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Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,431 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,287 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,061
of 28,054 · #12,529 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#408
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 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 #4,431 of 11,982 12.2%254 #4534
MedicineField #4,287 of 10,443 12.2%231 #3892

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 58.1 works7.7×
← 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: 1.72× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 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: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 231 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 5 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 & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Tariq Ahmad, Michael Gibbons and Neil Chanchlani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Tariq Ahmad United Kingdom · #13,005 worldwide 611 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Michael Gibbons United Kingdom · #197,128 worldwide 75 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Neil Chanchlani United Kingdom · #218,188 worldwide 66 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Bridget Knight United Kingdom · #222,524 worldwide 598 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Nicholas A. Kennedy United Kingdom · #296,621 worldwide 127 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 James Goodhand United Kingdom · #398,431 worldwide 71 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 John McGrath United Kingdom · #467,670 worldwide 103 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Kevin Colclough United Kingdom · #642,236 worldwide 71 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Julia Rankin United Kingdom · #713,191 worldwide 65 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Thomas Hubbard United Kingdom · #1,018,339 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

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

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology45▲ 3.5×93 topics
  2. Complications18▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life16▲ 3.5×32 topics
  4. Inflammation15▲ 2.3×45 topics
  5. Diagnosis14▲ 4.5×31 topics
  6. Treatment13▲ 3.3×36 topics
  7. Mortality13▲ 7.0×10 topics
  8. Guidelines12▲ 7.8×13 topics
  9. Management12▲ 4.6×22 topics
  10. Genetics10▲ 4.2×15 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.5×23 topics
  12. Immunotherapy9▲ 3.9×15 topics
  13. Risk Factors9▲ 2.5×18 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 8.7×9 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.6×13 topics
  16. Rehabilitation8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  17. Surgical Management8▲ 6.1×17 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 8.5×9 topics
  19. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.3×17 topics
  20. Revision Surgery8▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Radiotherapy7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  23. Fibrosis7▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Diabetes7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  25. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.1×14 topics
  26. Primary Care7▲ 5.4×12 topics
  27. Survival Analysis6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  28. Glycemic Control6▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Surgery6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Interstitial Lung Disease6▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Type 1 Diabetes6▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Elderly Patients6▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Genetic Variants6▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Arthroplasty6▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Diabetes Mellitus5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  37. Quality Improvement5▲ 8.6×8 topics
  38. Insulin Therapy5▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Children5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  40. TGF-ß5▲ 10×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Genomics and Rare Diseases and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Interstitial Lung Diseas…4Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksPancreatic function and …4Pancreatic function and diabetes: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …3Diabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryGeneticsEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher 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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