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Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#4,219 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,224 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 20.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,383
of 28,054 · #13,948 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#554
of 1,094
Research works
658
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation 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 #4,219 of 10,443 14.7%107 #2647
Health SciencesDomain #5,224 of 11,982 14.7%111 #3336

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation 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).

What does Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.3 works20×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 24.7 works12×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Sérgio Barra, Sharad Agarwal and Susan Harden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Sérgio Barra United Kingdom · #732,271 worldwide 32 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Sharad Agarwal United Kingdom · #993,806 worldwide 45 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Susan Harden United Kingdom · #1,194,332 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Diagnosis, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Guidelines, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Myocardial Infarction.

▲ 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. Echocardiography15▲ 42×7 topics
  2. Heart Failure14▲ 25×10 topics
  3. Epidemiology11▲ 2.2×36 topics
  4. Diagnosis9▲ 7.7×13 topics
  5. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 78×1 topic
  6. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 78×1 topic
  7. Guidelines7▲ 12×9 topics
  8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 23×6 topics
  10. Thrombosis6▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Management6▲ 6.0×12 topics
  13. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation6▲ 56×2 topics
  16. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Cardiogenic Shock5▲ 86×1 topic
  18. Left Ventricular Assist Device5▲ 86×1 topic
  19. Endovascular Repair5▲ 48×3 topics
  20. Right Heart Assessment5▲ 99×1 topic
  21. Survival Prediction5▲ 99×1 topic
  22. Treatment5▲ 3.2×10 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation5▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Mortality5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.4×16 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Transplantation4▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Rejection4▲ 76×2 topics
  29. Dilated Cardiomyopathy4▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Heart Transplant4▲ 92×1 topic
  31. Lung Transplant4▲ 92×1 topic
  32. Genetic Susceptibility4▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Arrhythmias4▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Surgical Management3▲ 6.3×11 topics
  37. Aortic Aneurysm3▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Surgical Repair3▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Ventricular Reconstruction3▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…5Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…4Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …3Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…3Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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