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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust

In research, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#12,486 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,488 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#31,346
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,685
of 2,253
Research works
186
▲ 102% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust 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
MedicineField #12,486 of 17,978 15.6%153
Health SciencesDomain #15,488 of 20,462 15.4%164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS 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).

What does Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 29.9 works4.2×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Catheter Ablation, Diagnosis, Patient Satisfaction, Mortality, Echocardiography, Chronic Disease Management and Arrhythmias.

▲ 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. Guidelines3▲ 19×5 topics
  2. Catheter Ablation3▲ 67×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology3▲ 1.80×24 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 6.9×8 topics
  5. COVID-192▲ 4.5×5 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Echocardiography2▲ 20×7 topics
  8. Mortality2▲ 9.9×9 topics
  9. Arrhythmias2▲ 58×2 topics
  10. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 28×2 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.5×9 topics
  13. Heart Failure2▲ 12×7 topics
  14. Telemedicine2▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Telehealth2▲ 116×1 topic
  16. Virtual Care2▲ 116×1 topic
  17. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 36×1 topic
  18. Risk Stratification2▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Stroke Prevention2▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Cardiomyopathy2▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Critical Care2▲ 17×6 topics
  24. Management2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  25. Mortality Risk2▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 31×4 topics
  27. CFTR1▲ 126×1 topic
  28. Cardiac Surgery1▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Cystic Fibrosis1▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Global Burden1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Pulmonary Infections1▲ 66×2 topics
  32. Pulmonary Valve Replacement1▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 29×4 topics
  34. Radiofrequency Ablation1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Ventricular Tachycardia1▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Endovascular Repair1▲ 39×3 topics
  37. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 39×2 topics
  38. COPD1▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Inflammatory Response1▲ 46×3 topics
  40. spirometry1▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Telemedicine and Telehea…2Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…1Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…1Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…1Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 102% 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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