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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

In research, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,710 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,160 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,941 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,135
of 28,054 · #9,892 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#281
of 1,094
Research works
1.6k
▲ 192% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth University 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 #1,710 of 10,443 10.0%447 #2289
Health SciencesDomain #2,160 of 11,982 9.9%491 #2863
Life SciencesDomain #4,941 of 7,800 11.6%64 #6945
SurgerySubfield #1,270 of 1,816 7.8%100 #2304

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

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#2,289 #1,710
  2. Health Sciences#2,863 #2,160
  3. Life Sciences#6,945 #4,941
  4. Surgery#2,304 #1,270
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 University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 100.5 works7.2×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.28× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 447 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan Macdonald, Kevin G. Blyth and Maria Elena Farrugia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

  1. 1 Jonathan Macdonald United Kingdom · #96,811 worldwide 175 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Kevin G. Blyth United Kingdom · #259,568 worldwide 89 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Maria Elena Farrugia United Kingdom · #317,237 worldwide 81 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 R.A. Seaton United Kingdom · #694,032 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Jeremy McMahon United Kingdom · #710,643 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 John Crowther United Kingdom · #839,384 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Ruth McGowan United Kingdom · #961,762 worldwide 44 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Georgios Kontorinis United Kingdom · #976,660 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Catriona M. Douglas United Kingdom · #1,011,186 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 John Paul Seenan United Kingdom · #1,435,179 worldwide 3 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Surgical Management, Guidelines, Surgery, Management and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology79▲ 3.4×97 topics
  2. Mortality32▲ 9.4×12 topics
  3. Inflammation28▲ 2.2×58 topics
  4. Complications26▲ 8.7×16 topics
  5. Surgical Management25▲ 10×19 topics
  6. Quality of Life24▲ 2.9×37 topics
  7. Treatment22▲ 3.0×38 topics
  8. Management20▲ 4.4×25 topics
  9. Guidelines20▲ 7.3×12 topics
  10. Diagnosis20▲ 3.6×31 topics
  11. Chemotherapy19▲ 4.7×21 topics
  12. Risk Factors18▲ 2.8×26 topics
  13. Surgery17▲ 8.1×11 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 5.0×14 topics
  15. Radiotherapy16▲ 7.1×13 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 2.3×27 topics
  17. Prognosis15▲ 7.8×9 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors15▲ 5.8×14 topics
  19. Pathogenesis14▲ 4.6×16 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations14▲ 5.3×23 topics
  21. Rehabilitation13▲ 5.6×12 topics
  22. Immunotherapy12▲ 2.9×18 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 7.0×9 topics
  24. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.5×17 topics
  26. Biomechanics11▲ 6.3×8 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 7.7×8 topics
  28. Critical Care11▲ 8.1×8 topics
  29. Clinical Management9▲ 8.9×7 topics
  30. Revision Surgery9▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Elderly Patients8▲ 8.6×4 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications8▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Stroke8▲ 7.9×7 topics
  35. Squamous Cell Carcinoma8▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Quality Improvement8▲ 7.1×7 topics
  37. Cardiac Risk8▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Perioperative8▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Survival8▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Kidney Transplantation8▲ 21×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …8Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…6Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 6 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 4 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Trans…4Organ Donation and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngologyEmergency MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 6 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 192% 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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