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Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital

In research, Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,403 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,209 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 12.3× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#36,303
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,941
of 2,253
Research works
329
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
31.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
100.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic 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 #16,403 of 20,462 8.1%272
MedicineField #15,209 of 17,978 7.8%249

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic 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).

What does Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 103.7 works12×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Who are the top researchers at Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Douglas W. Lamb, G. Hooper and James Robb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital.

  1. 1 Douglas W. Lamb United Kingdom · #172,105 worldwide 75 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 G. Hooper United Kingdom · #234,656 worldwide 203 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 James Robb United Kingdom · #245,731 worldwide 85 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 M. F. Macnicol United Kingdom · #264,345 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Malcolm F. Macnicol United Kingdom · #861,173 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Complications, Surgical Management, Distal Radius Fractures, Flexor Tendon Repair and Infection Prevention.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.9×33 topics
  2. Rehabilitation32▲ 27×7 topics
  3. Biomechanics28▲ 26×7 topics
  4. Complications21▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Surgical Management20▲ 13×9 topics
  6. Distal Radius Fractures20▲ 94×1 topic
  7. Flexor Tendon Repair20▲ 94×1 topic
  8. Infection Prevention16▲ 55×3 topics
  9. Revision Surgery15▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Total Hip Replacement15▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Internal Fixation15▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Bone Healing14▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Fracture Epidemiology14▲ 88×1 topic
  14. Diagnostic Imaging14▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Quality of Life13▲ 3.0×13 topics
  16. Mortality13▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Osteoarthritis12▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Femoroacetabular Impingement12▲ 131×1 topic
  19. Hip Arthroscopy12▲ 131×1 topic
  20. Shoulder Function12▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Periprosthetic Joint Infection11▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Prosthetic Joint Infections11▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Hip Arthroplasty10▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Primary Care10▲ 7.2×9 topics
  25. Wear Particles10▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Cerebral Palsy9▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Surgery9▲ 8.3×4 topics
  28. Arthroplasty9▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Radiotherapy8▲ 6.8×6 topics
  30. Gross Motor Function8▲ 66×1 topic
  31. ICF Model8▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Genetic Heterogeneity8▲ 99×2 topics
  33. Medical Education8▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment8▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Clinical Management8▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Muscle Strength8▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 9.0×5 topics
  38. Limb Malformations7▲ 245×1 topic
  39. Polydactyly7▲ 245×1 topic
  40. Spinal Fusion7▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors.

  1. 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  2. 2 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 0 works
  3. 3 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 0 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 available13.2%not open86.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.6%domestic only95.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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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