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King's College Hospital

In research, King's College Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#951 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,243 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#557 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Hepatology is 15.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,377
of 28,054 · #983 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#130
of 1,094
Research works
18k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
567k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is King's College 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 #951 of 10,443 14.5%991 #161
Health SciencesDomain #1,243 of 11,982 13.5%1,140 #188
SurgerySubfield #557 of 1,816 12.4%173 #173
Life SciencesDomain #2,513 of 7,800 17.4%142 #719
Social SciencesDomain #4,240 of 10,521 14.3%159 #1659
Physical SciencesDomain #6,153 of 12,888 18.8%94 #2330
EpidemiologySubfield #572 of 976 16.1%84 #222
Health ProfessionsField #1,347 of 1,928 8.9%81 #260
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #892 of 1,144 11.3%83 #360
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,897 of 3,579 15.5%76 #924

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King's College 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#161 #951
  2. Health Sciences#188 #1,243
  3. Surgery#173 #557
  4. Life Sciences#719 #2,513
  5. Social Sciences#1,659 #4,240
  6. Physical Sciences#2,330 #6,153
  7. Epidemiology#222 #572
  8. Health Professions#260 #1,347
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#360 #892
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#924 #2,897
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 King's College Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 46.8 works16×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 24.6 works8.3×
  3. DentistryField · 50.3 works6.8×
  4. HematologySubfield · 30.8 works6.6×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.76× its world share, 50 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 991 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at King's College Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Linda Cardozo, Theresa A. McDonagh and S. Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King's College Hospital.

  1. 1 Linda Cardozo United Kingdom · #3,468 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Theresa A. McDonagh United Kingdom · #10,873 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 S. Campbell United Kingdom · #14,563 worldwide 514 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 C. D. Marsden United Kingdom · #15,652 worldwide 1.5k citations · 160 works
  5. 5 K. H. Nicolaides United Kingdom · #17,875 worldwide 1.5k citations · 306 works
  6. 6 Roger Williams United Kingdom · #20,496 worldwide 1.1k citations · 181 works
  7. 7 Philip MacCarthy United Kingdom · #21,973 worldwide 485 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Michael Edmonds United Kingdom · #24,109 worldwide 302 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 A L Eddleston United Kingdom · #31,132 worldwide 293 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 David A. Pyke United Kingdom · #36,004 worldwide 506 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at King's College Hospital

Which keywords describe research at King's College Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Management, Liver Transplantation, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology185▲ 3.0×116 topics
  2. Inflammation81▲ 2.5×71 topics
  3. Treatment67▲ 3.6×44 topics
  4. Diagnosis63▲ 4.4×36 topics
  5. Management56▲ 4.7×30 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress54▲ 2.2×48 topics
  7. Quality of Life54▲ 2.5×44 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome44▲ 3.5×19 topics
  9. Liver Transplantation43▲ 23×5 topics
  10. Risk Factors40▲ 2.4×28 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 2.3×33 topics
  12. Surgical Management37▲ 5.9×20 topics
  13. Mortality36▲ 4.1×13 topics
  14. Immunotherapy36▲ 3.3×18 topics
  15. Chemotherapy35▲ 3.3×24 topics
  16. Hepatocellular Carcinoma35▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders34▲ 3.9×18 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines33▲ 3.9×14 topics
  19. Complications31▲ 4.0×16 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance30▲ 4.3×9 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors30▲ 4.5×14 topics
  22. Pathogenesis27▲ 3.5×17 topics
  23. Guidelines27▲ 3.8×13 topics
  24. Diabetes26▲ 3.5×14 topics
  25. Prevention25▲ 3.9×15 topics
  26. Hepatic Steatosis24▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Maternal Mortality23▲ 6.8×5 topics
  28. Prenatal Diagnosis23▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Surgery23▲ 4.3×12 topics
  30. Coagulopathy23▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction23▲ 6.4×7 topics
  32. NAFLD22▲ 12×1 topic
  33. NASH22▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Diagnostic Criteria22▲ 6.4×10 topics
  35. Autoantibodies22▲ 6.1×8 topics
  36. Critical Care20▲ 5.8×8 topics
  37. Hepatic Encephalopathy20▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Liver Cirrhosis20▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy20▲ 6.8×8 topics
  40. Graft Survival17▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does King's College Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 22 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 20 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …15Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…15Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 15 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 10 fractional worksLiver Diseases and Immun…10Liver Diseases and Immunity: 10 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 9 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 8 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 8 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologySurgeryObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 22 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 20 works
  3. 3 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 15 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 15 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 15 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 10 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 9 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 8 works
  10. 10 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 8 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King's College Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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