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Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup

In research, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,408 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,496 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,006
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,444
of 1,844
Research works
322
▼ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup

What is Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,408 of 16,688 3.8%263
MedicineField #9,496 of 14,558 3.6%221

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 263 fractional works · 81.6% of its workMedicine: 221 fractional works · 68.7% of its workSurgery: 53 fractional works · 16.3% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKQueen Mary'sHospital Sidcup322fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22168.7%
    2. Health Professions3410.5%
    3. Dentistry51.7%
    4. Nursing20.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences123.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities61.8%
    3. Psychology51.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology144.5%
    2. Neuroscience51.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Engineering30.8%
    2. Computer Science20.5%
    3. Environmental Science20.5%
    4. Mathematics20.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceDentistry: 5.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 8.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities8.28×1 works
  2. Decision Sciences8.25×0 works
  3. Dentistry5.48×0 works
  4. Psychology2.73×0 works
  5. Medicine1.83×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.42×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.70×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.50×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.15×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Lancaster-Smith, DG Smithard and Peter Savage lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup.

  1. 1 Michael Lancaster-Smith United Kingdom · #2,604,042 worldwide 840 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 DG Smithard United Kingdom · #2,897,959 worldwide 877 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Peter Savage United Kingdom · #3,383,844 worldwide 392 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 William D. Alexander United Kingdom · #3,541,994 worldwide 250 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 P. E. A. Savage United Kingdom · #3,607,083 worldwide 144 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 D. Eustace United Kingdom · #3,945,920 worldwide 451 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 John G. Payne United Kingdom · #4,368,918 worldwide 241 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Happy Hoque United Kingdom · #4,785,984 worldwide 293 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Charles E. Hugkulstone United Kingdom · #5,118,039 worldwide 179 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Roger M. Webb United Kingdom · #5,205,785 worldwide 252 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup

What are the most cited papers from Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup?

The most cited paper from Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup is "Therapeutic benefit of blocking interleukin‐6 activity with an anti–interleukin‐6 receptor monoclonal antibody in rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, dose‐escalation trial" (Ernest Choy, David Alan Isenberg, Toby Garrood et al., 2002), with 536 citations. Next come "Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process" (378) and "James Young Simpson: The Controversy Surrounding the Presentation of His Air Tractor (1848–1849)" (376).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Therapeutic benefit of blocking interleukin‐6 activity with an anti–interleukin‐6 receptor monoclonal antibody in rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, dose‐escalation trial Ernest Choy, David Alan Isenberg, Toby Garrood et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Dec 2002 536
2 Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process Cathy Bennett et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 24 Apr 2012 378
3 James Young Simpson: The Controversy Surrounding the Presentation of His Air Tractor (1848–1849) D. Eustace · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open access Nov 1993 376
4 Treatment Outcomes in the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study after 1 Year of Follow-up Steven Jon Gedde et al. · Ophthalmology 21 Feb 2018 324
5 International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways Heather Jane Cordell et al. · Nature Communications Open access462 authors 22 Sep 2015 313
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Risk Factors, Treatment, Primary Care, Diagnosis, Inflammation and Glaucoma.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology46▲ 3.6×71 topics
  2. Inflammation21▲ 2.7×25 topics
  3. Treatment20▲ 4.9×25 topics
  4. Risk Factors19▲ 5.7×17 topics
  5. Complications18▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Diagnosis16▲ 5.0×22 topics
  7. Public Health16▲ 3.7×16 topics
  8. Primary Care16▲ 12×12 topics
  9. Quality of Life13▲ 3.1×24 topics
  10. Glaucoma12▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Guidelines11▲ 7.4×11 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.6×10 topics
  13. Management10▲ 3.9×16 topics
  14. Diabetes9▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Children9▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Pathogenesis9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  17. Surgical Management8▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Prevention8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  20. Surgery8▲ 7.4×8 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers7▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Intraocular Pressure7▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.8×11 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration7▲ 6.7×4 topics
  25. Retinal Ganglion Cells7▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Optic Nerve7▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Quality Improvement7▲ 9.8×6 topics
  28. Stroke7▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Ocular Hypertension6▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  31. Visual Field Progression6▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Adults6▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Imaging6▲ 5.2×4 topics
  34. Critical Care6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  35. Review6▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Infectious Diseases5▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Intussusception5▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Meckel's Diverticulum5▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Nutritional Support5▲ 17×3 topics
  40. NHS5▲ 77×2 topics

Which research topics does Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies and Reliability and Agreement in Measurement.

Cultural and Social Stud…0Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 0 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…0Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksReliability and Agreement in Measurement: 0 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 0 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 0 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 0 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…0Academic integrity and plagiarism: 0 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 0 fractional worksHuman Rights and Immigration: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryClassicsStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  2. 2 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 0 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  4. 4 Reliability and Agreement in Measurement Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  5. 5 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 0 works
  6. 6 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Human Rights and Immigration Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000017% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup0.000018% in 202519801990200020102020

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