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Kettering General Hospital

In research, Kettering General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,136 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,743 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,032
of 28,054 · #21,033 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#814
of 1,094
Research works
674
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Kettering General 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 #7,136 of 10,443 4.2%99 #5100
Health SciencesDomain #8,743 of 11,982 4.2%106 #6366

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Kettering General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.6 works8.8×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.34× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Kettering General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ajay Verma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kettering General Hospital.

  1. 1 Ajay Verma United Kingdom · #255,913 worldwide 69 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Kettering General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kettering General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.1×51 topics
  2. Treatment8▲ 5.8×21 topics
  3. Guidelines8▲ 14×10 topics
  4. Mortality8▲ 11×6 topics
  5. Complications7▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 5.5×15 topics
  7. Diagnosis7▲ 6.2×25 topics
  8. Management7▲ 7.2×22 topics
  9. Prevention6▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Surgery6▲ 13×10 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  12. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.6×10 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Rehabilitation4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  16. Echocardiography4▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Incidence3▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Medical Education3▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Pneumothorax3▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Colonoscopy3▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Diabetes3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Screening3▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Empyema3▲ 95×1 topic
  26. Pleural Effusion3▲ 95×1 topic
  27. Primary Care3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  28. Elderly Patients3▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Radiotherapy3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  30. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Stroke3▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Arthroplasty2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Revision Surgery2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery2▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  39. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Kettering General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Hip and Femur Fractures and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Colorectal Cancer Screen…3Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…3Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…2Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1 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 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kettering General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher 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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