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North Bristol NHS Trust

In research, North Bristol NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#2,164 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,630 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,146 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,124
of 28,054 · #9,382 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#307
of 1,094
Research works
2.4k
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is North Bristol NHS Trust 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 #2,164 of 10,443 12.2%410 #1960
Health SciencesDomain #2,630 of 11,982 12.1%448 #2341
SurgerySubfield #1,146 of 1,816 11.1%82 #1510

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 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#1,960 #2,164
  2. Health Sciences#2,341 #2,630
  3. Surgery#1,510 #1,146
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 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 · 82.3 works6.4×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.40× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 410 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 12 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 North Bristol NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Edward Rowe, Declan Cahill and Amit Bahl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Bristol NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Edward Rowe United Kingdom · #81,812 worldwide 195 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Declan Cahill United Kingdom · #98,419 worldwide 209 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Amit Bahl United Kingdom · #113,058 worldwide 165 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Huzaifa Adamali United Kingdom · #134,061 worldwide 106 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Shaney Barratt United Kingdom · #192,304 worldwide 113 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Anthony Edey United Kingdom · #553,992 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 John D Pauling United Kingdom · #621,079 worldwide 40 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Clare Donovan United Kingdom · #724,617 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Raj Persad United Kingdom · #845,333 worldwide 137 citations · 142 works
  10. 10 Benjamin Walton United Kingdom · #848,566 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at North Bristol NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at North Bristol NHS Trust?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 3.7×106 topics
  2. Treatment33▲ 5.0×42 topics
  3. Quality of Life32▲ 4.1×36 topics
  4. Inflammation29▲ 2.5×55 topics
  5. Mortality28▲ 8.9×12 topics
  6. Complications26▲ 9.5×16 topics
  7. Diagnosis25▲ 4.9×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors23▲ 3.8×30 topics
  9. Management20▲ 4.7×27 topics
  10. Guidelines20▲ 7.7×12 topics
  11. Public Health17▲ 2.2×33 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 5.5×14 topics
  13. Rehabilitation16▲ 7.3×11 topics
  14. Surgical Management16▲ 6.9×17 topics
  15. Immunotherapy15▲ 3.8×18 topics
  16. Surgery14▲ 7.4×10 topics
  17. Global Burden13▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Fibrosis13▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Primary Care12▲ 5.7×14 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations12▲ 6.2×9 topics
  21. Radiotherapy11▲ 5.2×12 topics
  22. Autoantibodies11▲ 8.5×8 topics
  23. Diabetes11▲ 4.0×11 topics
  24. Elderly Patients10▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.3×9 topics
  26. Medical Education9▲ 6.7×11 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 5.3×9 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment9▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Critical Care9▲ 6.8×8 topics
  30. Palliative Care8▲ 9.6×4 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 6.4×8 topics
  32. End-of-Life8▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Revascularization8▲ 9.9×3 topics
  34. Health Care Costs8▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Quality Improvement8▲ 7.7×7 topics
  36. Functional Recovery8▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications8▲ 11×3 topics
  38. TGF-ß8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  39. Revision Surgery8▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 11×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Palliative Care and End-…7Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 7 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 6 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…5Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 5 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…5Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 5 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 5 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 5 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 4 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  6. 6 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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