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Royal Derby Hospital

In research, Royal Derby Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,194 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,603 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,933
of 28,054 · #9,288 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#570
of 1,094
Research works
2.4k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Royal Derby 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 #5,194 of 10,443 9.7%168 #2377
Health SciencesDomain #6,603 of 11,982 9.4%189 #2289

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Derby 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: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 4.15× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.77× its world share, 168 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Royal Derby Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan N. Lund, F. D. BURKE and Richard Fluck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Derby Hospital.

  1. 1 Jonathan N. Lund United Kingdom · #196,825 worldwide 131 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 F. D. BURKE United Kingdom · #314,291 worldwide 108 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Richard Fluck United Kingdom · #352,551 worldwide 95 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Geoffrey Holmes United Kingdom · #374,162 worldwide 86 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sarah E. Smith United Kingdom · #437,461 worldwide 52 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Andrew Goddard United Kingdom · #508,494 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Ian Scott United Kingdom · #519,007 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Tommy Lindau United Kingdom · #525,256 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Samson Tou United Kingdom · #554,260 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Frank D. Burke United Kingdom · #587,338 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Derby Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Derby Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.9×75 topics
  2. Quality of Life16▲ 4.8×32 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 2.8×45 topics
  4. Mortality12▲ 9.3×12 topics
  5. Complications12▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 7.8×13 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.6×23 topics
  8. Guidelines9▲ 8.0×11 topics
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 4.0×21 topics
  10. Risk Factors8▲ 3.3×22 topics
  11. Management8▲ 4.5×17 topics
  12. Radiotherapy8▲ 9.2×11 topics
  13. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.0×19 topics
  14. Prognosis7▲ 9.4×7 topics
  15. Rehabilitation7▲ 7.8×9 topics
  16. Aging7▲ 5.5×7 topics
  17. Survival Analysis7▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 9.8×9 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  20. Primary Care6▲ 6.4×12 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 5.7×16 topics
  22. Diabetes5▲ 4.6×13 topics
  23. Surgery5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  24. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Postoperative Complications5▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Robotic Surgery5▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Metastasis4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Cardiac Risk4▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  31. Perioperative4▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Children4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Clinical Management4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  34. Muscle Mass4▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Glycemic Control4▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Cancer Cachexia4▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Sarcopenia4▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Elderly Patients4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  39. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Perioperative Care4▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Derby Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Dental Education, Practice, Research and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …4Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Tre…2Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After Surgery: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…2Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsCancer Research4 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 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  3. 3 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Derby Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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