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Orpington Hospital

In research, Orpington Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#17,158 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,188 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#34,061
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,826
of 2,253
Research works
385
▲ 96% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Orpington Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #17,158 of 20,462 9.8%203
MedicineField #15,188 of 17,978 9.2%183

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 24.0 works4.2×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Orpington Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tony Buick, A. Sahib El-Radhi and Gavin Stamp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Orpington Hospital.

  1. 1 Tony Buick United Kingdom · #614,874 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 A. Sahib El-Radhi United Kingdom · #741,810 worldwide 26 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Gavin Stamp United Kingdom · #905,263 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Michael G. Glasspool United Kingdom · #942,382 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Orpington Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Orpington Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Meta-Analysis, Thermoregulation, Neuroprotection, Stroke, Fever, Hypothermia and Bone Marrow Biopsy.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation8▲ 13×7 topics
  2. Meta-Analysis4▲ 26×3 topics
  3. Thermoregulation4▲ 199×3 topics
  4. Neuroprotection4▲ 38×2 topics
  5. Stroke4▲ 75×2 topics
  6. Fever4▲ 699×1 topic
  7. Hypothermia4▲ 165×1 topic
  8. Bone Marrow Biopsy3▲ 608×1 topic
  9. FDG PET/CT3▲ 465×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology3▲ 2.7×11 topics
  11. Public Health2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  12. Surgical Management2▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Diagnosis1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  14. Pathogenesis1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  16. Management1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  17. Spinal Epidural Abscess1▲ 122×1 topic
  18. Tuberculous Meningitis1▲ 122×1 topic

Which research topics does Orpington Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thermal Regulation in Medicine, Hematological disorders and diagnostics, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Thermal Regulation in Me…4Thermal Regulation in Medicine: 4 fractional worksHematological disorders …3Hematological disorders and diagnostics: 3 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …1Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…1Viral Infections and Vectors: 1 fractional worksMercury impact and mitigation studies: 0 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 0 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 0 fractional worksPhonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques: 0 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 0 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEmergency MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Thermal Regulation in Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Hematological disorders and diagnostics Emergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  9. 9 Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 0 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Orpington Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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