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Royal Alexandra Hospital

In research, Royal Alexandra Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,604 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,090
of 28,054 · #25,516 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,016
of 1,094
Research works
618
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.2k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Royal Alexandra 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,604 of 11,982 6.5%61 #10744

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Alexandra 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).

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: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.89× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Alexandra Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan Moug lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Alexandra Hospital.

  1. 1 Susan Moug United Kingdom · #229,579 worldwide 75 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Alexandra Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Alexandra Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Complications, Radiotherapy, Quality of Life and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Mortality7▲ 17×9 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 2.4×34 topics
  3. Guidelines7▲ 19×10 topics
  4. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 37×5 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 15×6 topics
  6. Complications5▲ 15×9 topics
  7. Radiotherapy5▲ 19×9 topics
  8. Quality of Life5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  9. Survival Analysis4▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Cardiac Risk4▲ 59×1 topic
  11. Inflammation4▲ 2.3×10 topics
  12. Perioperative4▲ 59×1 topic
  13. Surgery4▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Molecular Subtypes3▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Breast Tumours3▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Gene Expression3▲ 7.4×1 topic
  17. Diagnosis3▲ 4.2×9 topics
  18. Management3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  19. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 49×2 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Treatment3▲ 3.0×15 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations2▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Adjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Rectal Cancer2▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Rehabilitation2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  27. Elderly Patients2▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Aging2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  29. Children2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Antibiotic Therapy2▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Appendicitis2▲ 92×1 topic
  32. End-of-Life2▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Healthcare Quality2▲ 26×4 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Repair2▲ 66×2 topics
  35. Palliative Care2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Primary Care2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  37. Conflict Management2▲ 98×2 topics
  38. Parastomal Hernia2▲ 188×1 topic
  39. Quality Improvement2▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Stoma Complications2▲ 188×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Alexandra Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksStoma care and complications: 2 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues …1Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCancer ResearchOncologyEmergency Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Stoma care and complications Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Alexandra Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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