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Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

In research, Princess Royal Maternity Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,083 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,483 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#15,948
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#864
of 2,253
Research works
765
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Princess Royal Maternity 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 #6,083 of 20,462 20.3%623
MedicineField #6,483 of 17,978 19.8%569

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Princess Royal Maternity 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 Royal Maternity Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.9 works3.7×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 23.3 works3.5×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 3.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Princess Royal Maternity Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean M. Scott, A. D. T. Govan and Andrew A. Calder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Princess Royal Maternity Hospital.

  1. 1 Jean M. Scott United Kingdom · #121,764 worldwide 348 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 A. D. T. Govan United Kingdom · #267,680 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Andrew A. Calder United Kingdom · #270,566 worldwide 81 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 David G. Sweet United Kingdom · #393,328 worldwide 80 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 J Halliday Croom United Kingdom · #493,822 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 P Owen United Kingdom · #662,916 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Douglas Miller United Kingdom · #894,925 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Robert Jardine United Kingdom · #1,084,677 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Princess Royal Maternity Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Princess Royal Maternity Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Prenatal Diagnosis, Preterm Infants, Pulmonary Hypertension, Global Burden, Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

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

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×17 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality2▲ 37×5 topics
  3. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 47×6 topics
  4. Preterm Infants2▲ 49×3 topics
  5. Global Burden2▲ 10×5 topics
  6. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 77×1 topic
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  9. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 86×1 topic
  10. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 64×2 topics
  11. Management1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  12. Treatment1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  13. Cancer Incidence1▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Child Mortality1▲ 51×1 topic
  15. Health Inequalities1▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Health Systems1▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Biomarkers1▲ 5.1×3 topics
  18. COVID-191▲ 2.5×7 topics
  19. Maternal Outcomes1▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Perinatal Outcomes1▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does Princess Royal Maternity Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Uterine Myomas and Treatments.

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksFetal and Pediatric Neur…1Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders: 1 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 0 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  4. 4 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  5. 5 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Princess Royal Maternity Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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