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Ninewells Hospital

In research, Ninewells Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,400 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,961 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Surgery — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,383
of 28,054 · #1,887 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#207
of 1,094
Research works
8.2k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
313k
38.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Ninewells 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 #1,400 of 10,443 15.8%325 #432
Health SciencesDomain #1,961 of 11,982 15.8%348 #475

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ninewells 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 Ninewells Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 50.4 works7.5×
  2. OncologySubfield · 28.1 works5.7×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 56.8 works5.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 325 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ninewells Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew D. Morris, Roland Jung and Callum G. Fraser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ninewells Hospital.

  1. 1 Andrew D. Morris United Kingdom · #20,516 worldwide 797 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Roland Jung United Kingdom · #38,358 worldwide 608 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Callum G. Fraser United Kingdom · #60,376 worldwide 211 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Chim C. Lang United Kingdom · #70,308 worldwide 481 citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Ann N. Burchell United Kingdom · #70,646 worldwide 355 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Colin A. Purdie United Kingdom · #71,932 worldwide 359 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Craig Mowat United Kingdom · #80,906 worldwide 592 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 J. J. F. Belch United Kingdom · #85,942 worldwide 402 citations · 88 works
  9. 9 A. Cuschieri United Kingdom · #87,747 worldwide 356 citations · 125 works
  10. 10 D. Hopwood United Kingdom · #120,026 worldwide 278 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Ninewells Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ninewells Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Complications, Mortality, Diagnosis, Quality of Life and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 3.9×99 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 3.6×61 topics
  3. Treatment26▲ 5.0×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life21▲ 3.3×33 topics
  5. Diagnosis19▲ 4.6×32 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress18▲ 2.4×40 topics
  7. Complications17▲ 7.8×16 topics
  8. Mortality16▲ 6.5×12 topics
  9. Immunotherapy15▲ 4.9×16 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.6×28 topics
  11. Management13▲ 3.8×25 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 2.5×21 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.9×14 topics
  14. Survival Analysis12▲ 9.7×6 topics
  15. Guidelines12▲ 5.6×13 topics
  16. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  17. Genetics11▲ 3.6×14 topics
  18. Metastasis11▲ 7.1×9 topics
  19. Skin Cancer10▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.3×23 topics
  21. Surgery10▲ 6.5×10 topics
  22. Photodynamic Therapy10▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Asthma10▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.8×20 topics
  25. Global Burden9▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Surgical Management8▲ 4.6×17 topics
  27. Immunology8▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Pulmonary Infections8▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Microbiota8▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Cystic Fibrosis8▲ 25×3 topics
  31. Mutation Analysis8▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Chronic Pain8▲ 7.8×5 topics
  33. Bronchiectasis8▲ 59×1 topic
  34. CFTR8▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Allergic Diseases7▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Eosinophils7▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Pain Management7▲ 6.9×8 topics
  38. Squamous Cell Carcinoma7▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Melanoma7▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy7▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Ninewells Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…8Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 8 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…7Asthma and respiratory diseases: 7 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…6Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 6 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer …6Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 6 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 5 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …4COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…4Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyOncologyEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ninewells Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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