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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

In research, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,628 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,598 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,269 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,424
of 28,054 · #9,103 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#349
of 1,094
Research works
3.3k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
66k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Norfolk and Norwich University 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 #2,628 of 10,443 9.8%337 #1856
Health SciencesDomain #3,598 of 11,982 9.5%361 #2222
SurgerySubfield #1,269 of 1,816 10.0%75 #943

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norfolk and Norwich University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,856 #2,628
  2. Health Sciences#2,222 #3,598
  3. Surgery#943 #1,269
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 74.9 works7.3×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 46.2 works6.9×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.14× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 337 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David C. Broadway, David G. I. Scott and Karl Gaffney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

  1. 1 David C. Broadway United Kingdom · #132,943 worldwide 178 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 David G. I. Scott United Kingdom · #212,728 worldwide 108 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Karl Gaffney United Kingdom · #214,995 worldwide 112 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Chetan Mukhtyar United Kingdom · #258,552 worldwide 111 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Hazel Edwards United Kingdom · #324,884 worldwide 7 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Neil Burgess United Kingdom · #352,309 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 M Rhodes United Kingdom · #412,020 worldwide 94 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 N. J. Levell United Kingdom · #456,050 worldwide 82 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Philip Stather United Kingdom · #475,680 worldwide 40 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Andrew Hindmarsh United Kingdom · #574,876 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology58▲ 3.4×95 topics
  2. Risk Factors22▲ 4.6×25 topics
  3. Complications21▲ 9.7×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis20▲ 5.0×30 topics
  5. Treatment19▲ 3.6×33 topics
  6. Guidelines19▲ 9.4×11 topics
  7. Inflammation18▲ 1.97×51 topics
  8. Chemotherapy17▲ 5.7×21 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 7.3×14 topics
  10. Immunotherapy17▲ 5.4×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life16▲ 2.6×32 topics
  12. Survival Analysis15▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis14▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.8×23 topics
  15. Mortality13▲ 5.2×11 topics
  16. Management13▲ 3.7×25 topics
  17. Diabetes12▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Radiotherapy11▲ 6.8×12 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors10▲ 5.3×14 topics
  22. Rituximab10▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Tumor Staging10▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 7.4×9 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations9▲ 5.0×18 topics
  26. Surgical Management9▲ 5.0×19 topics
  27. Melanoma9▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Metastasis8▲ 5.7×8 topics
  29. Surgery8▲ 5.5×10 topics
  30. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy8▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Laparoscopic Surgery8▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Genetic Alterations7▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Skin Cancer7▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery7▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Dermoscopy7▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Angioplasty7▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Autoantibodies7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  38. Revascularization7▲ 11×3 topics
  39. ANCA-associated7▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Vasculitides7▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Vasculitis and related conditions, Peripheral Artery Disease Management and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Cutaneous Melanoma Detec…7Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 7 fractional worksVasculitis and related c…7Vasculitis and related conditions: 7 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…6Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 6 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…5Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksOtitis Media and Relapsi…3Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 7 works
  2. 2 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis Rheumatology 3 works
  8. 8 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.