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Kettering General Hospital

In research, Kettering General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,753 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,914 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,690
of 22,385 · #27,748 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#773
of 862
Research works
674
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Kettering General Hospital

What is Kettering General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,753 of 8,541 6.0%99 #10533
Health SciencesDomain #7,914 of 9,902 5.9%106 #12362

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kettering General 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kettering General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Kettering General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Health Professions (5%), Engineering (3%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 117 fractional works · 88.3% of its workMedicine: 110 fractional works · 82.9% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 20.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKettering GeneralHospital132fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences88%Social Sciences4%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11082.9%
    2. Health Professions64.7%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    4. Psychology10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering32.6%
    2. Materials Science00.3%
    3. Computer Science00.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kettering General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.8 works8.7×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.31× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.31×110 works
  2. Health Professions1.77×6 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×1 works
  4. Veterinary0.99×0 works
  5. Dentistry0.78×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×3 works
  9. Nursing0.36×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  13. Psychology0.21×1 works
  14. Engineering0.17×4 works
  15. Social Sciences0.10×2 works
  16. Energy0.09×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kettering General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Ajay Mark Verma, Mohammed Hussam El-Din and Simon Lee Hetherington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kettering General Hospital.

  1. 1 Ajay Mark Verma United Kingdom · #397,478 worldwide 10k citations · 231 works
  2. 2 Mohammed Hussam El-Din United Kingdom · #508,646 worldwide 4k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Simon Lee Hetherington United Kingdom · #917,965 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Kai Hogrefe United Kingdom · #967,829 worldwide 934 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Andrew Chilton United Kingdom · #1,020,533 worldwide 1.6k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Tariq Alhammali United Kingdom · #1,434,150 worldwide 822 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Julian O’Neill United Kingdom · #1,866,684 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
  8. 8 R M Ingram United Kingdom · #1,968,879 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Gomathi Margabanthu United Kingdom · #2,005,551 worldwide 130 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Sharan H Sambhwani United Kingdom · #2,225,355 worldwide 291 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kettering General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kettering General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kettering General Hospital is "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al., 2021), with 1,130 citations. Next come "SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection" (1,091) and "Randomized Trial of Complete Versus Lesion-Only Revascularization in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for STEMI and Multivessel Disease" (814).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
2 SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection Steven A. Kemp et al. · Nature Open access1,134 authors 5 Feb 2021 1,091
3 Randomized Trial of Complete Versus Lesion-Only Revascularization in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for STEMI and Multivessel Disease Anthony Gershlick, Jamal Nasir Khan, Damian J. Kelly et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Mar 2015 814
4 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway Brian J. Willett et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access692 authors 7 Jul 2022 739
5 Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies Dami A. Collier et al. · Nature Open access1,136 authors 11 Mar 2021 717
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kettering General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Mortality, Complications, Treatment, Management, Diagnosis and Risk Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology16▲ 3.0×57 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 5.4×22 topics
  3. Guidelines8▲ 13×10 topics
  4. Mortality8▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Complications8▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 5.1×15 topics
  7. Diagnosis7▲ 5.8×25 topics
  8. Management7▲ 6.4×22 topics
  9. Prevention6▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Surgery6▲ 12×10 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.7×19 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Echocardiography5▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Rehabilitation5▲ 8.7×7 topics
  15. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.1×11 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders4▲ 5.1×12 topics
  18. Medical Education4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  19. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Incidence3▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Diabetes3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  23. Pneumothorax3▲ 66×2 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  25. Colonoscopy3▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Screening3▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Arthroplasty3▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Empyema3▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Pleural Effusion3▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Primary Care3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  32. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Elderly Patients3▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery3▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Stroke3▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Revision Surgery3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kettering General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Colorectal Cancer Screen…3Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…3Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …2Surgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kettering General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kettering General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Kettering General Hospital0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kettering General Hospital3.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2016.

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