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Killingbeck

In research, Killingbeck stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,733 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,592 of 14,558 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#1,106 of 2,077 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#20,854
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,067
of 1,844
Research works
509
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Killingbeck

What is Killingbeck known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,733 of 16,688 4.7%459
MedicineField #4,592 of 14,558 4.4%450
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,106 of 2,077 3.5%135

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Killingbeck 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 Killingbeck work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Killingbeck is in Health Sciences, 5% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (88%), Engineering (3%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 459 fractional works · 90.2% of its workMedicine: 450 fractional works · 88.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 135 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSurgery: 86 fractional works · 16.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 80 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEpidemiology: 37 fractional works · 7.2% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKillingbeck509fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences90%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine45088.3%
    2. Health Professions61.2%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering173.4%
    2. Materials Science30.6%
    3. Computer Science20.4%
    4. Chemistry20.3%
    5. Environmental Science10.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.2%
    2. Neuroscience30.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences20.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Psychology00.0%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Killingbeck?

Ranked on the quality score, Alan Mackintosh, M F Muers and Olive Scott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Killingbeck.

  1. 1 Alan Mackintosh United Kingdom · #1,190,825 worldwide 2.2k citations · 210 works
  2. 2 M F Muers United Kingdom · #1,294,228 worldwide 3.8k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Olive Scott United Kingdom · #2,165,225 worldwide 926 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Garrick I. Fiddler United Kingdom · #2,375,532 worldwide 729 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 David F. Dickinson United Kingdom · #2,528,093 worldwide 2.2k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Gill A. Wharton United Kingdom · #3,046,104 worldwide 522 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 S B Pearson United Kingdom · #3,119,343 worldwide 1.3k citations · 56 works
  8. 8 John L Gibbs United Kingdom · #3,208,042 worldwide 2k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 M. J. Crow United Kingdom · #3,321,921 worldwide 1.7k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Alan E. Steel United Kingdom · #3,441,408 worldwide 345 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Killingbeck

What are the most cited papers from Killingbeck?

The most cited paper from Killingbeck is "Recurrence risks in offspring of adults with major heart defects: results from first cohort of British collaborative study" (John Burn, Paul Brennan, Julian Little et al., 1998), with 400 citations. Next come "Cardiac myocyte necrosis induced by angiotensin II." (388) and "Stenting of the arterial duct: a new approach to palliation for pulmonary atresia." (288).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recurrence risks in offspring of adults with major heart defects: results from first cohort of British collaborative study John Burn, Paul Brennan, Julian Little et al. · The Lancet 1998 400
2 Cardiac myocyte necrosis induced by angiotensin II. Lip Bun Tan, Jorge Jalil, R Pick et al. · Circulation Research Open access Nov 1991 388
3 Stenting of the arterial duct: a new approach to palliation for pulmonary atresia. John L Gibbs, Martin Terry Rothman, Michael R. Rees et al. · Heart Open access Mar 1992 288
4 Stenting of the arterial duct combined with banding of the pulmonary arteries and atrial septectomy or septostomy: a new approach to palliation for the hypoplastic left heart syndrome. John L Gibbs, C Wren, K. Watterson et al. · Heart Open access Jun 1993 263
5 Postal survey of bronchoscopic practice by physicians in the United Kingdom. F G Simpson, A G Arnold, Annie Purvis et al. · Thorax Open access Apr 1986 212
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Which keywords describe research at Killingbeck?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis, Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma, Echocardiography, Congenital Heart Disease, Management, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Cardiac Surgery and Mortality Risk.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis60▲ 296×1 topic
  2. Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma60▲ 296×1 topic
  3. Echocardiography40▲ 29×8 topics
  4. Congenital Heart Disease32▲ 69×3 topics
  5. Epidemiology32▲ 1.55×28 topics
  6. Management29▲ 7.5×11 topics
  7. Treatment27▲ 4.1×15 topics
  8. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes27▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Cardiac Surgery27▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Mortality Risk27▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Adult Congenital Heart Disease26▲ 88×1 topic
  12. Pulmonary Valve Replacement26▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Diagnosis24▲ 4.7×15 topics
  14. Surgery24▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Heart Failure24▲ 10×11 topics
  16. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement21▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement21▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Soft Tissue Sarcoma21▲ 66×2 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy21▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Inflammation21▲ 1.72×25 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors20▲ 8.7×7 topics
  22. Myocardial Infarction19▲ 14×7 topics
  23. Embolization19▲ 52×3 topics
  24. Guidelines19▲ 7.6×7 topics
  25. Endovascular Intervention18▲ 411×1 topic
  26. Hematoma18▲ 411×1 topic
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention17▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Cardiac Imaging16▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Complications16▲ 6.0×9 topics
  30. Radiation Therapy15▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Desmoid Tumor14▲ 143×1 topic
  32. Solitary Fibrous Tumor14▲ 143×1 topic
  33. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation13▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease13▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Prophylaxis13▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Mechanical Ventilation12▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 6.4×4 topics
  38. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 6.6×5 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension11▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Cardiomyopathy10▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Killingbeck publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research and Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…0Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…0Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 0 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux …0Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 0 fractional works
Emergency MedicineUrologyGastroenterology

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 0 works
  3. 3 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.0%domestic only96.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Killingbeck's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% 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 Killingbeck as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2019.

0.0050%0.010%0.015%Killingbeck0.000012% in 202019801990200020102020

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

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