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North Bristol NHS Trust

In research, North Bristol NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,173 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,080 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#559 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Rheumatology (Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,674
of 22,385 · #2,537 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#176
of 862
Research works
7.2k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
196k
27.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
North Bristol NHS Trust

What is North Bristol NHS Trust 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 #1,173 of 9,902 10.6%715 #1005
MedicineField #1,080 of 8,541 11.0%650 #965
SurgerySubfield #559 of 1,532 11.3%138 #619
Life SciencesDomain #3,140 of 6,403 9.7%72 #3030
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #527 of 1,037 14.7%63 #602
Social SciencesDomain #7,850 of 9,585 6.0%80 #7306

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Bristol NHS Trust 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#1,005 #1,173
  2. Medicine#965 #1,080
  3. Surgery#619 #559
  4. Life Sciences#3,030 #3,140
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#602 #527
  6. Social Sciences#7,306 #7,850
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does North Bristol NHS Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at North Bristol NHS Trust is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 807 fractional works · 79.0% of its workMedicine: 735 fractional works · 72.1% of its workSurgery: 153 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 70 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 65 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 44 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeurology: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 62 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 88 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth Bristol NHSTrust1,020fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences9%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine73572.1%
    2. Health Professions626.1%
    3. Nursing70.7%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology474.6%
    2. Neuroscience201.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology151.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences333.2%
    2. Psychology262.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance151.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting80.8%
    5. Decision Sciences30.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Engineering181.7%
    2. Environmental Science90.9%
    3. Computer Science70.7%
    4. Mathematics20.2%
    5. Materials Science20.2%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does North Bristol NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 153.3 works6.4×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 26.6 works5.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 735 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 33 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.75×735 works
  2. Health Professions2.30×62 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.47×15 works
  4. Nursing1.42×7 works
  5. Neuroscience1.20×20 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×47 works
  7. Psychology0.84×26 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×15 works
  9. Veterinary0.67×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.28×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.26×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×8 works
  14. Social Sciences0.25×33 works
  15. Environmental Science0.17×9 works
  16. Mathematics0.17×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  18. Engineering0.11×18 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×4 works
  20. Computer Science0.09×7 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.07×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Bristol NHS Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Matt Thomas, Shaney Louise Barratt and Edward Rowe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Bristol NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Matt Thomas United Kingdom · #50,559 worldwide 9.1k citations · 173 works
  2. 2 Shaney Louise Barratt United Kingdom · #91,530 worldwide 7.9k citations · 156 works
  3. 3 Edward Rowe United Kingdom · #103,036 worldwide 22k citations · 186 works
  4. 4 Huzaifa I. Adamali United Kingdom · #159,796 worldwide 8.1k citations · 164 works
  5. 5 Dimitri J. Pournaras United Kingdom · #207,990 worldwide 4.7k citations · 169 works
  6. 6 Harsha Gunawardena United Kingdom · #216,366 worldwide 3.9k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Tim J Draycott United Kingdom · #311,709 worldwide 6.3k citations · 195 works
  8. 8 Ed Moran United Kingdom · #325,562 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Anthony Edey United Kingdom · #360,200 worldwide 4.2k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 John Harvey United Kingdom · #426,310 worldwide 3.2k citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at North Bristol NHS Trust

What are the most cited papers from North Bristol NHS Trust?

The most cited paper from North Bristol NHS Trust is "The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function: Report from the standardisation sub‐committee of the International Continence Society" (Paul Abrams, Linda Cardozo, Magnus Fall et al., 2002), with 8,330 citations. Next come "Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK" (5,030) and "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (3,854).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function: Report from the standardisation sub‐committee of the International Continence Society Paul Abrams, Linda Cardozo, Magnus Fall et al. · Neurourology and Urodynamics 8 Feb 2002 8,330
2 Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK Merryn Voysey et al. · The Lancet Open access765 authors 8 Dec 2020 5,030
3 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
4 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
5 Classification and natural history of clinically identifiable subtypes of cerebral infarction John Bamford, Peter AG Sandercock, Martin S. Dennis et al. · The Lancet Jun 1991 3,314
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at North Bristol NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Guidelines and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology151▲ 3.7×115 topics
  2. Quality of Life56▲ 3.8×40 topics
  3. Complications49▲ 9.6×16 topics
  4. Treatment48▲ 3.9×44 topics
  5. Inflammation47▲ 2.2×59 topics
  6. Mortality44▲ 7.5×12 topics
  7. Risk Factors38▲ 3.4×31 topics
  8. Diagnosis38▲ 3.9×36 topics
  9. Rehabilitation36▲ 8.9×13 topics
  10. Management36▲ 4.4×30 topics
  11. Guidelines34▲ 7.0×13 topics
  12. Surgical Management30▲ 7.1×18 topics
  13. Public Health27▲ 1.84×40 topics
  14. Immunotherapy26▲ 3.5×19 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 4.6×14 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 2.2×32 topics
  17. Surgery24▲ 6.8×11 topics
  18. Quality Improvement22▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Urinary Incontinence22▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction21▲ 6.8×9 topics
  21. Global Burden21▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines20▲ 6.5×9 topics
  23. Primary Care19▲ 5.0×14 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations19▲ 5.3×10 topics
  25. Surgical Treatment19▲ 9.4×5 topics
  26. Revision Surgery18▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Total Hip Replacement18▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Diabetes18▲ 3.5×13 topics
  29. Radiotherapy18▲ 4.5×13 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life17▲ 7.1×4 topics
  31. Critical Care17▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Elderly Patients17▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Fibrosis16▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Medical Education15▲ 5.6×11 topics
  35. Antimicrobial Resistance15▲ 7.2×6 topics
  36. Autoantibodies15▲ 6.3×8 topics
  37. Arthroplasty15▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Functional Recovery14▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Diagnostic Imaging13▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications12▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does North Bristol NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Pelvic floor disorders treatments and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …12Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 12 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…11Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 11 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 11 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …10Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 10 fractional worksRadiology practices and …10Radiology practices and education: 10 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 9 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 9 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…8Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 8 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 7 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 7 fractional works
SurgeryUrologyRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 12 works
  2. 2 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 11 works
  3. 3 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 11 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  6. 6 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 9 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  9. 9 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Bristol NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 North Bristol NHS Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0044% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%North Bristol NHS Trust0.0040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of North Bristol NHS Trust 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025North Bristol NHS Trust9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 1998.

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