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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#833 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#973 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,543 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology and Ophthalmology — Hematology is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,648
of 28,054 · #4,103 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#147
of 1,094
Research works
4.2k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 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 #833 of 10,443 12.9%880 #776
Health SciencesDomain #973 of 11,982 12.5%984 #937
Life SciencesDomain #2,543 of 7,800 18.6%129 #3191
SurgerySubfield #772 of 1,816 9.7%149 #851
Health ProfessionsField #1,135 of 1,928 8.5%92 #2079
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #770 of 1,144 10.1%99 #949
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,880 of 3,579 16.8%83 #3638
Social SciencesDomain #9,573 of 10,521 11.6%61 #10279

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#776 #833
  2. Health Sciences#937 #973
  3. Life Sciences#3,191 #2,543
  4. Surgery#851 #772
  5. Health Professions#2,079 #1,135
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#949 #770
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,638 #2,880
  8. Social Sciences#10,279 #9,573
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 28.5 works7.8×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 20.0 works6.2×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.88× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 880 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, J. M. K. Spalding, Fergus Gleeson and Ian S.D. Roberts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

  1. 1 J. M. K. Spalding · #56,421 worldwide 280 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Fergus Gleeson · #80,329 worldwide 251 citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Ian S.D. Roberts · #288,169 worldwide 272 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yaver Bashir · #304,264 worldwide 67 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Barbara Braden · #333,372 worldwide 92 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Giles Bond‐Smith · #393,723 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Samuel MacKeith · #495,047 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Móiad Alazzam · #514,867 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Tarun Gupta · #590,863 worldwide 53 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Hooman Soleymani majd · #614,007 worldwide 14 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Management, Mortality and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology143▲ 3.0×119 topics
  2. Treatment55▲ 3.8×45 topics
  3. Diagnosis53▲ 4.7×37 topics
  4. Inflammation48▲ 1.92×61 topics
  5. Chemotherapy48▲ 5.6×25 topics
  6. Management44▲ 4.6×29 topics
  7. Quality of Life43▲ 2.5×44 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines40▲ 6.1×14 topics
  9. Mortality39▲ 5.6×12 topics
  10. Immunotherapy37▲ 4.3×18 topics
  11. Risk Factors37▲ 2.8×29 topics
  12. Guidelines36▲ 6.3×13 topics
  13. Complications33▲ 5.5×16 topics
  14. Primary Care33▲ 7.2×14 topics
  15. Radiotherapy29▲ 6.3×13 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors28▲ 5.4×14 topics
  17. Surgery26▲ 6.2×12 topics
  18. Medical Education25▲ 7.9×11 topics
  19. Clinical Trials24▲ 3.0×15 topics
  20. Surgical Management24▲ 4.9×20 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations24▲ 4.5×23 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction23▲ 6.2×9 topics
  23. Critical Care22▲ 7.8×8 topics
  24. Survival Analysis22▲ 6.6×7 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy21▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines21▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. Rehabilitation20▲ 4.2×11 topics
  28. Echocardiography18▲ 5.5×8 topics
  29. Postoperative Complications17▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Quality Improvement17▲ 7.1×8 topics
  31. Macular Degeneration16▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Autoantibodies16▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Prophylaxis16▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Cardiac Risk15▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Perioperative15▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Rituximab15▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Adjuvant Therapy15▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Gene Therapy15▲ 6.5×6 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery15▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Health Workforce14▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Nursing Roles and Practices and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …15Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…9Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 9 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 9 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 8 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 8 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 8 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical A…7Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 7 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 7 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Nursing Roles and PracticesGeneral Health Professions 9 works
  4. 4 Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  5. 5 Retinal Development and DisordersMolecular Biology 8 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentSurgery 8 works
  7. 7 Surgical Simulation and TrainingSurgery 8 works
  8. 8 Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  10. 10 Retinal Diseases and TreatmentsOphthalmology 7 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher 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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