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Royal Berkshire Hospital

In research, Royal Berkshire Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,867 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,356 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

World rank, 2022–2025
#20,585
of 28,054 · #9,350 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#739
of 1,094
Research works
2k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Royal Berkshire 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 #6,867 of 10,443 8.2%110 #1658
Health SciencesDomain #8,356 of 11,982 7.9%119 #1997

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Royal Berkshire Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Katie Thomas, R B Galland and Ofer Levy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Berkshire Hospital.

  1. 1 Katie Thomas United Kingdom · #179,329 worldwide 167 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 R B Galland United Kingdom · #263,092 worldwide 118 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Ofer Levy United Kingdom · #381,557 worldwide 65 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Bob Yang United Kingdom · #384,129 worldwide 33 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Stephen A. Copeland United Kingdom · #392,839 worldwide 49 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 T.R. Magee United Kingdom · #602,802 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Matthew Gibson United Kingdom · #639,049 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Ridzuan Farouk United Kingdom · #649,127 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Carl Waldmann United Kingdom · #732,221 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Liza Keating United Kingdom · #780,879 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Berkshire Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Berkshire Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Urinary Incontinence, Treatment, Complications, Mortality and Surgical Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 4.5×55 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 5.0×20 topics
  3. Rehabilitation10▲ 17×8 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 5.2×22 topics
  5. Urinary Incontinence8▲ 69×2 topics
  6. Complications7▲ 10×14 topics
  7. Mortality6▲ 7.4×11 topics
  8. Surgical Treatment6▲ 20×5 topics
  9. Critical Care5▲ 15×8 topics
  10. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction5▲ 76×1 topic
  11. Pelvic Organ Prolapse5▲ 76×1 topic
  12. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Diagnosis5▲ 3.6×18 topics
  14. Surgical Management4▲ 7.5×10 topics
  15. Primary Care4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  18. Surgery4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  19. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Quality Improvement3▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Elderly Patients3▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 10.0×5 topics
  24. Echocardiography3▲ 7.6×7 topics
  25. Medical Education3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  26. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  27. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia3▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms3▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Pain Management3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  30. Quality of Care2▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Histopathological Study2▲ 65×2 topics
  32. Ketogenic Diet2▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Academic Medicine2▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  35. Glycemic Control2▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Inflammatory Disease2▲ 37×1 topic
  37. MRI Imaging2▲ 20×4 topics
  38. Prurigo Pigmentosa2▲ 164×1 topic
  39. Radiation Therapy2▲ 13×5 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Berkshire Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Medicine and Dermatology Studies History and Urinary Tract Infections Management.

  1. 1 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 5 works
  2. 2 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 3 works
  3. 3 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 2 works
  4. 4 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  8. 8 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Berkshire Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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