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Manchester Royal Infirmary

In research, Manchester Royal Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#2,085 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,883 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,367
of 28,054 · #2,420 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#382
of 1,094
Research works
7k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
197k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Manchester 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 #2,085 of 10,443 8.6%250 #524
Health SciencesDomain #2,883 of 11,982 8.7%271 #637

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 53.7 works7.2×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 250 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Manchester Royal Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew J.M. Boulton, Julie S. Snowden and Ram Gokal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manchester Royal Infirmary.

  1. 1 Andrew J.M. Boulton United Kingdom · #7,487 worldwide 941 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Julie S. Snowden United Kingdom · #21,198 worldwide 565 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Ram Gokal United Kingdom · #24,106 worldwide 449 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Robert M. Bernstein United Kingdom · #39,466 worldwide 231 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 J. F. Wilkinson United Kingdom · #42,337 worldwide 397 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 G.M. Berlyne United Kingdom · #61,510 worldwide 142 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Paul Brenchley United Kingdom · #65,579 worldwide 273 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Ray Borrow United Kingdom · #78,124 worldwide 251 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Robert W. Johnson United Kingdom · #80,237 worldwide 197 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Jecko Thachil United Kingdom · #89,444 worldwide 233 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Manchester Royal Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Manchester Royal Infirmary?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 3.7×85 topics
  2. Treatment21▲ 5.3×39 topics
  3. Diagnosis19▲ 6.5×32 topics
  4. Inflammation18▲ 2.7×42 topics
  5. Chemotherapy16▲ 7.4×20 topics
  6. Management15▲ 6.2×22 topics
  7. Immunotherapy13▲ 5.6×17 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 7.3×14 topics
  9. Risk Factors13▲ 3.6×21 topics
  10. Complications12▲ 7.8×14 topics
  11. Mortality12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  12. Quality of Life12▲ 2.5×30 topics
  13. Guidelines11▲ 7.3×12 topics
  14. Surgical Management10▲ 7.8×15 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.6×22 topics
  16. Pathogenesis8▲ 5.0×17 topics
  17. Genetics8▲ 3.5×15 topics
  18. Diabetes7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  19. Vaccine7▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Postoperative Complications7▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 9.1×5 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors7▲ 4.8×11 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 7.0×9 topics
  25. Graft Survival6▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Chronic Pain6▲ 9.1×5 topics
  27. Primary Care6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  29. Echocardiography6▲ 7.1×7 topics
  30. Kidney Transplantation6▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Radiotherapy6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  32. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Genetic Susceptibility6▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Survival6▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Surgical Complications5▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Endovascular Repair5▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Gemcitabine5▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Genomic Analyses5▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Immunosuppressive Drugs5▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Manchester Royal Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…5Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…4Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…4Hernia repair and management: 4 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBacterial Infections and…3Bacterial Infections and Vaccines: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 2 fractional works
OncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineTransplantationSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  4. 4 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 4 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 3 works
  9. 9 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Manchester Royal Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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