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Hospital / health system · Portsmouth · United Kingdom

Queen Alexandra Hospital

In research, Queen Alexandra Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,458 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,180 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,504
of 28,054 · #11,343 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#592
of 1,094
Research works
2.2k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Queen Alexandra 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 #5,458 of 11,982 10.0%184 #2981
MedicineField #5,180 of 10,443 10.1%163 #3595

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Alexandra 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 Queen Alexandra Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 34.1 works7.0×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.97× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.91× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Alexandra Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Pradeep Bhandari, David Poller and Richard Aspinall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Alexandra Hospital.

  1. 1 Pradeep Bhandari United Kingdom · #163,408 worldwide 381 citations · 139 works
  2. 2 David Poller United Kingdom · #229,038 worldwide 116 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Richard Aspinall United Kingdom · #245,920 worldwide 89 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Ernest Wong United Kingdom · #257,671 worldwide 220 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Kenneth Shaw United Kingdom · #451,429 worldwide 76 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 D G Colin‐Jones United Kingdom · #477,591 worldwide 49 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Asma Alkandari United Kingdom · #552,650 worldwide 33 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Amjad Parvaiz United Kingdom · #553,367 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ken Shaw United Kingdom · #621,010 worldwide 20 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Peter A. Brennan United Kingdom · #642,158 worldwide 87 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Alexandra Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Alexandra Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.4×58 topics
  2. Chemotherapy16▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Mortality13▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Guidelines12▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 4.1×29 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 4.5×16 topics
  8. Treatment10▲ 3.9×27 topics
  9. Inflammation10▲ 2.2×24 topics
  10. Survival Analysis10▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Radiotherapy9▲ 12×12 topics
  12. Complications9▲ 8.9×16 topics
  13. Prevention8▲ 9.3×11 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 2.8×14 topics
  15. Diagnosis8▲ 4.0×24 topics
  16. Gastric Cancer8▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Endoscopic Resection8▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Management7▲ 4.4×22 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization7▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Surgery7▲ 9.8×10 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy7▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Lymph Node Dissection6▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Metastatic Gastric Cancer6▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Surgical Management6▲ 7.3×13 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Colorectal Cancer5▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  29. Screening5▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Colonoscopy5▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Polyps5▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  33. Robotic Surgery4▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications4▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Prognosis4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  36. Cetuximab4▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality4▲ 17×4 topics
  38. Cardiac Risk3▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Perioperative3▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Squamous Cell Carcinoma3▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Queen Alexandra Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…6Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…3Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngology3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Alexandra Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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