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Leicester Royal Infirmary

In research, Leicester Royal Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#5,835 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,219 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,031
of 28,054 · #4,861 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#510
of 1,094
Research works
5.4k
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
143k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Leicester Royal Infirmary 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 #5,835 of 10,443 8.5%141 #1024
Health SciencesDomain #7,219 of 11,982 8.3%158 #1226

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leicester Royal Infirmary 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 Leicester Royal Infirmary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 31.6 works6.9×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.63× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.77× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leicester Royal Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, H. Thurston, J. Berth‐Jones and R.A.C. GRAHAM-BROWN lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leicester Royal Infirmary.

  1. 1 H. Thurston United Kingdom · #19,965 worldwide 360 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 J. Berth‐Jones United Kingdom · #99,528 worldwide 117 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 R.A.C. GRAHAM-BROWN United Kingdom · #179,326 worldwide 68 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 A.R. Naylor United Kingdom · #179,796 worldwide 120 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 G.A. Johnston United Kingdom · #215,938 worldwide 174 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Peter Bell United Kingdom · #237,234 worldwide 294 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 A.R. Naylor United Kingdom · #272,228 worldwide 107 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 corrispondente da New York United Kingdom · #321,571 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Jonathan P. Thompson United Kingdom · #339,168 worldwide 90 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 N J M London United Kingdom · #354,403 worldwide 115 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Leicester Royal Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Leicester Royal Infirmary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Treatment, Complications, Inflammation, Surgical Management and Critical Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.3×81 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.4×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis9▲ 4.9×24 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 3.7×29 topics
  5. Management8▲ 5.2×23 topics
  6. Complications6▲ 6.3×14 topics
  7. Risk Factors6▲ 2.9×21 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 2.0×27 topics
  9. Surgical Management6▲ 6.8×15 topics
  10. COVID-195▲ 2.0×16 topics
  11. Critical Care5▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Public Health5▲ 1.76×13 topics
  13. Mortality5▲ 4.3×10 topics
  14. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.4×16 topics
  15. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.3×18 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  17. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Resuscitation4▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  22. Immune Response4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  23. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  25. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  26. Surgery3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations3▲ 3.8×15 topics
  28. Robotic Surgery3▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Pain Management3▲ 6.8×9 topics
  30. Prognosis3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  31. Medical Education3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  32. Health Policy3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  34. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Genetic Variants2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  36. Quality Improvement2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. Radiation Therapy2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Leicester Royal Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Surgical Simulation and Training and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Emergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care …2Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 1 fractional worksLegal case studies and r…1Legal case studies and regulations: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologySurgeryCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leicester Royal Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower 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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