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Raigmore Hospital

In research, Raigmore Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,581 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,254 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,867
of 28,054 · #15,113 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#947
of 1,094
Research works
821
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Raigmore 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 #8,581 of 10,443 6.0%80 #4488
Health SciencesDomain #10,254 of 11,982 6.5%87 #5172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Raigmore 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 Raigmore Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 22.0 works20×
  2. MedicineField · 80.2 works4.1×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 86.8 works3.7×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Raigmore Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, James C. Docherty, P. Murthy and Stephen J Leslie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Raigmore Hospital.

  1. 1 James C. Docherty United Kingdom · #120,406 worldwide 68 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 P. Murthy United Kingdom · #595,873 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Stephen J Leslie United Kingdom · #768,249 worldwide 52 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Brian Etheridge United Kingdom · #844,826 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 John R. Goodlad United Kingdom · #886,087 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 D O Ho‐Yen United Kingdom · #1,191,566 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 A Joss United Kingdom · #1,292,393 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Charles Bloe United Kingdom · #1,435,446 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Peter Hendry United Kingdom · #1,529,821 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Raigmore Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Raigmore Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resuscitation, Survival Rates, Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention.

▲ 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. Resuscitation18▲ 134×2 topics
  2. Survival Rates18▲ 182×2 topics
  3. Cardiac Arrest18▲ 307×1 topic
  4. Hypothermia18▲ 235×1 topic
  5. Catheter Ablation10▲ 83×2 topics
  6. Guidelines10▲ 21×9 topics
  7. Epidemiology7▲ 1.71×45 topics
  8. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Risk Stratification6▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Stroke Prevention6▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Thromboembolism6▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Echocardiography6▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Arrhythmias6▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Mortality6▲ 9.5×9 topics
  16. Remote Monitoring4▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Constrictive Pericarditis4▲ 282×1 topic
  18. Pericarditis4▲ 282×1 topic
  19. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Risk Factors4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  23. Photoplethysmography3▲ 67×1 topic
  24. Wearable Sensors3▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Medical Education3▲ 11×9 topics
  26. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Screening3▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Colonoscopy2▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Polyps2▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Prevention2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Quality Improvement2▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Primary Care2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  37. Ion Channels2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Radiation Exposure2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Raigmore Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…18Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 18 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …3Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 2 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Raigmore Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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