 101 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Alastair Robertson United Kingdom · #186,045 worldwide 103 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 J. Gordon Henderson United Kingdom · #209,552 worldwide 54 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Hugh C. Rayner United Kingdom · #276,931 worldwide 123 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Marsha Wood United Kingdom · #343,842 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 D E Stableforth United Kingdom · #385,633 worldwide 99 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 P M Dodson United Kingdom · #408,623 worldwide 63 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Sandeep Basavarajaiah United Kingdom · #449,866 worldwide 86 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Aarnoud Huissoon United Kingdom · #531,185 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Heartlands Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Heartlands Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Atherosclerosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Stents, Myocardial Revascularization, Inflammation, Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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▲ 3.5×67 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.7×38 topics
  3. Atherosclerosis10▲ 25×6 topics
  4. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 50×4 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 5.5×26 topics
  6. Coronary Stents9▲ 144×1 topic
  7. Myocardial Revascularization9▲ 144×1 topic
  8. Treatment9▲ 4.9×24 topics
  9. Diagnosis9▲ 6.2×22 topics
  10. Quality of Life8▲ 3.9×21 topics
  11. Mortality8▲ 9.3×10 topics
  12. Management8▲ 6.6×17 topics
  13. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 21×8 topics
  14. Guidelines6▲ 8.3×12 topics
  15. Complications6▲ 7.3×15 topics
  16. Prevention Guidelines5▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Pulmonary Infections5▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Diagnosis and Management5▲ 91×2 topics
  19. Risk Factors5▲ 2.8×13 topics
  20. Health Impact4▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Occupational Asthma4▲ 338×1 topic
  22. Work-Related Exposure4▲ 338×1 topic
  23. Genetics4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  24. Cystic Fibrosis4▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Nutrition4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  26. Global Burden4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  27. Hemodialysis4▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Bronchiectasis4▲ 91×1 topic
  29. CFTR4▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Microbiota4▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Dialysis4▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Peritoneal Dialysis4▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Diabetes3▲ 4.6×14 topics
  35. Asthma3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Children3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  37. Primary Care3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  38. Immunology3▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Allergic Diseases3▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Eosinophils3▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Heartlands Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Occupational exposure and asthma, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Coronary Interventions a…9Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksOccupational exposure an…4Occupational exposure and asthma: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…4Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 4 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …2Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 9 works
  2. 2 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 4 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Heartlands Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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