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Royal Lancaster Infirmary

In research, Royal Lancaster Infirmary stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,105 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,040
of 28,054 · #15,734 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#913
of 1,094
Research works
718
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Royal Lancaster Infirmary 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 #9,105 of 11,982 6.4%63 #5048

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

What does Royal Lancaster Infirmary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.6 works13×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.36× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Lancaster Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew F Smith, Sharon R Lewis and Valerie Anderson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

  1. 1 Andrew F Smith United Kingdom · #47,519 worldwide 337 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Sharon R Lewis United Kingdom · #92,883 worldwide 265 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Valerie Anderson United Kingdom · #559,190 worldwide 70 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Frank Wilson United Kingdom · #627,807 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Peter Harvey United Kingdom · #707,454 worldwide 52 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Marwan Bukhari United Kingdom · #1,009,465 worldwide 42 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Lancaster Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Royal Lancaster Infirmary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Parathyroid Hormone, Treatment, Epidemiology, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Mortality and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Complications9▲ 25×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 2.9×26 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 6.8×14 topics
  4. Parathyroid Hormone6▲ 87×3 topics
  5. Revision Surgery5▲ 53×2 topics
  6. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 53×2 topics
  7. Mortality5▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Rehabilitation4▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Surgery4▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Functional Recovery4▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Surgical Management4▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Elderly Patients4▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Bone Mineral Density3▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Fractures3▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.6×8 topics
  16. Hip Fracture3▲ 124×1 topic
  17. Orthogeriatric Care3▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Diagnosis3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Risk Factors3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  20. Hip Arthroplasty3▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Pathophysiology3▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Wear Particles3▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Postoperative Complications2▲ 27×4 topics
  24. Arthroplasty2▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 30×3 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Radiotherapy2▲ 8.7×8 topics
  29. Robotic Surgery2▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Healthcare Quality2▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Outcomes2▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Survival Analysis2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  37. Autoantibodies2▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Tumor Staging2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Prophylaxis2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Lancaster Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone health and osteoporosis research, Hip and Femur Fractures, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Bone health and osteoporosis research: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 3 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
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryPharmacyInternal Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Lancaster Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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