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Musgrave Park Hospital

In research, Musgrave Park Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,096 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,857 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,107 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#22,849
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,237
of 2,253
Research works
674
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Musgrave Park Hospital 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 #5,096 of 17,978 13.4%516
Health SciencesDomain #6,857 of 20,462 12.7%558
SurgerySubfield #2,107 of 4,227 15.3%218

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Musgrave Park 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 Musgrave Park Hospital 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 · 37.0 works4.2×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 38.7 works3.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.22× its world share, 37 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Musgrave Park Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Roger K. Wilson, David Beverland and Seamus O’Brien lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Musgrave Park Hospital.

  1. 1 Roger K. Wilson United Kingdom · #515,716 worldwide 61 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 David Beverland United Kingdom · #541,415 worldwide 88 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Seamus O’Brien United Kingdom · #549,336 worldwide 46 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Gary Wright United Kingdom · #841,544 worldwide 56 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Aidan Cosgrove United Kingdom · #909,454 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Ramesh Patel United Kingdom · #1,215,908 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 DE Beverland United Kingdom · #1,552,617 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Musgrave Park Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Musgrave Park Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications, Epidemiology, Arthroplasty, Patient Satisfaction, Health-related Quality of Life and Outcomes.

▲ 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. Revision Surgery9▲ 156×2 topics
  2. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 156×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology9▲ 4.9×20 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Arthroplasty6▲ 129×2 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 38×4 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Outcomes5▲ 140×1 topic
  9. Total Knee Replacement5▲ 170×1 topic
  10. Autoantibodies4▲ 38×4 topics
  11. Rehabilitation4▲ 22×6 topics
  12. Hip Arthroplasty4▲ 141×1 topic
  13. Wear Particles4▲ 141×1 topic
  14. Elderly Patients3▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Mortality3▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Inflammation3▲ 2.9×8 topics
  17. Surgical Management3▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Surgery2▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Treatment2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  20. Quality of Life2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  21. Functional Recovery2▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Hip Fracture2▲ 123×1 topic
  23. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 123×1 topic
  24. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Biological Therapy2▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Biomechanics2▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Rheumatoid Arthritis2▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Fibrosis2▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Shoulder Function2▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Interstitial Lung Disease2▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Infection Prevention1▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Osteoarthritis1▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Femoroacetabular Impingement1▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Hip Arthroscopy1▲ 97×1 topic
  36. Internal Fixation1▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Pulmonary Involvement1▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Systemic Sclerosis1▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Cancer Risk1▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Dermatomyositis1▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Musgrave Park Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Hip and Femur Fractures and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…1Hip disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyPathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Musgrave Park Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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