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Royal Brompton Hospital

In research, Royal Brompton Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,052 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,801 of 11,982 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#394 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 18.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,748
of 28,054 · #2,295 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#325
of 1,094
Research works
7.8k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
293k
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Royal Brompton 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 #2,052 of 10,443 14.5%467 #347
Health SciencesDomain #2,801 of 11,982 14.4%493 #425
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #394 of 1,144 14.2%160 #45
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #499 of 738 14.3%79 #129

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#347 #2,052
  2. Health Sciences#425 #2,801
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#45 #394
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#129 #499
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Royal Brompton Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 159.6 works18×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 79.0 works13×
  3. PhysiologySubfield · 38.2 works7.6×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 33.5 works6.5×
  5. EpidemiologySubfield · 39.9 works4.9×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.21× its world share, 467 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Brompton Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Lynne Reid, Athol U. Wells and David M. Hansell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Brompton Hospital.

  1. 1 Lynne Reid United Kingdom · #1,704 worldwide 1k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Athol U. Wells United Kingdom · #2,084 worldwide 1.3k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 David M. Hansell United Kingdom · #2,253 worldwide 1.1k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Mary N. Sheppard United Kingdom · #2,918 worldwide 1.3k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Dudley J. Pennell United Kingdom · #3,092 worldwide 1.8k citations · 173 works
  6. 6 J. Pepys United Kingdom · #6,246 worldwide 563 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Andrew Bush United Kingdom · #9,064 worldwide 1.2k citations · 207 works
  8. 8 Siew Yen Ho United Kingdom · #12,654 worldwide 514 citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Carlo Di Mario United Kingdom · #13,338 worldwide 1.3k citations · 180 works
  10. 10 Peter Goldstraw United Kingdom · #14,569 worldwide 447 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Brompton Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Brompton Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Echocardiography, Management, Heart Failure, Treatment, Epidemiology, Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 2.4×64 topics
  2. Diagnosis52▲ 9.8×22 topics
  3. Echocardiography45▲ 29×8 topics
  4. Management41▲ 9.1×19 topics
  5. Treatment38▲ 5.5×24 topics
  6. Heart Failure34▲ 14×13 topics
  7. Cystic Fibrosis29▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Pulmonary Hypertension29▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Pulmonary Infections27▲ 83×2 topics
  10. Microbiota27▲ 22×2 topics
  11. Bronchiectasis27▲ 163×1 topic
  12. CFTR27▲ 163×1 topic
  13. Fibrosis26▲ 24×7 topics
  14. Congenital Heart Disease24▲ 50×3 topics
  15. Interstitial Lung Disease24▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Myocardial Infarction24▲ 18×7 topics
  17. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes22▲ 21×5 topics
  18. TGF-ß22▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 3.4×31 topics
  20. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis22▲ 82×1 topic
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging22▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Myofibroblast22▲ 82×1 topic
  23. Global Burden22▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Endothelial Dysfunction21▲ 16×7 topics
  25. Cardiac Surgery21▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Mortality Risk21▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Adult Congenital Heart Disease21▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Pulmonary Valve Replacement21▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Cardiac Imaging20▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines20▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Respiratory20▲ 36×2 topics
  32. COPD20▲ 52×1 topic
  33. spirometry20▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease18▲ 13×8 topics
  35. Coronary Artery Disease17▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Mechanical Ventilation17▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Right Heart Assessment17▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Survival Prediction17▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Asthma16▲ 28×3 topics
  40. Therapy15▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Royal Brompton Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…27Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 27 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…22Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 22 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…21Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 21 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…20Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 20 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 17 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 14 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…14Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 14 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…12Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 12 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Berylliu…12Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 12 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…11Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyPhysiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  2. 2 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  3. 3 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 21 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 14 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 12 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Brompton Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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