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North Shore Hospital

In research, North Shore Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,584 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,739 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 15.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,510
of 28,054 · #15,321 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#57
of 71
Research works
1.2k
▼ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is North Shore 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 #6,584 of 10,443 12.4%128 #4155
Health SciencesDomain #7,739 of 11,982 12.5%135 #4991

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 56.1 works15×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Shore Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Simpson, Simon W. Young and J. Christiansen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Shore Hospital.

  1. 1 David Simpson New Zealand · #209,887 worldwide 101 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Simon W. Young New Zealand · #369,623 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 J. Christiansen New Zealand · #446,919 worldwide 47 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 C. Edwards New Zealand · #758,333 worldwide 96 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Jonathan Koea New Zealand · #1,227,370 worldwide 9 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Guy Armstrong New Zealand · #1,231,338 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at North Shore Hospital

Which keywords describe research at North Shore Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Patient Satisfaction, Arthroplasty, Health-related Quality of Life and Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 4.6×68 topics
  2. Complications19▲ 24×15 topics
  3. Revision Surgery16▲ 80×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement16▲ 80×2 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Arthroplasty10▲ 67×2 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 27×2 topics
  8. Outcomes10▲ 77×1 topic
  9. Total Knee Replacement10▲ 94×1 topic
  10. Surgical Management9▲ 14×13 topics
  11. Inflammation8▲ 2.3×32 topics
  12. Hip Arthroplasty6▲ 65×1 topic
  13. Wear Particles6▲ 65×1 topic
  14. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.1×16 topics
  15. Antibiotic Prophylaxis5▲ 40×3 topics
  16. Diagnostic Imaging5▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Periprosthetic Joint Infection5▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Prosthetic Joint Infections5▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Rehabilitation5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  21. Treatment5▲ 2.6×23 topics
  22. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×17 topics
  23. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  24. Mortality4▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Guidelines4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  26. Primary Care4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  27. Surgery4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  29. Anterior Cruciate Ligament4▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Injury Risk4▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Shoulder Function4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Medical Education4▲ 8.6×7 topics
  34. Pain Management4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  35. Survival Analysis4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  36. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  37. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Perioperative Care3▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does North Shore Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …10Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 10 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 5 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…2Esophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  10. 10 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Shore Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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