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Pinderfields Hospital

In research, Pinderfields Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,499 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#6,901 of 14,558 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,196 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,141
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,081
of 1,844
Research works
770
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Pinderfields Hospital

What is Pinderfields 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 #7,499 of 16,688 5.5%647
MedicineField #6,901 of 14,558 5.0%562
SurgerySubfield #2,196 of 3,248 5.9%147

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pinderfields 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 Pinderfields Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Pinderfields Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 56 fractional works · 88.6% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 80.1% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 25.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPinderfieldsHospital64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences89%Social Sciences4%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5180.1%
    2. Health Professions45.6%
    3. Dentistry22.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.2%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences22.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    3. Psychology00.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Engineering11.1%
    2. Computer Science00.3%
    3. Materials Science00.1%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 5.94× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 51 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.94×2 works
  2. Medicine4.17×51 works
  3. Health Professions2.14×4 works
  4. Neuroscience0.87×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.21×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  10. Psychology0.11×0 works
  11. Engineering0.07×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.02×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pinderfields Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Brendan Sloan, Subramanian Kanaga Sundaram and Salim P L Meghjee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pinderfields Hospital.

  1. 1 Brendan Sloan United Kingdom · #474,015 worldwide 2.9k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Subramanian Kanaga Sundaram United Kingdom · #497,087 worldwide 2.4k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Salim P L Meghjee United Kingdom · #889,254 worldwide 2.4k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Rajdeep S. Sandhu United Kingdom · #1,402,488 worldwide 2.1k citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Simon C. W. Harrison United Kingdom · #1,404,459 worldwide 1.7k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Dinesh Kumar Nagi United Kingdom · #2,186,185 worldwide 2.5k citations · 120 works
  7. 7 Aaron Ng United Kingdom · #2,254,370 worldwide 574 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Andrew K. Marsden United Kingdom · #2,811,651 worldwide 2k citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Philip M.T. Weston United Kingdom · #2,944,183 worldwide 302 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Robert John William Knight United Kingdom · #3,033,355 worldwide 512 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pinderfields Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Pinderfields Hospital?

The most cited paper from Pinderfields Hospital is "Hereditary parkinsonism with dementia is caused by mutations in ATP13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5 P-type ATPase" (Alfredo Ramı́rez, André Heimbach, Jan Gründemann et al., 2006), with 1,207 citations. Next come "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130) and "Intermittent versus Continuous Androgen Deprivation in Prostate Cancer" (584).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hereditary parkinsonism with dementia is caused by mutations in ATP13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5 P-type ATPase Alfredo Ramı́rez, André Heimbach, Jan Gründemann et al. · Nature Genetics 10 Sep 2006 1,207
2 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
3 Intermittent versus Continuous Androgen Deprivation in Prostate Cancer Maha Hussain et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Apr 2013 584
4 Whole-genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical COVID-19 Athanasios Kousathanas et al. · Nature Open access2,399 authors 7 Mar 2022 356
5 Chemical warfare agents Sonia Chauhan, S. Chauhan, Sonia Chauhan et al. · Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 19 Mar 2008 356
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Which keywords describe research at Pinderfields Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Surgical Management, Pathophysiology, Revision Surgery and Total Hip Replacement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 5.2×37 topics
  2. Complications5▲ 17×11 topics
  3. Rehabilitation4▲ 15×5 topics
  4. Treatment4▲ 4.6×12 topics
  5. Risk Factors3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  6. Quality of Life3▲ 3.1×14 topics
  7. Diagnosis3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  8. Surgical Management3▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Pathophysiology3▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Revision Surgery2▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 30×2 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  15. Diabetes2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  16. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Resuscitation2▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Sepsis2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Burn Injury2▲ 186×1 topic
  20. Burn Wound Infections2▲ 186×1 topic
  21. Management2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Pain Management2▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Medical Education2▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  25. Arthroplasty2▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Child Injury2▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Chronic Pain2▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Global Burden2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  29. Unintentional Injuries2▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  31. Outcomes2▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Wound Healing2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Growth Factors1▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Regeneration1▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Breast Reconstruction1▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Fibroblasts1▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Functional Recovery1▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Shoulder Function1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Pinderfields Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Wound Healing and Treatments.

Burn Injury Management a…2Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …2Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…1Wound Healing and Treatments: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…1Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…1Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksPediatric Pain Managemen…1Pediatric Pain Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anest…1Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryRehabilitation3 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pinderfields Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Pinderfields Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Pinderfields Hospital0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pinderfields 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 2025Pinderfields Hospital0.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2007.

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