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Hospital / health system · Stevenage · United Kingdom

Lister Hospital

In research, Lister Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,870 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,604 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,794
of 28,054 · #15,575 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#846
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Lister 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 #6,870 of 10,443 7.8%111 #4148
Health SciencesDomain #8,604 of 11,982 7.6%121 #5179

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lister 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 Lister Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.5 works9.8×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.31× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 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 Lister Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ken Farrington, Roger Greenwood and Sophie West lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lister Hospital.

  1. 1 Ken Farrington United Kingdom · #180,656 worldwide 163 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Roger Greenwood United Kingdom · #262,225 worldwide 102 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Sophie West United Kingdom · #543,244 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Nikhil Vasdev United Kingdom · #1,007,093 worldwide 39 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Tim Lane United Kingdom · #1,021,125 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Phil Mollon United Kingdom · #1,038,943 worldwide 14 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 James Adshead United Kingdom · #1,427,629 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Tom McNicholas United Kingdom · #1,431,652 worldwide 15 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Adie Viljoen United Kingdom · #1,461,598 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Lister Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lister Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Mortality, Clinical Guidelines, Diagnosis, Complications, Guidelines and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.2×56 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 5.4×25 topics
  3. Mortality8▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 6.0×23 topics
  5. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.4×15 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.7×23 topics
  8. Complications6▲ 8.5×14 topics
  9. Guidelines6▲ 8.9×11 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.4×11 topics
  11. Risk Factors5▲ 3.7×15 topics
  12. Management5▲ 5.0×17 topics
  13. Inflammation5▲ 1.88×19 topics
  14. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.4×16 topics
  15. Primary Care5▲ 9.6×9 topics
  16. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.7×12 topics
  18. Pain Management4▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  20. Surgery4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  22. Surgical Management4▲ 6.5×16 topics
  23. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  24. Hemodialysis3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Diabetes3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization3▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Quality Improvement3▲ 12×7 topics
  29. Infertility3▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Assisted Reproductive Technology3▲ 33×2 topics
  31. CT Imaging3▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Quality3▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Dialysis3▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Peritoneal Dialysis3▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Robotic Surgery3▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. Pediatric2▲ 33×3 topics
  38. Medical Education2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Lister Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Trauma Management and Diagnosis, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Reproductive Biology and Fertility.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…3Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 3 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 2 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksReproductive Health and …2Reproductive Health and Technologies: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases: 2 fractional works
NephrologySurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthUrology2 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 3 works
  2. 2 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases Surgery 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lister Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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