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Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,258 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,374 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Oncology is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,046
of 28,054 · #14,811 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#366
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,258 of 11,982 11.5%287 #4418
MedicineField #3,374 of 10,443 11.2%261 #4408

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 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).

What does Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 32.0 works8.5×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 40.8 works8.0×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 48.8 works6.2×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 261 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Brown, Gaius Longcroft‐Wheaton and David Prytherch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Thomas Brown United Kingdom · #112,922 worldwide 192 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Gaius Longcroft‐Wheaton United Kingdom · #156,400 worldwide 136 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 David Prytherch United Kingdom · #216,801 worldwide 112 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Anoop Chauhan United Kingdom · #225,037 worldwide 90 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Jim Khan United Kingdom · #311,657 worldwide 46 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Paul E. Schmidt United Kingdom · #340,566 worldwide 84 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Valerio Celentano United Kingdom · #392,165 worldwide 66 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Thomas Jones United Kingdom · #627,912 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Paul R. Kalra United Kingdom · #689,031 worldwide 47 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Andrew Fowell United Kingdom · #751,742 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidelines, Mortality, Chemotherapy, Complications, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 3.0×72 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines24▲ 13×12 topics
  3. Guidelines23▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Mortality23▲ 12×10 topics
  5. Chemotherapy19▲ 8.3×20 topics
  6. Treatment19▲ 4.7×31 topics
  7. Quality of Life18▲ 3.7×31 topics
  8. Complications18▲ 11×15 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Risk Factors16▲ 4.5×19 topics
  11. Diagnosis16▲ 5.2×24 topics
  12. Survival Analysis16▲ 18×6 topics
  13. Management16▲ 5.9×24 topics
  14. Inflammation15▲ 2.2×38 topics
  15. Endoscopic Resection14▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Prevention12▲ 8.7×13 topics
  17. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy12▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Surgery11▲ 9.5×10 topics
  19. Radiotherapy11▲ 8.6×11 topics
  20. Screening11▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Surgery11▲ 27×4 topics
  22. Molecular Characterization11▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis11▲ 5.4×9 topics
  24. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.3×16 topics
  26. Colorectal Cancer10▲ 39×3 topics
  27. Incidence10▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Colonoscopy10▲ 69×1 topic
  29. Polyps10▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Heart Failure9▲ 6.5×9 topics
  31. Gastric Cancer9▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy8▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Lymph Node Dissection8▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Metastatic Gastric Cancer8▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Surgical Management8▲ 6.1×13 topics
  36. Chemoradiation7▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Medical Education7▲ 8.5×11 topics
  38. Autoantibodies7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  39. Tumor Markers7▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Adjuvant Chemotherapy7▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 10 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…7Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 7 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…5Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor R…4Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 3 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 10 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 7 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 4 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 3 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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