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Royal Glamorgan Hospital

In research, Royal Glamorgan Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,183 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#10,973 of 17,978 worldwide) and Surgery (#3,698 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,232
of 28,054 · #30,667 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#965
of 1,094
Research works
645
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Royal Glamorgan Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #11,183 of 20,462 7.9%541
MedicineField #10,973 of 17,978 7.4%494
SurgerySubfield #3,698 of 4,227 8.0%124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Glamorgan 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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 49 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 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 Glamorgan Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jishnu Shankar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

  1. 1 Jishnu Shankar United Kingdom · #1,086,181 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Glamorgan Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Glamorgan Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.7×33 topics
  2. Treatment5▲ 6.6×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 4.5×14 topics
  4. Mortality3▲ 9.8×9 topics
  5. Management3▲ 7.0×13 topics
  6. Clinical Trials3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  7. Risk Factors3▲ 4.6×8 topics
  8. Inflammation3▲ 2.3×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis3▲ 4.9×14 topics
  10. Complications3▲ 9.0×10 topics
  11. Guidelines3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  12. Stroke2▲ 23×4 topics
  13. Surgery2▲ 12×7 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  16. Autoantibodies2▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.2×8 topics
  19. Surgical Management2▲ 8.6×9 topics
  20. Diabetes2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.9×10 topics
  22. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Prevalence2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  24. Diabetic Retinopathy2▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Macular Degeneration2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Robotic Surgery2▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Medical Education1▲ 9.1×6 topics
  28. Neuroimaging1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  29. Prevention1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  30. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Screening1▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Glaucoma1▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Hormone Therapy1▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Emergency Department Visits1▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Optical Coherence Tomography1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Function1▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Distance Education1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Optic Nerve1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Glamorgan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Medical Coding and Health Information, Online and Blended Learning and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

COVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksMedical Coding and Healt…1Medical Coding and Health Information: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 1 fractional worksDigital Imaging in Medicine: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…1Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHormonal and reproductive studies: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional works
OncologyHealth Information ManagementEducationPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  2. 2 Medical Coding and Health Information Health Information Management 1 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Imaging in Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  9. 9 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Glamorgan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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