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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

In research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham stands highest in Medicine (#1,861 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,665 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,158 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Surgery and Neurology — Hepatology is 18.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,086
of 28,054 · #3,430 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#279
of 1,094
Research works
6.2k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
146k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 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
MedicineField #1,861 of 10,443 9.2%524 #560
Health SciencesDomain #2,665 of 11,982 9.1%555 #690
SurgerySubfield #1,158 of 1,816 8.1%124 #517

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#560 #1,861
  2. Health Sciences#690 #2,665
  3. Surgery#517 #1,158
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 18.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 23.7 works19×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 123.7 works8.2×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 22.9 works6.2×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 35.1 works5.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.21× its world share, 524 worksMedicineNursing: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles Craddock, P McMaster and Darius F. Mirza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

  1. 1 Charles Craddock United Kingdom · #49,825 worldwide 263 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 P McMaster United Kingdom · #53,972 worldwide 216 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Darius F. Mirza United Kingdom · #76,934 worldwide 320 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Thomas Elliott United Kingdom · #80,671 worldwide 262 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Robert P. Sutcliffe United Kingdom · #84,624 worldwide 222 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Peter Ludman United Kingdom · #85,164 worldwide 316 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Bridget Gunson United Kingdom · #98,158 worldwide 191 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 G. Blackledge United Kingdom · #101,785 worldwide 136 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 A. Hartley United Kingdom · #109,644 worldwide 193 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 James Neuberger United Kingdom · #134,007 worldwide 311 citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Diagnosis, Treatment and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology78▲ 3.1×100 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 2.7×63 topics
  3. Chemotherapy35▲ 7.7×22 topics
  4. Treatment31▲ 4.0×36 topics
  5. Immunotherapy31▲ 6.7×16 topics
  6. Diagnosis29▲ 4.8×31 topics
  7. Management27▲ 5.3×26 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 7.4×14 topics
  9. Quality of Life26▲ 2.8×40 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy24▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Complications23▲ 7.2×17 topics
  12. Surgical Management23▲ 8.5×19 topics
  13. Mortality22▲ 5.9×12 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors22▲ 7.7×14 topics
  15. Risk Factors21▲ 2.9×28 topics
  16. Guidelines18▲ 5.9×12 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 6.1×8 topics
  18. Hepatocellular Carcinoma17▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Radiotherapy17▲ 6.7×13 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations17▲ 6.0×20 topics
  21. Prognosis16▲ 7.5×9 topics
  22. Liver Transplantation16▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Surgery16▲ 6.9×10 topics
  24. Graft Survival15▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Rehabilitation15▲ 5.9×12 topics
  26. Survival Analysis14▲ 8.0×6 topics
  27. Heart Failure14▲ 5.0×12 topics
  28. Pancreatic Cancer14▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Gemcitabine13▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Surgical Complications13▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Coagulopathy12▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury12▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Biliary Complications12▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Donor Risk Index12▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Hepatic Encephalopathy11▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Liver Cirrhosis11▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Cholangiocarcinoma10▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Endoscopic Resection10▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Radiofrequency Ablation10▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…13Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 13 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…12Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…11Liver Disease and Transplantation: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …9Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 8 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 7 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…6Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 6 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works
OncologySurgeryHepatologyEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 13 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 12 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 11 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  5. 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 8 works
  6. 6 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 7 works
  7. 7 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 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 available38.2%not open61.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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