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Heavitree Hospital

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World rank, all time
#20,302
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,026
of 1,844
Research works
208
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.4k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Heavitree Hospital

Which fields of science does Heavitree Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Heavitree Hospital is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 12 fractional works · 52.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 40.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 14.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeavitreeHospital24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1040.8%
    2. Health Professions310.6%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology314.8%
    2. Neuroscience13.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    1. Psychology16.1%
    2. Social Sciences15.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science14.4%
    2. Computer Science12.3%
    3. Mathematics01.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    5. Engineering00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.77× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.05× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.05×2 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.77×4 works
  3. Neuroscience2.24×1 works
  4. Medicine2.13×10 works
  5. Psychology2.02×2 works
  6. Dentistry1.31×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.15×0 works
  8. Nursing1.07×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.89×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.85×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.84×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.45×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.32×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.30×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  20. Engineering0.03×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Heavitree Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, T. J. Humphrey and Keith N. A. Alexander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heavitree Hospital.

  1. 1 T. J. Humphrey United Kingdom · #688,732 worldwide 8.8k citations · 207 works
  2. 2 Keith N. A. Alexander United Kingdom · #4,546,695 worldwide 693 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Heavitree Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Heavitree Hospital?

The most cited paper from Heavitree Hospital is "Dietary nitrate supplementation enhances muscle contractile efficiency during knee-extensor exercise in humans" (Stephen J. Bailey, Jonathan Fulford, Anni Vanhatalo et al., 2010), with 603 citations. Next come "Muscle metabolic responses to exercise above and below the “critical power” assessed using 31 P-MRS" (477) and "The health of students in institutes of higher education: an important and neglected public health problem?" (348).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dietary nitrate supplementation enhances muscle contractile efficiency during knee-extensor exercise in humans Stephen J. Bailey, Jonathan Fulford, Anni Vanhatalo et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology 13 May 2010 603
2 Muscle metabolic responses to exercise above and below the “critical power” assessed using 31 P-MRS ANDREW MARK JONES, Daryl Paul Wilkerson, Fred J. DiMenna et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 5 Dec 2007 477
3 The health of students in institutes of higher education: an important and neglected public health problem? Sarah L. Stewart-Brown, Julie Evans, Joanne M. Patterson et al. · Journal of Public Health Open access Dec 2000 348
4 Exercise-based rehabilitation for heart failure Rod S Taylor, Viral A Sagar, Edward J Davies et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 27 Apr 2014 346
5 Cognitive training for people with mild to moderate dementia Alex Bahar‐Fuchs, Anthony J. Martyr, Anita Goh et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 25 Mar 2019 330
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Heavitree Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiology practices and education, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Radiology practices and …1Radiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…0BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 0 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…0Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 0 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nu…0Muscle metabolism and nutrition: 0 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 0 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…0Health Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 0 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…0Fungal Infections and Studies: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneticsGeneral Health ProfessionsCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  2. 2 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 0 works
  3. 3 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heavitree Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Heavitree Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000086% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Heavitree Hospital0.000090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Heavitree Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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