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Royal Bournemouth Hospital

In research, Royal Bournemouth Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,824 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,757 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,578 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,682
of 28,054 · #10,525 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#894
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Royal Bournemouth Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #2,824 of 17,978 13.7%870
Health SciencesDomain #3,757 of 20,462 13.4%946
Life SciencesDomain #6,578 of 14,347 13.3%128
SurgerySubfield #2,621 of 4,227 14.5%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Bournemouth 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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.31× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 2.95× its world share, 1 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Bournemouth Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tamas Hickish, David Oscier and Terry J. Hamblin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

  1. 1 Tamas Hickish United Kingdom · #81,389 worldwide 218 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 David Oscier United Kingdom · #263,087 worldwide 131 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Terry J. Hamblin United Kingdom · #277,486 worldwide 89 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Suneel Talwar United Kingdom · #384,195 worldwide 120 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Michael Vassallo United Kingdom · #593,666 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Peter O’Kane United Kingdom · #899,606 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sean Weaver United Kingdom · #1,031,290 worldwide 63 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Zadie Davis United Kingdom · #1,040,588 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Simon D. McLaughlin United Kingdom · #1,384,337 worldwide 9 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Esther Uña Cidón United Kingdom · #1,475,148 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Bournemouth Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Complications, Atherosclerosis, Risk Factors, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Myocardial Infarction and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.5×42 topics
  2. Guidelines5▲ 17×10 topics
  3. Risk Factors4▲ 6.3×12 topics
  4. Complications4▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Atherosclerosis4▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 45×4 topics
  7. Diagnosis4▲ 5.9×17 topics
  8. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Mortality3▲ 8.8×8 topics
  10. Treatment3▲ 4.1×16 topics
  11. Revision Surgery3▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  14. Coronary Stents3▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 103×1 topic
  16. Heart Failure3▲ 9.8×10 topics
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Management2▲ 4.4×13 topics
  22. Radiation Exposure2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Surgery2▲ 9.6×8 topics
  24. Arthroplasty2▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Myocardial Perfusion2▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Outcomes2▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Catheter Ablation2▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Diabetes2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.9×9 topics
  33. Genetic Factors2▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Revascularization2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Arrhythmias2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Rituximab1▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Stroke Prevention1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Angioplasty1▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Bournemouth Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…1Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…1Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Bournemouth Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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