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Northern General Hospital

In research, Northern General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,359 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,896 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,189
of 28,054 · #5,372 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#775
of 1,094
Research works
4k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
118k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Northern General 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 #6,359 of 10,443 13.7%71 #1349
Health SciencesDomain #7,896 of 11,982 14.1%78 #1432

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.13× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northern General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, John Edwards, I. W. B. Grant and J. J. R. Duthie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern General Hospital.

  1. 1 John Edwards United Kingdom · #75,921 worldwide 309 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 I. W. B. Grant United Kingdom · #79,845 worldwide 198 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 J. J. R. Duthie United Kingdom · #80,228 worldwide 198 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 G K Crompton United Kingdom · #101,768 worldwide 164 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 David Stanley United Kingdom · #157,226 worldwide 216 citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Malcolm Peet United Kingdom · #166,470 worldwide 125 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 S. L. Tompsett United Kingdom · #173,681 worldwide 106 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 T. M. Chalmers United Kingdom · #187,916 worldwide 156 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 P.A. Gaines United Kingdom · #189,468 worldwide 108 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Graham Cooper United Kingdom · #193,167 worldwide 107 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Northern General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Northern General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Rehabilitation, Surgical Management, Echocardiography, Biomechanics and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.2×59 topics
  2. Complications5▲ 12×14 topics
  3. Mortality5▲ 9.4×9 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 2.5×21 topics
  5. Quality of Life4▲ 3.1×19 topics
  6. Rehabilitation4▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Risk Factors4▲ 3.8×16 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.2×9 topics
  9. Surgical Management3▲ 8.8×13 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.3×14 topics
  11. Echocardiography3▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Biomechanics3▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Diagnosis3▲ 3.5×18 topics
  14. Diabetes3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  15. Guidelines3▲ 6.8×11 topics
  16. Healthcare3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  17. Surgery3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  18. Management3▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Heart Failure2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 8.4×7 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  23. Primary Care2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  24. Shoulder Function2▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Elbow Injuries2▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Glycemic Control2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Insulin Therapy2▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction2▲ 98×1 topic
  32. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  33. Critical Care2▲ 8.0×7 topics
  34. Endovascular Repair2▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Infection Prevention2▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Revision Surgery2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Chaperones2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Huntington's Disease2▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Protein Aggregation2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Northern General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Elbow and Forearm Trauma…2Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerativ…2Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…1Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…1Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional works
RehabilitationSurgeryCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 2 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  7. 7 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northern General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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