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Royal Lancaster Infirmary

In research, Royal Lancaster Infirmary stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,851 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Medicine (Surgery is 13.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,892
of 22,385 · #17,336 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#837
of 862
Research works
718
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Royal Lancaster Infirmary

What is Royal Lancaster Infirmary 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 #6,851 of 9,902 6.4%63 #5547

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Lancaster Infirmary 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 Lancaster Infirmary work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Royal Lancaster Infirmary is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 69 fractional works · 89.0% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 84.1% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 31.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal LancasterInfirmary77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences89%Social Sciences3%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6584.1%
    2. Health Professions34.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.5%
    2. Neuroscience10.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Social Sciences11.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering11.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    3. Materials Science00.2%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Lancaster Infirmary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.4 works13×
  2. MedicineField · 65.1 works4.4×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.37× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.37×65 works
  2. Health Professions1.65×3 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×4 works
  4. Veterinary0.79×0 works
  5. Neuroscience0.44×1 works
  6. Nursing0.44×0 works
  7. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.29×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×0 works
  12. Engineering0.10×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  16. Psychology0.07×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Lancaster Infirmary?

Ranked on the quality score, Sharon R Lewis, Andrew F Smith and Oliver J Schofield-Robinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

  1. 1 Sharon R Lewis United Kingdom · #210,145 worldwide 6.1k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Andrew F Smith United Kingdom · #537,762 worldwide 11k citations · 279 works
  3. 3 Oliver J Schofield-Robinson United Kingdom · #600,483 worldwide 1.7k citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Amanda Nicholson United Kingdom · #668,543 worldwide 4.5k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 David Walter Fyfe United Kingdom · #860,552 worldwide 2.5k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Michael W. Pritchard United Kingdom · #1,007,843 worldwide 1.7k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Janet M. Lavelle United Kingdom · #1,595,489 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Gillian Campbell United Kingdom · #1,700,644 worldwide 695 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Philip D. Cartwright United Kingdom · #1,988,327 worldwide 745 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Marwan A S Bukhari United Kingdom · #2,274,952 worldwide 4.8k citations · 288 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Lancaster Infirmary

What are the most cited papers from Royal Lancaster Infirmary?

The most cited paper from Royal Lancaster Infirmary is "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al., 2021), with 1,130 citations. Next come "Standards for definitions and use of outcome measures for clinical effectiveness research in perioperative medicine" (1,061) and "Olaparib in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with DNA repair gene aberrations (TOPARP-B): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial" (650).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
2 Standards for definitions and use of outcome measures for clinical effectiveness research in perioperative medicine Ib Jammer, Nadine Wickboldt, Michael Sander et al. · European Journal of Anaesthesiology Open access 23 Jul 2014 1,061
3 Olaparib in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with DNA repair gene aberrations (TOPARP-B): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial Joaquı́n Mateo et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 2 Dec 2019 650
4 Docetaxel versus active symptom control for refractory oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma (COUGAR-02): an open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial Hugo E. R. Ford, Andrea Marshall, John A. Bridgewater et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 9 Dec 2013 609
5 Systematic review and meta-analysis of enhanced recovery programmes in surgical patients Amanda Nicholson, Michael Lowe, James Cole Parker et al. · British journal of surgery ReviewOpen access 27 Jan 2014 486
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Lancaster Infirmary?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Parathyroid Hormone, Rehabilitation, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Mortality and Treatment.

▲ 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. Complications10▲ 26×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 3.0×28 topics
  3. Parathyroid Hormone6▲ 78×3 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 6.1×14 topics
  5. Mortality5▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Rehabilitation5▲ 18×7 topics
  7. Revision Surgery5▲ 55×2 topics
  8. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Surgery4▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Elderly Patients4▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Functional Recovery4▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 9.4×9 topics
  13. Hip Fracture4▲ 137×1 topic
  14. Orthogeriatric Care4▲ 137×1 topic
  15. Surgical Management4▲ 12×10 topics
  16. Bone Mineral Density4▲ 59×1 topic
  17. Fractures4▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Risk Factors3▲ 3.7×11 topics
  19. Hip Arthroplasty3▲ 64×1 topic
  20. Wear Particles3▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Diagnosis3▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Robotic Surgery3▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Arthroplasty3▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Pathophysiology3▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Outcomes2▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Postoperative Complications2▲ 25×4 topics
  30. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.7×8 topics
  34. Survival Analysis2▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Healthcare Quality2▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  37. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  38. Tumor Staging2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Prophylaxis2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Reflective Practice2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Lancaster Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hip and Femur Fractures, Bone health and osteoporosis research, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Hip and Femur Fractures: 4 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 2 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid …1Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePharmacyInternal Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 2 works
  7. 7 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Lancaster Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Lancaster Infirmary as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Royal Lancaster Infirmary0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Lancaster Infirmary 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2022Royal Lancaster Infirmary2.7% in 2022200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2018.

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