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Hospital / health system · Maidstone · United Kingdom

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

In research, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#7,461 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,699 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
#20,736
of 28,054 · #28,753 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#748
of 1,094
Research works
541
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS 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 #7,461 of 10,443 7.3%139 #10021
Health SciencesDomain #8,699 of 11,982 7.2%151 #12481

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells 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 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 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 · 29.4 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.26× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Riyaz Shah, R. Vaughan Gower and Catherine Harper‐Wynne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Riyaz Shah United Kingdom · #70,879 worldwide 419 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 R. Vaughan Gower United Kingdom · #756,369 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Catherine Harper‐Wynne United Kingdom · #1,065,298 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Surgical Management, Clinical Guidelines, Survival Analysis and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.7×58 topics
  2. Complications10▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Chemotherapy9▲ 7.2×19 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.2×11 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×31 topics
  6. Treatment8▲ 3.5×22 topics
  7. Quality of Life8▲ 2.9×23 topics
  8. Surgical Management7▲ 9.8×15 topics
  9. Diagnosis7▲ 4.2×20 topics
  10. Risk Factors7▲ 3.4×16 topics
  11. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Radiotherapy6▲ 8.7×9 topics
  13. Survival Analysis6▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Mortality6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Cancer Risk6▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.0×15 topics
  18. Surgery5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  19. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  20. Guidelines5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.6×12 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  23. Quality Improvement4▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Medical Education4▲ 8.7×7 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization4▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  29. Breast Cancer4▲ 8.7×10 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  33. Gastric Cancer3▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  36. Prognostic Markers3▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality3▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Lymph Node Dissection3▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Metastatic Gastric Cancer3▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksTattoo and Body Piercing…3Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications: 3 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and …2Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …2Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksRadiology practices and …2Radiology practices and education: 2 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 2 fractional worksBiliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCultural StudiesPharmacyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications Cultural Studies 3 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 2 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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