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North Shore Hospital

In research, North Shore Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,048 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,778 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 14.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,966
of 22,385 · #10,617 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#34
of 61
Research works
1.2k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
North Shore Hospital

What is North Shore Hospital 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 #4,048 of 9,902 8.8%135 #3659
MedicineField #3,778 of 8,541 8.6%128 #3178

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does North Shore Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at North Shore Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 170 fractional works · 86.2% of its workMedicine: 159 fractional works · 80.9% of its workSurgery: 65 fractional works · 32.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth ShoreHospital197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences6%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15980.9%
    2. Health Professions94.5%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences42.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    3. Psychology21.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering42.2%
    2. Chemistry10.4%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does North Shore Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 64.6 works14×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.21× its world share, 159 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.21×159 works
  2. Health Professions1.72×9 works
  3. Nursing1.05×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×2 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×5 works
  7. Dentistry0.44×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×2 works
  11. Psychology0.33×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.25×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.17×4 works
  15. Engineering0.15×4 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Shore Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, David Simpson, Simon William Young and Kerry Read lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Shore Hospital.

  1. 1 David Simpson New Zealand · #205,104 worldwide 15k citations · 168 works
  2. 2 Simon William Young New Zealand · #368,964 worldwide 9.4k citations · 247 works
  3. 3 Kerry Read New Zealand · #388,122 worldwide 3.2k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Matthew Carter New Zealand · #716,247 worldwide 1k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Richard Rahardja New Zealand · #1,199,232 worldwide 564 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Michal T. Kluger New Zealand · #1,248,143 worldwide 3.2k citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Hamish H. Hart New Zealand · #1,430,699 worldwide 2.1k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Ali Bayan New Zealand · #1,839,672 worldwide 550 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Hasan S. Bhally New Zealand · #1,907,902 worldwide 1.8k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Bill J. Farrington New Zealand · #1,926,198 worldwide 528 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at North Shore Hospital

What are the most cited papers from North Shore Hospital?

The most cited paper from North Shore Hospital is "Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy" (Vlado Perkovic et al., 2019), with 6,216 citations. Next come "Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection" (5,898) and "Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (1,734).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy Vlado Perkovic et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Apr 2019 6,216
2 Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection Bruce C.V. Campbell et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Feb 2015 5,898
3 Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Saeid Safiri, Ali‐Asghar Kolahi, Emma U.R. Smith et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 12 May 2020 1,734
4 Ibrutinib as Initial Therapy for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Jan A. Burger et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Dec 2015 1,604
5 Rituximab maintenance for 2 years in patients with high tumour burden follicular lymphoma responding to rituximab plus chemotherapy (PRIMA): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial Gilles Salles et al. · The Lancet 21 Dec 2010 1,081
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at North Shore Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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 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. Epidemiology35▲ 4.4×76 topics
  2. Complications22▲ 22×15 topics
  3. Revision Surgery18▲ 72×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement18▲ 72×2 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction13▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Arthroplasty12▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life12▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Outcomes12▲ 71×1 topic
  9. Surgical Management12▲ 14×15 topics
  10. Total Knee Replacement12▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Inflammation10▲ 2.4×35 topics
  12. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.1×17 topics
  13. Treatment7▲ 2.8×27 topics
  14. Hip Arthroplasty6▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Wear Particles6▲ 56×1 topic
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Guidelines6▲ 6.6×10 topics
  18. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Risk Factors6▲ 2.8×19 topics
  20. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  21. Antibiotic Prophylaxis6▲ 35×3 topics
  22. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Mortality6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  24. Periprosthetic Joint Infection6▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Prosthetic Joint Infections6▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Surgery5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  29. Shoulder Function4▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Survival Analysis4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  32. Primary Care4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  33. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  34. Anterior Cruciate Ligament4▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Injury Risk4▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Pain Management4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  37. Pancreatic Cancer4▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does North Shore Hospital publish most on?

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

Total Knee Arthroplasty …12Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 12 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 12 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Shore Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher 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 Shore Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%North Shore Hospital0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of North Shore Hospital 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025North Shore Hospital5.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2014.

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