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Hospital / health system · Exeter · United Kingdom

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

In research, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,527 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,901 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,409
of 28,054 · #9,401 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#487
of 1,094
Research works
1.9k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Royal Devon and Exeter 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 #5,527 of 11,982 12.2%102 #2739
MedicineField #4,901 of 10,443 11.2%92 #2554

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

What does Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.5 works8.1×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.99× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Bijay Vaidya, I. R. Daniels and W.B. Wright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

  1. 1 Bijay Vaidya United Kingdom · #132,320 worldwide 134 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 I. R. Daniels United Kingdom · #370,780 worldwide 64 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 W.B. Wright United Kingdom · #436,061 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 A P Warin United Kingdom · #499,161 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Josef Koch United Kingdom · #614,371 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Vipul Mandalia United Kingdom · #642,173 worldwide 37 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 W B Campbell United Kingdom · #994,104 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Robert M. Worthington United Kingdom · #1,179,735 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Jennifer O’Neill United Kingdom · #1,589,671 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Mortality, Quality of Life, Management and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.3×68 topics
  2. Risk Factors8▲ 6.0×22 topics
  3. Complications8▲ 13×13 topics
  4. Guidelines7▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 3.4×26 topics
  6. Mortality6▲ 8.3×10 topics
  7. Treatment5▲ 3.5×25 topics
  8. Management5▲ 5.0×20 topics
  9. Diagnosis5▲ 4.2×24 topics
  10. Surgical Management4▲ 7.6×12 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.5×19 topics
  12. Diabetes4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  13. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.1×9 topics
  14. Surgery4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.8×11 topics
  16. Genetics3▲ 3.7×10 topics
  17. Clinical Trials3▲ 3.7×11 topics
  18. Primary Care3▲ 6.6×11 topics
  19. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  20. Gene Expression3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Revascularization3▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Postoperative Complications3▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Biomechanics2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  25. Atherosclerosis2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  26. Cardiac Risk2▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Chronic Pain2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  28. Immunology2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Perioperative2▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Stroke2▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Laparoscopic Repair2▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Angioplasty2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Arthroplasty2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Claudication2▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Genetic Variants2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  36. Peripheral Arterial Disease2▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Revision Surgery2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Hernia repair and management.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…2Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOncologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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