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Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,773 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,648 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Genetics (Surgery is 7.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,807
of 22,385 · #5,781 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#272
of 862
Research works
1.2k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

What is Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,773 of 9,902 10.5%254 #1947
MedicineField #1,648 of 8,541 10.4%231 #1803

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 286 fractional works · 77.9% of its workMedicine: 260 fractional works · 71.0% of its workSurgery: 65 fractional works · 17.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal Devon &Exeter NHS…367fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26071.0%
    2. Health Professions236.3%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology369.9%
    2. Neuroscience71.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology82.2%
    2. Social Sciences61.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering51.4%
    2. Environmental Science20.6%
    3. Computer Science20.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Energy00.0%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 64.8 works7.5×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 22.8 works7.5×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 6 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.69×260 works
  2. Health Professions2.39×23 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×36 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.50×6 works
  5. Neuroscience1.12×7 works
  6. Psychology0.73×8 works
  7. Dentistry0.64×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×5 works
  9. Nursing0.60×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.12×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  16. Engineering0.09×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  21. Energy0.02×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Kevin Colclough, Julia Rankin and Nicholas Alexander Kennedy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Kevin Colclough United Kingdom · #58,688 worldwide 7.1k citations · 164 works
  2. 2 Julia Rankin United Kingdom · #69,078 worldwide 8.5k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 Nicholas Alexander Kennedy United Kingdom · #77,319 worldwide 17k citations · 394 works
  4. 4 Michael Gibbons United Kingdom · #99,109 worldwide 5.6k citations · 157 works
  5. 5 John Samuel McGrath United Kingdom · #121,101 worldwide 8.2k citations · 245 works
  6. 6 Tariq Ahmad United Kingdom · #129,952 worldwide 32k citations · 332 works
  7. 7 Frank D. McDermott United Kingdom · #188,595 worldwide 4k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 Emma Wesley United Kingdom · #205,564 worldwide 3.4k citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Rachel Nice United Kingdom · #259,795 worldwide 3k citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Emma C. Kivuva United Kingdom · #278,947 worldwide 2.6k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

What are the most cited papers from Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust?

The most cited paper from Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust is "A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity" (Timothy Mark Frayling et al., 2007), with 4,513 citations. Next come "Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development" (3,853) and "British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults" (2,370).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity Timothy Mark Frayling et al. · Science Open access 12 Apr 2007 4,513
2 Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development John Gerard Meara et al. · The Lancet Open access 26 Apr 2015 3,853
3 British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults Christopher Andrew Lamb et al. · Gut Open access 27 Sep 2019 2,370
4 Replication of Genome-Wide Association Signals in UK Samples Reveals Risk Loci for Type 2 Diabetes Eleftheria Zeggini et al. · Science Open access 26 Apr 2007 2,218
5 Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy Nicholas David James et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2017 1,806
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Patient Satisfaction and 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-now 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.5×99 topics
  2. Complications20▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life19▲ 3.5×34 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 2.2×49 topics
  5. Treatment15▲ 3.4×39 topics
  6. Diagnosis14▲ 4.2×32 topics
  7. Mortality14▲ 6.6×11 topics
  8. Management13▲ 4.5×24 topics
  9. Guidelines13▲ 7.3×13 topics
  10. Genetics11▲ 4.2×17 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 2.6×21 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 8.9×9 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.4×25 topics
  14. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.8×16 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.7×14 topics
  16. Radiotherapy9▲ 6.3×11 topics
  17. Chemotherapy9▲ 3.4×18 topics
  18. Rehabilitation9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 7.9×9 topics
  20. Revision Surgery9▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Surgical Management8▲ 5.7×17 topics
  23. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  24. Fibrosis8▲ 11×7 topics
  25. Diabetes8▲ 4.0×11 topics
  26. Genetic Variants7▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Survival Analysis7▲ 6.9×6 topics
  29. Arthroplasty7▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Glycemic Control6▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Interstitial Lung Disease6▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Type 1 Diabetes6▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Diabetes Mellitus6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  34. Elderly Patients6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  35. Insulin Therapy6▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Immunology6▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  38. TGF-ß6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Clinical Genomics6▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Sequence Interpretation6▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Rare Diseases, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Pancreatic function and diabetes and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Genomics and Rare Diseases6Genomics and Rare Diseases: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 5 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…5Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 4 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …4Diabetes and associated disorders: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional works
GeneticsSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 6 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 4 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 4 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust0.0013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 2010.

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