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Queen Victoria Hospital

In research, Queen Victoria Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,787 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,834 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,030
of 22,385 · #12,183 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#594
of 862
Research works
1.5k
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Queen Victoria Hospital

What is Queen Victoria Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,787 of 9,902 6.8%85 #5351
MedicineField #5,834 of 8,541 6.6%79 #5180

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

Which fields of science does Queen Victoria Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Queen Victoria Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Social Sciences (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 105 fractional works · 78.2% of its workMedicine: 98 fractional works · 73.1% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 21.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 8.8% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKQueen VictoriaHospital134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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. Medicine9873.1%
    2. Health Professions53.5%
    3. Dentistry21.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Social Sciences86.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities53.7%
    3. Psychology11.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.8%
    2. Neuroscience10.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science21.8%
    2. Engineering10.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.3%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Queen Victoria Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.2 works9.3×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.74× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×98 works
  2. Dentistry2.74×2 works
  3. Veterinary1.83×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.34×5 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.28×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×6 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.48×8 works
  9. Neuroscience0.42×1 works
  10. Psychology0.35×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.23×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  15. Energy0.16×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.05×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  22. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Queen Victoria Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, J Richard Batchelor, Julian Giles and Rosemarie Dalchau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Victoria Hospital.

  1. 1 J Richard Batchelor United Kingdom · #1,029,196 worldwide 4.2k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Julian Giles United Kingdom · #1,120,611 worldwide 2.2k citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rosemarie Dalchau United Kingdom · #1,195,491 worldwide 1.8k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Peter J. G. Stevens United Kingdom · #2,037,580 worldwide 1.3k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Justin R. Sharpe United Kingdom · #2,194,297 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Martin E Jones United Kingdom · #2,203,932 worldwide 5k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Simon P. Booth United Kingdom · #2,289,892 worldwide 1.8k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Robert A. Pearl United Kingdom · #2,335,071 worldwide 373 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Stephen Fenlon United Kingdom · #2,487,547 worldwide 424 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 JOHN R. COBBETT United Kingdom · #2,535,763 worldwide 948 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Victoria Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Queen Victoria Hospital?

The most cited paper from Queen Victoria Hospital is "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al., 2021), with 1,130 citations. Next come "Peripheral nerve regeneration and neurotrophic factors" (698) and "Metastatic basal cell carcinoma" (542).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
2 Peripheral nerve regeneration and neurotrophic factors Giorgio Terenghi · Journal of Anatomy Open access 1999 698
3 Metastatic basal cell carcinoma Helmut von Domarus, Peter J. G. Stevens · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 1984 542
4 A guide to biological skin substitutes Isabel Jones, Lachlan J. Currie, R. H. Martin · British Journal of Plastic Surgery Open access Apr 2002 440
5 The Use of Fibrin Glue in Skin Grafts and Tissue-Engineered Skin Replacements: A Review Lachlan J. Currie, Justin R. Sharpe, R. H. Martin · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Nov 2001 388
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Queen Victoria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Breast Reconstruction, Treatment, Anatomy, Wound Healing and Free Flap.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.4×34 topics
  2. Complications17▲ 25×10 topics
  3. Quality of Life14▲ 7.2×20 topics
  4. Breast Reconstruction12▲ 139×2 topics
  5. Treatment11▲ 6.5×14 topics
  6. Anatomy9▲ 87×2 topics
  7. Wound Healing8▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Free Flap8▲ 140×1 topic
  9. Microsurgical Reconstruction8▲ 140×1 topic
  10. Rehabilitation7▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Radiotherapy7▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Reconstruction6▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Intraocular Pressure6▲ 47×2 topics
  14. Tissue Engineering5▲ 6.6×4 topics
  15. Craniofacial5▲ 169×1 topic
  16. Nasal5▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Etiology5▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Surgical Techniques5▲ 136×2 topics
  19. Bell's Palsy5▲ 183×1 topic
  20. Facial Nerve Palsy5▲ 183×1 topic
  21. Corneal Regeneration4▲ 122×1 topic
  22. Limbal Stem Cells4▲ 122×1 topic
  23. Glaucoma4▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Medical Education4▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Corneal Biomechanics4▲ 83×1 topic
  26. Keratoconus4▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Acellular Dermal Matrix4▲ 136×1 topic
  28. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure4▲ 136×1 topic
  29. Cosmetic Surgery4▲ 63×2 topics
  30. Dry Eye Disease4▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Ocular Surface4▲ 81×1 topic
  32. Adverse Reactions4▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Ethical Considerations4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  34. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Pathophysiology3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  36. Dermal Fillers3▲ 106×1 topic
  37. Hyaluronic Acid3▲ 106×1 topic
  38. Myopia3▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Radiosurgery3▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Infection Prevention3▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Queen Victoria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques, Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research and Corneal Surgery and Treatments.

Reconstructive Surgery a…8Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 8 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…5Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 5 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis T…5Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 5 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…4Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 4 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 4 fractional worksOcular Surface and Conta…4Ocular Surface and Contact Lens: 4 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksOcular Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryNeurologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research Neurology 5 works
  4. 4 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 3 works
  9. 9 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  10. 10 Ocular Disorders and Treatments Genetics 2 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Queen Victoria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Queen Victoria Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Queen Victoria Hospital0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Queen Victoria Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2024Queen Victoria Hospital4.2% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2001.

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