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Pilgrim Hospital

In research, Pilgrim Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,489 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,739 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,243
of 28,054 · #24,611 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,025
of 1,094
Research works
479
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Pilgrim 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 #8,489 of 20,462 8.8%353
MedicineField #11,739 of 17,978 7.4%292

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pilgrim 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).

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pilgrim Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Cornelius James Fernandez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pilgrim Hospital.

  1. 1 Cornelius James Fernandez United Kingdom · #613,765 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pilgrim Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Pilgrim Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Ethical Considerations, Health Care Costs, Advance Care Planning, Family Perspectives, Epidemiology and Complications.

▲ 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. End-of-Life10▲ 146×2 topics
  2. Palliative Care10▲ 83×2 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations10▲ 39×2 topics
  4. Health Care Costs9▲ 161×2 topics
  5. Advance Care Planning9▲ 216×1 topic
  6. Family Perspectives9▲ 216×1 topic
  7. Epidemiology7▲ 2.4×32 topics
  8. Treatment3▲ 3.7×17 topics
  9. Inflammation3▲ 2.0×18 topics
  10. Complications3▲ 7.7×10 topics
  11. Diagnosis3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  12. Quality of Life3▲ 2.7×14 topics
  13. Management3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  14. Primary Care2▲ 8.1×7 topics
  15. Elderly Patients2▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Mortality2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  18. Heart Failure2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  19. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  21. Chronic Pain2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  23. Guidelines2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  24. Pain Management2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  25. Diabetes2▲ 4.1×9 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  28. Adolescents1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  29. Surgery1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Social Determinants1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  31. Stroke1▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Surgical Management1▲ 4.5×8 topics
  33. Preterm Infants1▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Respiratory Distress Syndrome1▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Children1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  36. Postoperative Pain1▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Quality Improvement1▲ 8.1×5 topics
  38. Community Health1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Endovascular Repair1▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Hyperkalemia1▲ 99×1 topic

Which research topics does Pilgrim Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Potassium and Related Disorders, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and Technology and Data Analysis.

Palliative Care and End-…9Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 9 fractional worksPotassium and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksTechnology and Data Analysis: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  2. 2 Potassium and Related Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Technology and Data Analysis Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 1 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 available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pilgrim Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.