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Prince Charles Hospital

In research, Prince Charles Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,888 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,798
of 28,054 · #34,351 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,091
of 1,094
Research works
476
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Prince Charles Hospital 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 #11,888 of 11,982 3.1%66 #13620

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Prince Charles 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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.80× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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 Prince Charles Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Echocardiography, Risk Factors and 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.2×40 topics
  2. Complications5▲ 13×12 topics
  3. Mortality4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  4. Risk Factors4▲ 4.6×13 topics
  5. Chemotherapy4▲ 6.7×13 topics
  6. Guidelines4▲ 10×7 topics
  7. Echocardiography3▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Diagnosis3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  9. Management3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  10. Surgery3▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Treatment3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  12. Medical Education3▲ 14×8 topics
  13. Prevention3▲ 8.0×9 topics
  14. Quality of Life2▲ 2.2×11 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  16. Revision Surgery2▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Biomechanics2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  19. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  20. Surgical Management2▲ 5.7×11 topics
  21. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Critical Care2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  23. Incidence2▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Catheter Ablation2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Internal Fixation2▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Prognosis2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  30. Infection Prevention2▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Survival Analysis2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  32. Anesthesia1▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Genetic Susceptibility1▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Pregnancy1▲ 8.5×4 topics
  35. Tumor Staging1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Cancer Incidence1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Clinical Photography1▲ 164×1 topic
  38. Digital Photography1▲ 164×1 topic
  39. Endovascular Repair1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Laparoscopic Repair1▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Prince Charles Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Imaging in Medicine, Bone fractures and treatments, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Digital Imaging in Medic…1Digital Imaging in Medicine: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…1Bone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…1Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Imaging in Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Prince Charles Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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