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Hospital / health system · Gateshead · United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

In research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,934 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,168 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,945
of 28,054 · #6,201 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#506
of 1,094
Research works
2.9k
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
84k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth 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
MedicineField #3,934 of 10,443 9.2%123 #1227
Health SciencesDomain #5,168 of 11,982 9.2%128 #1534

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.3 works7.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.19× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, John Monaghan, Kevin Clark and Alberto Lopes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

  1. 1 John Monaghan United Kingdom · #63,241 worldwide 317 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Kevin Clark United Kingdom · #88,836 worldwide 206 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Alberto Lopes United Kingdom · #89,935 worldwide 142 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Stanley Way United Kingdom · #99,719 worldwide 132 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Elwyn Elias United Kingdom · #192,014 worldwide 97 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 John W. Harrison United Kingdom · #299,830 worldwide 82 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Paul A. Banaszkiewicz United Kingdom · #315,878 worldwide 97 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Myre Sim United Kingdom · #554,026 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Stuart Rundle United Kingdom · #584,495 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Raj Naik United Kingdom · #732,412 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.8×62 topics
  2. Guidelines9▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Mortality8▲ 8.8×11 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 3.2×22 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 2.1×40 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 4.0×16 topics
  7. Diagnosis6▲ 4.6×21 topics
  8. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.8×15 topics
  9. Complications6▲ 7.9×14 topics
  10. Treatment6▲ 3.2×27 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.2×14 topics
  12. Management5▲ 4.5×18 topics
  13. Survival Analysis5▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Radiotherapy5▲ 7.8×11 topics
  15. Surgery5▲ 8.6×9 topics
  16. Surgical Management4▲ 7.2×17 topics
  17. Biomarkers4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.6×20 topics
  19. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  20. Metastasis4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  21. Postoperative Complications4▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Global Burden4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.6×13 topics
  24. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  25. Cardiac Risk3▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Perioperative3▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Cytoreductive Surgery3▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Critical Care3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  33. Catheter Ablation3▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Cervical Cancer3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  39. Molecular Classification2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery2▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Hip disorders and treatments.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…1Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryReproductive MedicineObstetrics and Gynecology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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