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Luton and Dunstable Hospital

In research, Luton and Dunstable Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,574 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,933 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,446
of 28,054 · #21,865 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#880
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Luton and Dunstable 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,574 of 11,982 5.7%141 #7754
MedicineField #8,933 of 10,443 5.1%127 #7227

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.9 works8.3×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.26× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.95× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Luton and Dunstable Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Alan Askari, Muhammad K Nisar and Farhan Rashid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

  1. 1 Alan Askari United Kingdom · #1,029,842 worldwide 12 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Muhammad K Nisar United Kingdom · #1,132,935 worldwide 29 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Farhan Rashid United Kingdom · #1,343,774 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Luton and Dunstable Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Primary Care, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Management and Weight Loss.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 4.2×65 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 8.3×25 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 6.2×28 topics
  4. Complications13▲ 15×15 topics
  5. Inflammation10▲ 2.8×29 topics
  6. Primary Care9▲ 13×11 topics
  7. Public Health8▲ 3.3×12 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.5×13 topics
  9. Management8▲ 5.7×16 topics
  10. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×21 topics
  11. Obesity7▲ 5.1×11 topics
  12. Weight Loss6▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 3.3×22 topics
  14. Diabetes6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  15. Surgery6▲ 9.5×8 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Mortality5▲ 5.5×9 topics
  19. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.3×12 topics
  20. Health Outcomes5▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 7.5×13 topics
  22. Guidelines5▲ 6.3×10 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  24. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Health Care5▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Bariatric Surgery4▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Lifestyle Intervention4▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Metabolic Surgery4▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Psychological Well-being4▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.8×13 topics
  31. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  32. Obesity Stigma4▲ 114×1 topic
  33. Weight Bias4▲ 114×1 topic
  34. Fibrosis4▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Global Burden4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  36. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  37. Children4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Imaging3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  39. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  40. Survival Analysis3▲ 7.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Luton and Dunstable Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Obesity and Health Practices, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research.

Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksObesity and Health Practices: 4 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surg…2Body Contouring and Surgery: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…2Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPharmacyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 4 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Luton and Dunstable Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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