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Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#8,403 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,418 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,823
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,716
of 2,253
Research works
275
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 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
MedicineField #8,403 of 17,978 8.4%196
Health SciencesDomain #10,418 of 20,462 7.9%231

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 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).

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 4.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chronic Pain, Clinical Trials, Pain Management, Global Burden, Rehabilitation, Postoperative Pain and Psychological Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 4.1×34 topics
  2. Chronic Pain5▲ 40×4 topics
  3. Clinical Trials4▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Pain Management4▲ 30×5 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 3.0×19 topics
  6. Quality of Life4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  7. Global Burden3▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Rehabilitation3▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Postoperative Pain3▲ 60×3 topics
  10. Psychological Factors3▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Elderly Patients3▲ 31×4 topics
  12. Treatment3▲ 4.3×16 topics
  13. Diagnosis3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.0×11 topics
  15. Low Back Pain3▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Disability2▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Measurement Properties2▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Surgical Management2▲ 9.8×10 topics
  19. Pain Assessment Tools2▲ 67×2 topics
  20. Complications2▲ 7.3×11 topics
  21. Biomechanics2▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Cancer Pain2▲ 109×1 topic
  23. Central Sensitization2▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Healthcare Quality2▲ 28×4 topics
  25. Mortality2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  26. Opioid Analgesics2▲ 109×1 topic
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 9.7×7 topics
  28. Analgesia2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Ankle Injuries1▲ 82×1 topic
  30. Arthroplasty1▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Guidelines1▲ 5.2×7 topics
  33. Sprains1▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Distal Radius Fractures1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Flexor Tendon Repair1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Neuropathic Pain1▲ 33×3 topics
  37. Autoantibodies1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation1▲ 7.2×5 topics
  39. Sedation1▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Regional Anesthesia1▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Foot and Ankle Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery1Foot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…1Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksBiotechnology and Relate…1Biotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…1Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…1Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 1 fractional works
PharmacologyAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineOrthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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