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Orthopaedic Research

In research, Orthopaedic Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,390 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Medicine and Health Sciences — Surgery is 17.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,264
of 28,054 · #23,431 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#966
of 1,094
Research works
758
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Orthopaedic Research 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,390 of 11,982 13.0%62 #7101

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.5 works17×
  2. MedicineField · 59.0 works4.2×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 62.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Orthopaedic Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Rehabilitation, Arthroplasty, Biomechanics and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 5.2×28 topics
  2. Complications11▲ 29×9 topics
  3. Revision Surgery9▲ 101×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 101×2 topics
  5. Rehabilitation9▲ 30×6 topics
  6. Arthroplasty6▲ 93×2 topics
  7. Biomechanics6▲ 25×7 topics
  8. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 30×2 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Outcomes5▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Total Knee Replacement5▲ 103×1 topic
  12. Mortality5▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Hip Arthroplasty4▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Wear Particles4▲ 99×1 topic
  15. Osteoarthritis4▲ 42×3 topics
  16. Functional Recovery4▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Surgery4▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Surgical Management4▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Regeneration3▲ 24×5 topics
  20. Elderly Patients3▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Shoulder Function3▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Hip Fracture3▲ 113×1 topic
  23. Orthogeriatric Care3▲ 113×1 topic
  24. Prevention3▲ 10×7 topics
  25. Risk Factors3▲ 3.7×8 topics
  26. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Low Back Pain2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Mesenchymal Stem Cells2▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Infection Prevention2▲ 35×3 topics
  32. Spinal Fusion2▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Cartilage2▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Chondrocyte2▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Internal Fixation2▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Injury Prevention2▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Chronic Pain2▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Orthopaedic Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Hip and Femur Fractures and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures3Hip and Femur Fractures: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.9%domestic only50.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Orthopaedic Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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