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Ridge Lea Hospital

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World rank, all time
#29,774
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,601
of 1,844
Research works
183
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Ridge Lea Hospital

Which fields of science does Ridge Lea Hospital work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Ridge Lea Hospital is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Psychology (14%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 82 fractional works · 44.5% of its workMedicine: 67 fractional works · 36.7% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 18.7% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Terminology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 70 fractional works · 38.3% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 13.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 9.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRidge LeaHospital183fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences38%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6736.7%
    2. Health Professions137.3%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Psychology2513.7%
    2. Social Sciences2413.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities105.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting94.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Engineering126.4%
    2. Environmental Science21.2%
    3. Chemistry21.1%
    4. Computer Science10.6%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.81×8 works
  2. Veterinary2.29×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.62×1 works
  4. Environmental Science1.16×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.15×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×0 works
  7. Engineering0.82×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.69×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.60×1 works
  11. Psychology0.54×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.31×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.14×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ridge Lea Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard N. Villar, Helen Bradley and Christina Grubendorfer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ridge Lea Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard N. Villar United Kingdom · #1,443,941 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Helen Bradley United Kingdom · #2,780,182 worldwide 30 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Christina Grubendorfer United Kingdom · #2,884,613 worldwide 19 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 John C. N. Tibbits United Kingdom · #4,344,200 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 A. K. Lilikakis United Kingdom · #4,625,535 worldwide 182 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 R. Villar United Kingdom · #4,676,987 worldwide 180 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Ridge Lea Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ridge Lea Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ridge Lea Hospital is "Terahertz Pulsed Imaging of Human Breast Tumors" (Anthony J. Fitzgerald, Vincent P. Wallace, Mercedes Jimenez‐Liñan et al., 2006), with 397 citations. Next come "Hip Arthroscopy: Complications in 1054 Cases" (349) and "ICON 2019: International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: Clinical Terminology" (262).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Terahertz Pulsed Imaging of Human Breast Tumors Anthony J. Fitzgerald, Vincent P. Wallace, Mercedes Jimenez‐Liñan et al. · Radiology May 2006 397
2 Hip Arthroscopy: Complications in 1054 Cases M. Clarke, A Arora, R. N. Villar · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2003 349
3 ICON 2019: International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: Clinical Terminology Alex Scott et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 9 Aug 2019 262
4 Nitrate leaching from grazed grassland lysimeters: effects of fertilizer input, field drainage, age of sward and patterns of weather D. Scholefield, K. Tyson, E. A. Garwood et al. · Journal of Soil Science Dec 1993 251
5 Levels of metal ions after small- and large-diameter metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty M. Clarke, P. T. H. Lee, Aman Arora et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume Aug 2003 245
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Which keywords describe research at Ridge Lea Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Hip Arthroplasty, Wear Particles, Osteoarthritis, Resilience, Femoroacetabular Impingement and Hip Arthroscopy.

▲ 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. Revision Surgery14▲ 64×2 topics
  2. Total Hip Replacement14▲ 64×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 1.60×31 topics
  4. Hip Arthroplasty10▲ 86×1 topic
  5. Wear Particles10▲ 86×1 topic
  6. Osteoarthritis8▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Resilience8▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Femoroacetabular Impingement8▲ 157×1 topic
  9. Hip Arthroscopy8▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Complications7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  11. Caregiver Well-Being6▲ 76×1 topic
  12. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Parenting Stress6▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Mental Health6▲ 3.0×10 topics
  15. Quality of Life6▲ 2.2×12 topics
  16. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.9×4 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  19. Elderly Care4▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Crisis Resolution4▲ 98×1 topic
  21. Home Treatment4▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Arthroplasty4▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Social Support4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  25. Surgical Management4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  26. Digital Transformation4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  27. Imaging4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Early Intervention3▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Organizational Culture3▲ 5.6×2 topics
  32. Psychological Interventions3▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Periprosthetic Joint Infection3▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis3▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Prosthetic Joint Infections3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Synovial Chondromatosis3▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Psychotherapy Outcome2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Shoulder Function2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Therapeutic Alliance2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Development2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Ridge Lea Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Thyroid Disorders and Treatments, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Diabetes and associated disorders and Hip and Femur Fractures.

Thyroid Disorders and Tr…1Thyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…1Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …1Diabetes and associated disorders: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures1Hip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 0 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 0 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…0Diverticular Disease and Complications: 0 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 0 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 0 fractional worksElectric Power System Optimization: 0 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismGeneticsSurgeryReproductive Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  2. 2 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  3. 3 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  9. 9 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 0 works
  10. 10 Electric Power System Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ridge Lea Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher 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 Ridge Lea Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Ridge Lea Hospital0.000073% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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