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Poole Hospital

In research, Poole Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,840 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,878 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,738
of 22,385 · #13,968 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#537
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Poole Hospital

What is Poole 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 #4,840 of 8,541 6.9%109 #6682
Health SciencesDomain #5,878 of 9,902 6.8%116 #7677

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

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Poole Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 131 fractional works · 77.5% of its workMedicine: 123 fractional works · 72.4% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 17.0% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPoole Hospital169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences9%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12372.4%
    2. Health Professions74.0%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences63.7%
    2. Psychology31.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    1. Engineering52.7%
    2. Chemistry21.2%
    3. Computer Science21.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Environmental Science10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Poole Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.9 works7.3×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 6 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×123 works
  2. Health Professions1.50×7 works
  3. Dentistry1.36×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.24×2 works
  5. Nursing0.88×1 works
  6. Chemistry0.75×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×7 works
  9. Psychology0.59×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.56×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.55×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.29×6 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.23×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  18. Engineering0.18×5 works
  19. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Poole Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Thompson, C. A. Parker and Timothy Hillard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Poole Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul Thompson United Kingdom · #573,884 worldwide 4.5k citations · 112 works
  2. 2 C. A. Parker United Kingdom · #638,657 worldwide 9.8k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Timothy Hillard United Kingdom · #640,828 worldwide 847 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Charles Hillier United Kingdom · #799,885 worldwide 2.4k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 R.D. Hill United Kingdom · #910,855 worldwide 4.5k citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Abigail Evans United Kingdom · #967,565 worldwide 2.2k citations · 137 works
  7. 7 Jonathon A Snook United Kingdom · #1,072,513 worldwide 3.5k citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Jonathan D. Cole United Kingdom · #1,267,738 worldwide 6.4k citations · 200 works
  9. 9 Melody H. Greenwood United Kingdom · #1,388,892 worldwide 2.9k citations · 112 works
  10. 10 William G. Hodgson United Kingdom · #1,502,805 worldwide 1.1k citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Poole Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Poole Hospital?

The most cited paper from Poole Hospital is "Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Colon Cancer" (Thierry André, Corrado Boni, Lamia Mounedji-Boudiaf et al., 2004), with 3,709 citations. Next come "A new sensitive chemical actinometer - II. Potassium ferrioxalate as a standard chemical actinometer" (2,952) and "Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy" (1,806).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Colon Cancer Thierry André, Corrado Boni, Lamia Mounedji-Boudiaf et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Jun 2004 3,709
2 A new sensitive chemical actinometer - II. Potassium ferrioxalate as a standard chemical actinometer C. G. Hatchard, C. A. Parker · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 12 Jun 1956 2,952
3 Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy Nicholas David James et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2017 1,806
4 Exposure to House-Dust Mite Allergen (Der pI) and the Development of Asthma in Childhood Richard B. Sporik, Stephen T. Holgate, Thomas A.E. Platts‐Mills et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Aug 1990 1,672
5 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
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Poole Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy and Robotic Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 4.4×82 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 3.9×25 topics
  3. Complications9▲ 10×15 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 4.9×28 topics
  5. Rehabilitation7▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Inflammation7▲ 1.84×31 topics
  7. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.3×18 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.6×12 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.1×16 topics
  10. Treatment6▲ 2.7×27 topics
  11. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.7×14 topics
  12. Mortality5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×18 topics
  14. Robotic Surgery5▲ 18×5 topics
  15. Biomechanics4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  16. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  17. Management4▲ 3.1×19 topics
  18. Survival Analysis4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  19. Breast Cancer4▲ 8.6×10 topics
  20. Surgery4▲ 6.3×10 topics
  21. Surgical Management4▲ 5.4×12 topics
  22. Global Burden4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  23. Infection Prevention3▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Elderly Patients3▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  26. Ovarian Cancer3▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  28. Internal Fixation3▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Medical Education3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  30. Surgical Treatment3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  32. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Radiation Therapy3▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy3▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Bone Healing3▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Fracture Epidemiology3▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Arthroplasty3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Cytoreductive Surgery2▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Cervical Cancer2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Poole Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bone fractures and treatments, Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Frailty in Older Adults.

Bone fractures and treat…3Bone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…2Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…2Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksHealth Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery2Foot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 1 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyRheumatologySurgeryGeriatrics and Gerontology5 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  7. 7 Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Poole Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Poole Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Poole Hospital0.00084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Poole 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 2025Poole Hospital6.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 1990.

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