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Royal Liverpool University Hospital

In research, Royal Liverpool University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,722 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,981 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,564
of 28,054 · #6,075 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#352
of 1,094
Research works
3.6k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Royal Liverpool University Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,722 of 10,443 11.6%172 #1490
Health SciencesDomain #4,981 of 11,982 11.3%187 #1797

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Liverpool University 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.27× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Royal Liverpool University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Intraocular Pressure, Microscopy, Bioimage Analysis, High-Content Screening and High-Throughput Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 2.9×90 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 3.0×48 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 3.8×33 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.3×28 topics
  5. Risk Factors9▲ 3.3×18 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 2.3×29 topics
  7. Diagnosis8▲ 3.5×29 topics
  8. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.5×18 topics
  9. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.5×16 topics
  10. Intraocular Pressure7▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors7▲ 6.6×13 topics
  12. Biosensors7▲ 5.5×3 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.2×12 topics
  14. Image Processing7▲ 6.4×2 topics
  15. Microscopy7▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Bioimage Analysis7▲ 76×1 topic
  17. High-Content Screening7▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Management7▲ 3.5×20 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.3×18 topics
  20. High-Throughput Analysis6▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification6▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Paper-Based Microfluidics6▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Protein Microarrays6▲ 158×1 topic
  24. Surgical Management6▲ 6.4×17 topics
  25. Mortality6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  26. Kidney Transplantation6▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Glaucoma6▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Graft Survival6▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Guidelines6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Optical Coherence Tomography5▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Drugs5▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Optic Nerve4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Antibody-Mediated Rejection4▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Corneal Biomechanics4▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Keratoconus4▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Renal Allograft4▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Molecular Pathology4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Liverpool University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications, Biosensors and Analytical Detection and Corneal surgery and disorders.

Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytica…6Biosensors and Analytical Detection: 6 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…4Corneal surgery and disorders: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 3 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…3Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 3 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 2 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional works
BiophysicsMolecular BiologyBiomedical EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 7 works
  2. 2 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  6. 6 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 3 works
  7. 7 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Liverpool University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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