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Northampton General Hospital

In research, Northampton General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,653 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,677 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,205
of 22,385 · #20,323 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#687
of 862
Research works
1.2k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Northampton General Hospital

What is Northampton General 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 #7,653 of 9,902 2.9%121 #9445
MedicineField #6,677 of 8,541 2.6%107 #8085

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northampton General 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 Northampton General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Northampton General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Health Professions (8%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 129 fractional works · 85.3% of its workMedicine: 114 fractional works · 75.6% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 19.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% 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 · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthamptonGeneral Hospital151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences7%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11475.6%
    2. Health Professions127.6%
    3. Dentistry21.2%
    4. Nursing10.8%
    1. Social Sciences63.8%
    2. Psychology21.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.1%
    2. Neuroscience21.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering21.5%
    2. Computer Science10.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.0%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northampton General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.8 works8.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 6 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.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.93×114 works
  2. Health Professions2.90×12 works
  3. Dentistry2.42×2 works
  4. Nursing1.74×1 works
  5. Neuroscience0.86×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×5 works
  8. Psychology0.45×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.30×6 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  14. Engineering0.10×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northampton General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, G Finch, Andrew Nason Williams and David C. Sprigings lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northampton General Hospital.

  1. 1 G Finch United Kingdom · #814,816 worldwide 1.9k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Andrew Nason Williams United Kingdom · #888,796 worldwide 1.6k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 David C. Sprigings United Kingdom · #965,229 worldwide 1.7k citations · 189 works
  4. 4 Thomas Davis United Kingdom · #1,322,645 worldwide 3.8k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Phil Ameerally United Kingdom · #1,511,613 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Jane E. Murphy United Kingdom · #1,712,466 worldwide 1.7k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Chellappah Gnanachandran United Kingdom · #1,797,539 worldwide 502 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 John S Birkhead United Kingdom · #2,073,045 worldwide 2.2k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Chris Frerk United Kingdom · #2,146,733 worldwide 5.9k citations · 64 works
  10. 10 F.M. Ackland United Kingdom · #2,224,483 worldwide 788 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Northampton General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Northampton General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Northampton General Hospital is "Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 1: Anaesthesia" (Tim M. Cook, N.M. Woodall, Chris Frerk, 2011), with 2,397 citations. Next come "Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults" (2,218) and "AN ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHTLIC DERMATOSTS." (1,056).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 1: Anaesthesia Tim M. Cook, N.M. Woodall, Chris Frerk · British Journal of Anaesthesia Open access 29 Mar 2011 2,397
2 Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults Chris Frerk, Viki Mitchell, Alistair F. McNarry et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia Open access 10 Nov 2015 2,218
3 AN ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHTLIC DERMATOSTS. R. B. SWEET · British Journal of Dermatology Aug 1964 1,056
4 Effect of Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 – Preliminary Report Peter Horby et al. · medRxiv PreprintOpen access 22 Jun 2020 846
5 Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial Melanie J. Davies, Simon R. Heller, Timothy Charles Skinner et al. · BMJ Open access 14 Feb 2008 775
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northampton General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Treatment, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.5×63 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 4.8×30 topics
  3. Complications8▲ 10×14 topics
  4. Mortality8▲ 8.9×8 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.4×22 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 5.1×23 topics
  7. Risk Factors7▲ 4.3×20 topics
  8. Inflammation7▲ 2.2×24 topics
  9. Guidelines6▲ 9.1×11 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.1×11 topics
  11. Primary Care5▲ 9.5×9 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.5×15 topics
  14. Management5▲ 4.0×18 topics
  15. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  16. Surgery5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  17. Surgical Management4▲ 7.4×11 topics
  18. COVID-194▲ 2.2×11 topics
  19. Autoantibodies4▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Robotic Surgery4▲ 18×5 topics
  21. Healthcare Quality4▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Prevention4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  24. Chronic Pain4▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Postoperative Complications4▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  27. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  28. Stroke3▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Medical Education3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Laparoscopic Repair3▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Echocardiography2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Rituximab2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Cardiac Risk2▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Emergency Department Visits2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Oncology2▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Perioperative2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Quality Improvement2▲ 8.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Northampton General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Hernia repair and management and Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …2COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and …2Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…2Innovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologySurgeryPharmacy4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 2 works
  5. 5 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northampton General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Northampton General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Northampton General Hospital0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northampton General 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Northampton General Hospital3.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2011.

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