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Hospital / health system · Taunton · United Kingdom

Musgrove Park Hospital

In research, Musgrove Park Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,599 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,135 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,083
of 28,054 · #20,091 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#914
of 1,094
Research works
885
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Musgrove Park 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
MedicineField #7,599 of 10,443 5.6%110 #5461
Health SciencesDomain #9,135 of 11,982 5.3%128 #5690

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Musgrove 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).

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: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.91× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 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 Musgrove Park Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Welbourn, Jo Morrison and Iain Christie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Musgrove Park Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard Welbourn United Kingdom · #131,262 worldwide 117 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Jo Morrison United Kingdom · #198,707 worldwide 103 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Iain Christie United Kingdom · #933,342 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Quentin Milner United Kingdom · #1,607,590 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Musgrove Park Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Musgrove Park Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Primary Care, Sudden Cardiac Death and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.6×58 topics
  2. Mortality11▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Echocardiography10▲ 25×7 topics
  4. Guidelines9▲ 14×9 topics
  5. Heart Failure9▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Primary Care9▲ 16×11 topics
  7. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 67×2 topics
  8. Treatment8▲ 4.5×25 topics
  9. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy8▲ 132×1 topic
  10. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator8▲ 132×1 topic
  11. Inflammation7▲ 2.3×23 topics
  12. Complications7▲ 9.5×12 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.1×12 topics
  14. Diagnosis6▲ 4.2×17 topics
  15. Public Health6▲ 2.6×13 topics
  16. Quality of Life6▲ 2.6×20 topics
  17. Management5▲ 4.7×14 topics
  18. Medical Education5▲ 13×10 topics
  19. Quality Improvement5▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Risk Factors5▲ 2.9×10 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 8.3×9 topics
  22. Postoperative Complications4▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Cardiac Risk4▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Perioperative4▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  26. Health Care Utilization4▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Genetics3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  29. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  30. Health Outcomes3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  31. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  32. Surgical Management3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  33. Survival Analysis3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Patient Safety3▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  36. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. Elderly Patients2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Continuity of Care2▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Musgrove Park Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Cardiac pacing and defib…8Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyEconomics and EconometricsPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 2 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Musgrove Park Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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