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Port of Spain General Hospital

In research, Port of Spain General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#16,861 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#19,461 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,208
of 42,892
Rank in Trinidad and Tobago
#4
of 7
Research works
245
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Port of Spain General 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
MedicineField #16,861 of 17,978 4.6%159
Health SciencesDomain #19,461 of 20,462 4.8%171

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Port of Spain General 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 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.

Which keywords describe research at Port of Spain General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Epidemiology, Complications, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Surgical Management, Surgery and Treatment.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.0×35 topics
  2. Mortality4▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Risk Factors3▲ 5.2×14 topics
  4. Complications3▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Treatment2▲ 3.5×14 topics
  6. Guidelines2▲ 8.5×8 topics
  7. Surgical Management2▲ 9.3×10 topics
  8. Surgery2▲ 10×4 topics
  9. COVID-192▲ 2.3×6 topics
  10. Diagnosis2▲ 3.5×13 topics
  11. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  12. Cancer Incidence2▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  14. Inflammation1▲ 1.29×12 topics
  15. Management1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  16. Pain Management1▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Climate Change1◆ 0.89×11 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 8.2×6 topics
  20. Elderly Patients1▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Heart Failure1▲ 5.7×8 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations1▲ 5.1×5 topics
  23. Global Health1▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Pandemic1▲ 2.1×5 topics
  25. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.6×6 topics
  26. Quality of Life1▲ 1.61×8 topics
  27. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.6×2 topics
  28. Breast Cancer1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  29. CT Imaging1▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Echocardiography1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  31. Global Burden1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  32. Hip Fracture1▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Orthogeriatric Care1▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Prognosis1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  35. Prognostic Factors1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.72×8 topics
  37. Radiotherapy1▲ 4.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Port of Spain General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hip and Femur Fractures, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Trauma Management and Diagnosis and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Hip and Femur Fractures1Hip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …1Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTakotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …1Global Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 1 works
  6. 6 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.7%domestic only68.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Port of Spain General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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.

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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.