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John Radcliffe Hospital

In research, John Radcliffe Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#842 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,212 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#991 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Neurology is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,129
of 28,054 · #526 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#86
of 1,094
Research works
15k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
786k
53.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is John Radcliffe 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 #842 of 10,443 24.5%498 #134
Health SciencesDomain #1,212 of 11,982 24.0%530 #163
Life SciencesDomain #991 of 7,800 30.4%148 #152
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,435 of 3,579 29.9%84 #341
SurgerySubfield #1,151 of 1,816 16.1%61 #187

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Radcliffe 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#134 #842
  2. Health Sciences#163 #1,212
  3. Life Sciences#152 #991
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#341 #1,435
  5. Surgery#187 #1,151
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 John Radcliffe Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 35.3 works8.2×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 50.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.08× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.90× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 498 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at John Radcliffe Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Adrian Banning, Peter Sleight and Jacqueline Palace lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Radcliffe Hospital.

  1. 1 Adrian Banning · #868 worldwide 2.2k citations · 129 works
  2. 2 Peter Sleight · #1,337 worldwide 1.6k citations · 123 works
  3. 3 Jacqueline Palace · #13,566 worldwide 490 citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Vincenzo Cerundolo · #20,573 worldwide 426 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Peter J. Morris · #20,875 worldwide 711 citations · 145 works
  6. 6 James E. East · #28,003 worldwide 343 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Andrew J. McMichael · #31,310 worldwide 459 citations · 91 works
  8. 8 Jacqueline Boultwood · #36,919 worldwide 291 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Bethan Lang · #38,800 worldwide 330 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 D. J. Weatherall · #39,133 worldwide 616 citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at John Radcliffe Hospital

Which keywords describe research at John Radcliffe Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Neurological Disorders, Treatment, Heart Failure, Oxidative Stress and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology87▲ 2.9×113 topics
  2. Inflammation47▲ 3.0×71 topics
  3. Treatment32▲ 3.5×42 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress31▲ 2.5×47 topics
  5. Diagnosis30▲ 4.3×36 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders26▲ 6.0×18 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.8×30 topics
  8. Cancer22▲ 2.2×44 topics
  9. Risk Factors22▲ 2.6×29 topics
  10. Heart Failure22▲ 6.6×13 topics
  11. Quality of Life21▲ 1.95×41 topics
  12. Guidelines20▲ 5.6×11 topics
  13. Management19▲ 3.2×25 topics
  14. Genetics18▲ 3.5×23 topics
  15. Immunotherapy18▲ 3.4×17 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 2.9×20 topics
  17. Pathogenesis17▲ 4.4×20 topics
  18. Prognosis17▲ 6.8×9 topics
  19. Obesity16▲ 2.9×21 topics
  20. Echocardiography16▲ 7.8×8 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations16▲ 4.8×22 topics
  22. Complications15▲ 4.0×17 topics
  23. Mortality15▲ 3.5×12 topics
  24. Autoantibodies14▲ 8.1×8 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging14▲ 7.1×8 topics
  26. Diagnostic Criteria13▲ 7.9×10 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction13▲ 7.3×7 topics
  28. Cognitive Impairment13▲ 6.7×10 topics
  29. Surgical Management13▲ 4.1×19 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Cardiac Imaging11▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Endothelial Dysfunction11▲ 6.2×7 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality10▲ 6.2×5 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration10▲ 4.6×10 topics
  35. Medical Education10▲ 5.3×10 topics
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 7.1×6 topics
  37. Coronary Artery Disease10▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 7.6×6 topics
  39. Preterm Infants8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Macular Degeneration8▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does John Radcliffe Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders.

Cardiovascular Function …7Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 7 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…7Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 6 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 5 fractional worksAutoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingObstetrics and GynecologyNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesObstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Neuropathies and DisordersNeurology 5 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Myasthenia Gravis and ThymomaNeurology 5 works
  7. 7 Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and TreatmentsNeurology 4 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseGenetics 4 works
  10. 10 Neurological disorders and treatmentsNeurology 4 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has John Radcliffe Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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