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Peterborough City Hospital

In research, Peterborough City Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,449 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,472 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.6× its share of world research).

peterboroughandstamford.nhs.uk/page/?title=Peterborough+City+Hospital&pid=12737ROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#16,157
of 22,385 · #16,425 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#554
of 862
Research works
1.1k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Peterborough City Hospital

What is Peterborough City Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,449 of 8,541 5.2%139 #5123
Health SciencesDomain #5,472 of 9,902 5.3%149 #5949

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Peterborough City 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Peterborough City Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Peterborough City Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 166 fractional works · 81.7% of its workMedicine: 156 fractional works · 76.4% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPeterborough CityHospital203fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15676.4%
    2. Health Professions73.7%
    3. Dentistry20.8%
    4. Nursing20.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology125.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.0%
    3. Neuroscience31.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences52.6%
    2. Psychology41.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering21.1%
    2. Environmental Science10.5%
    3. Computer Science10.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Peterborough City Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 31.5 works6.6×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 156 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.98×156 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.98×4 works
  3. Dentistry1.58×2 works
  4. Nursing1.56×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.40×8 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×12 works
  7. Neuroscience0.86×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×1 works
  9. Psychology0.60×4 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.25×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.21×5 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.10×1 works
  16. Engineering0.07×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Peterborough City Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Martyn J. Parker, Mondy Hikmat and Miriam Louisa Rothschild lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peterborough City Hospital.

  1. 1 Martyn J. Parker United Kingdom · #496,499 worldwide 17k citations · 324 works
  2. 2 Mondy Hikmat United Kingdom · #583,974 worldwide 2.3k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Miriam Louisa Rothschild United Kingdom · #641,411 worldwide 5.3k citations · 168 works
  4. 4 Frieder Kleemann United Kingdom · #796,947 worldwide 1.8k citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Sateesh Kumar Nagumantry United Kingdom · #925,955 worldwide 297 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Peter Owusu‐Agyei United Kingdom · #1,102,926 worldwide 940 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 G.A. Pryor United Kingdom · #1,254,409 worldwide 2.2k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Radim Líčeník United Kingdom · #1,645,306 worldwide 669 citations · 70 works
  9. 9 MJ Parker United Kingdom · #1,808,022 worldwide 2.4k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Richard R. J. Cousley United Kingdom · #2,579,365 worldwide 1.4k citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at Peterborough City Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Peterborough City Hospital?

The most cited paper from Peterborough City Hospital is "Randomized Multicenter Trial of Sentinel Node Biopsy Versus Standard Axillary Treatment in Operable Breast Cancer: The ALMANAC Trial" (Robert E. Mansel, Lesley J. Fallowfield, Mark W. Kissin et al., 2006), with 1,692 citations. Next come "Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis" (1,466) and "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Randomized Multicenter Trial of Sentinel Node Biopsy Versus Standard Axillary Treatment in Operable Breast Cancer: The ALMANAC Trial Robert E. Mansel, Lesley J. Fallowfield, Mark W. Kissin et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2 May 2006 1,692
2 Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis Ashley Harris Beecham et al. · Nature Genetics Open access193 authors 29 Sep 2013 1,466
3 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
4 A new mobility score for predicting mortality after hip fracture MJ Parker, C. Rodgers Palmer · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume Sep 1993 905
5 Effect of Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 – Preliminary Report Peter Horby et al. · medRxiv PreprintOpen access 22 Jun 2020 846
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Peterborough City Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Guidelines, Management, Quality of Life and Mortality.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.0×70 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 8.1×28 topics
  3. Complications13▲ 13×13 topics
  4. Treatment13▲ 5.3×31 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 3.6×27 topics
  6. Management9▲ 5.8×18 topics
  7. Inflammation9▲ 2.1×33 topics
  8. Guidelines9▲ 9.1×10 topics
  9. Mortality8▲ 6.6×9 topics
  10. Surgery7▲ 9.8×8 topics
  11. Radiotherapy7▲ 8.3×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 2.8×16 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.4×12 topics
  14. Surgical Management6▲ 7.1×14 topics
  15. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.9×19 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.0×13 topics
  17. Genetics5▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  19. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  20. Autoantibodies5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  22. Breast Reconstruction4▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Children4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  24. Survival Analysis4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  26. Heart Failure4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  27. Imaging4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  29. Prevention4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  30. Acellular Dermal Matrix3▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure3▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 25×2 topics
  33. CT Scan3▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Neurological Complications3▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Functional Recovery3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Type 1 Diabetes3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Appendicitis3▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Elderly Patients3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Internal Fixation3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Peterborough City Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Breast Implant and Reconstruction, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Hip and Femur Fractures and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Breast Implant and Recon…3Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 3 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…3Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …2Diabetes and associated disorders: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis: 2 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 2 fractional worksTakotsubo Cardiomyopathy…2Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  7. 7 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Peterborough City Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Peterborough City Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00082% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Peterborough City Hospital0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Peterborough City Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Peterborough City Hospital3.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2010.

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