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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In research, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#822 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#958 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,682 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Genetics and Neurology — Hepatology is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,197
of 28,054 · #6,511 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#165
of 1,094
Research works
2.8k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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 #822 of 10,443 13.4%695 #1440
Health SciencesDomain #958 of 11,982 13.3%773 #1622
Life SciencesDomain #3,682 of 7,800 13.9%82 #4474
SurgerySubfield #943 of 1,816 10.4%100 #1448

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 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#1,440 #822
  2. Health Sciences#1,622 #958
  3. Life Sciences#4,474 #3,682
  4. Surgery#1,448 #943
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 NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 21.9 works12×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 21.7 works8.5×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 38.9 works7.3×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.02× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.80× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 57 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 695 worksMedicineNursing: 1.61× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Georgios K. Dimitriadis, James Teo and Gudrun Kunst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Georgios K. Dimitriadis United Kingdom · #166,143 worldwide 106 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 James Teo United Kingdom · #202,552 worldwide 75 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Gudrun Kunst United Kingdom · #217,569 worldwide 121 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Robin Ireland United Kingdom · #351,049 worldwide 135 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 P Dubois United Kingdom · #421,007 worldwide 107 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Robert J. Flanagan United Kingdom · #453,595 worldwide 142 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Thomas Lewis United Kingdom · #512,853 worldwide 65 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Nicky Hayes United Kingdom · #685,687 worldwide 22 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Mehul Patel United Kingdom · #692,543 worldwide 26 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Francesco Vergani United Kingdom · #836,668 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Management, Guidelines, Quality of Life and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology124▲ 3.4×113 topics
  2. Inflammation52▲ 2.7×66 topics
  3. Treatment44▲ 3.9×45 topics
  4. Quality of Life40▲ 3.0×43 topics
  5. Diagnosis38▲ 4.4×34 topics
  6. Management36▲ 4.9×28 topics
  7. Risk Factors30▲ 2.9×30 topics
  8. Immunotherapy30▲ 4.4×18 topics
  9. Guidelines28▲ 6.4×13 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 2.6×31 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress26▲ 1.72×37 topics
  12. Mortality26▲ 4.8×12 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders24▲ 4.5×18 topics
  14. Complications23▲ 4.9×16 topics
  15. Surgical Management22▲ 5.8×19 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 4.3×14 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.8×23 topics
  18. Rehabilitation21▲ 5.6×12 topics
  19. Radiotherapy19▲ 5.2×12 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors18▲ 4.5×13 topics
  21. Diabetes17▲ 3.8×13 topics
  22. Surgery17▲ 5.3×11 topics
  23. Liver Transplantation17▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Critical Care17▲ 8.0×8 topics
  25. Heart Failure17▲ 4.2×11 topics
  26. Primary Care16▲ 4.7×13 topics
  27. Diagnostic Criteria16▲ 7.5×10 topics
  28. Parkinson's Disease15▲ 6.8×7 topics
  29. Pulmonary Hypertension15▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Preterm Infants14▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 7.2×3 topics
  32. Respiratory Distress Syndrome13▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Coagulopathy13▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Molecular Classification13▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. Quality Improvement13▲ 7.3×8 topics
  36. Hepatic Encephalopathy12▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Liver Cirrhosis12▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis12▲ 8.4×7 topics
  39. Glioblastoma11▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Temozolomide11▲ 18×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Liver Disease and Transp…12Liver Disease and Transplantation: 12 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…11Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…11Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …9Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 7 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…7Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 7 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 6 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …6Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 6 fractional works
HepatologyGeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 12 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 11 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  8. 8 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 7 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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