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Marie Curie Hospice

In research, Marie Curie Hospice stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,173 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 23.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,062
of 22,385 · #25,592 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#791
of 862
Research works
350
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Marie Curie Hospice

What is Marie Curie Hospice known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,173 of 9,902 7.7%64 #7974

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Marie Curie Hospice 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Marie Curie Hospice work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Marie Curie Hospice is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (15%), Psychology (13%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 71 fractional works · 76.6% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 61.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 31.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 14.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 9.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 20.5% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 12.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMarie CurieHospice92fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5761.4%
    2. Health Professions1314.6%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology1212.7%
    2. Social Sciences55.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Engineering10.6%
    2. Environmental Science00.5%
    3. Computer Science00.5%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience10.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Marie Curie Hospice specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 23.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 29.0 works24×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.55× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.16× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.55×14 works
  2. Psychology4.16×12 works
  3. Medicine3.19×56 works
  4. Nursing0.99×0 works
  5. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.50×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.45×5 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  15. Engineering0.04×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Marie Curie Hospice?

Ranked on the quality score, Emma Carduff, Anne Finucane and Juliet Anne Spiller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Marie Curie Hospice.

  1. 1 Emma Carduff United Kingdom · #848,465 worldwide 1.6k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Anne Finucane United Kingdom · #1,211,488 worldwide 2.7k citations · 187 works
  3. 3 Juliet Anne Spiller United Kingdom · #1,707,909 worldwide 1.3k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Jean Lugton United Kingdom · #1,970,733 worldwide 711 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Laura Chapman United Kingdom · #1,975,374 worldwide 275 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Kathryn A. Mannix United Kingdom · #2,305,804 worldwide 735 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Aileen Mary Scott United Kingdom · #2,871,778 worldwide 57 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Carol Stone United Kingdom · #2,909,082 worldwide 688 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 David R. Oxenham United Kingdom · #2,984,896 worldwide 596 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Kathy M. Armour United Kingdom · #3,110,668 worldwide 1k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Marie Curie Hospice

What are the most cited papers from Marie Curie Hospice?

The most cited paper from Marie Curie Hospice is "Illness perceptions and coping in physical health conditions: A meta-analysis" (Martin Dempster, Doris Howell, Noleen McCorry, 2015), with 279 citations. Next come "What research evidence is there for the use of art therapy in the management of symptoms in adults with cancer? A systematic review" (245) and "Morphine for the Relief of Breathlessness in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure—A Pilot Study" (227).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Illness perceptions and coping in physical health conditions: A meta-analysis Martin Dempster, Doris Howell, Noleen McCorry · Journal of Psychosomatic Research ReviewOpen access 25 Oct 2015 279
2 What research evidence is there for the use of art therapy in the management of symptoms in adults with cancer? A systematic review Michèle J. M. Wood, Alex Molassiotis, Sheila Alison Payne · Psycho-Oncology ReviewOpen access 25 Mar 2010 245
3 Morphine for the Relief of Breathlessness in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure—A Pilot Study Miriam J. Johnson, Theresa A. McDonagh, Allan Harkness et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure 25 Nov 2002 227
4 Breakthrough Cancer Pain: An Observational Study of 1000 European Oncology Patients Andrew Neil Davies et al. · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Open access 22 Mar 2013 195
5 Digital health interventions in palliative care: a systematic meta-review Anne Finucane, Hannah O’Donnell, Jean Lugton et al. · npj Digital Medicine Open access 6 Apr 2021 173
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Marie Curie Hospice?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Palliative Care, End-of-Life, Advance Care Planning, Family Perspectives, Mental Health, Quality of Life and Psychological Impact.

▲ 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-now 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. Ethical Considerations27▲ 85×5 topics
  2. Palliative Care26▲ 186×4 topics
  3. End-of-Life26▲ 316×3 topics
  4. Advance Care Planning24▲ 458×1 topic
  5. Family Perspectives24▲ 458×1 topic
  6. Mental Health10▲ 7.4×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 7.3×16 topics
  8. Psychological Impact7▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Resilience7▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Treatment7▲ 6.1×3 topics
  11. Elderly Patients7▲ 44×4 topics
  12. Bereavement6▲ 197×1 topic
  13. Complicated Grief6▲ 197×1 topic
  14. Social Support6▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Intensive Care Unit5▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Public Health4▲ 3.1×8 topics
  17. Critical Care4▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Depression4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  19. Physical Performance3▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Primary Care3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. Rehabilitation3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  22. Patient-Centered Care3▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Health Care Utilization3▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Anxiety3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Mortality Risk3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Sedation3▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Chronic Conditions3▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Delirium3▲ 53×1 topic
  30. Mechanically Ventilated Patients3▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Elderly3▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Quality of Care3▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy2▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Frailty2▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Homelessness2▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Mental Illness2▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Healthcare Utilization2▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Multimorbidity2▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Resuscitation2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Marie Curie Hospice publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Palliative Care and End-…24Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 24 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
  2. 2 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  6. 6 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available68.7%not open31.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Marie Curie Hospice's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Marie Curie Hospice as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Marie Curie Hospice0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Marie Curie Hospice over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%Marie Curie Hospice11.4% in 2023all institutions10.0% in 20232020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2023.

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