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Hospital / health system · East Grinstead · United Kingdom

Queen Victoria Hospital

In research, Queen Victoria Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,712 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,286 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,339
of 28,054 · #9,039 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#925
of 1,094
Research works
1.5k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Queen Victoria 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 #8,712 of 10,443 7.0%79 #2077
Health SciencesDomain #10,286 of 11,982 7.2%85 #2681

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Queen Victoria Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.4 works9.8×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.99× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Victoria Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, J. R. Batchelor, Raman Malhotra and Mohamed Elalfy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Victoria Hospital.

  1. 1 J. R. Batchelor United Kingdom · #182,550 worldwide 145 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Raman Malhotra United Kingdom · #473,133 worldwide 38 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Mohamed Elalfy United Kingdom · #487,501 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 J. Collyer United Kingdom · #766,872 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 G. E. H. Enderby United Kingdom · #816,396 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 David S. Nurse United Kingdom · #836,279 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 A.W. Barrett United Kingdom · #838,187 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Helen Chambers United Kingdom · #860,810 worldwide 19 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 A. R. Sanderson United Kingdom · #886,974 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 John P. Bennett United Kingdom · #903,259 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Victoria Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Victoria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Quality of Life, Breast Reconstruction, Treatment, Epidemiology, Anatomy, Free Flap and Microsurgical Reconstruction.

▲ 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. Complications15▲ 27×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 3.2×32 topics
  3. Quality of Life13▲ 8.2×19 topics
  4. Breast Reconstruction10▲ 151×2 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 7.5×13 topics
  6. Anatomy8▲ 101×2 topics
  7. Free Flap7▲ 157×1 topic
  8. Microsurgical Reconstruction7▲ 157×1 topic
  9. Rehabilitation7▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Wound Healing6▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Radiotherapy6▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Reconstruction5▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Etiology5▲ 74×2 topics
  14. Surgical Techniques5▲ 170×2 topics
  15. Bell's Palsy5▲ 224×1 topic
  16. Facial Nerve Palsy5▲ 224×1 topic
  17. Craniofacial4▲ 185×1 topic
  18. Nasal4▲ 75×1 topic
  19. Medical Education4▲ 14×7 topics
  20. Adverse Reactions4▲ 56×2 topics
  21. Cosmetic Surgery4▲ 78×2 topics
  22. Pathophysiology3▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Dermal Fillers3▲ 133×1 topic
  24. Ethical Considerations3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  25. Hyaluronic Acid3▲ 133×1 topic
  26. Diagnosis3▲ 3.1×5 topics
  27. Acellular Dermal Matrix3▲ 139×1 topic
  28. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure3▲ 139×1 topic
  29. Tissue Engineering3▲ 4.5×4 topics
  30. Radiosurgery3▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Dry Eye Disease3▲ 75×1 topic
  32. Infection Prevention3▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Ocular Surface3▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  35. Neuropathic Pain2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Corneal Regeneration2▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Intraocular Pressure2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Limbal Stem Cells2▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Microvascular Decompression2▲ 152×1 topic
  40. Trigeminal Neuralgia2▲ 152×1 topic

Which research topics does Queen Victoria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques.

Reconstructive Surgery a…7Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 7 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 5 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…4Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and …3Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 3 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 3 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…2Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTrigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 2 fractional works
SurgeryNeurologyDermatologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research Neurology 5 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 3 works
  5. 5 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Victoria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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