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Royal London Hospital

In research, Royal London Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,380 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,841 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,302 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,272
of 28,054 · #1,710 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#204
of 1,094
Research works
12k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
323k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Royal London 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 #1,380 of 10,443 14.3%552 #421
Health SciencesDomain #1,841 of 11,982 13.7%614 #435
Life SciencesDomain #3,302 of 7,800 17.4%71 #1027
SurgerySubfield #783 of 1,816 14.1%121 #337

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal London 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#421 #1,380
  2. Health Sciences#435 #1,841
  3. Life Sciences#1,027 #3,302
  4. Surgery#337 #783
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Royal London Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 120.6 works7.0×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.03× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 552 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal London Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, M. A. R. Freeman, G.R. Seward and Henry Head lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal London Hospital.

  1. 1 M. A. R. Freeman United Kingdom · #21,777 worldwide 373 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 G.R. Seward United Kingdom · #39,114 worldwide 277 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Henry Head United Kingdom · #43,505 worldwide 100 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Michael Swash United Kingdom · #51,907 worldwide 654 citations · 150 works
  5. 5 J. P. BLANDY United Kingdom · #71,120 worldwide 172 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 W. Russell Brain United Kingdom · #81,346 worldwide 222 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 R.T.D. Oliver United Kingdom · #87,629 worldwide 339 citations · 91 works
  8. 8 David R. Blake United Kingdom · #106,962 worldwide 195 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Eva Alberman United Kingdom · #112,848 worldwide 91 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 J. G. Grudzinskas United Kingdom · #116,818 worldwide 121 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Royal London Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal London Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Mortality, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Rehabilitation and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology107▲ 3.6×118 topics
  2. Treatment43▲ 4.8×45 topics
  3. Complications38▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Diagnosis36▲ 5.2×37 topics
  5. Inflammation33▲ 2.1×63 topics
  6. Quality of Life33▲ 3.0×44 topics
  7. Mortality32▲ 7.6×12 topics
  8. Surgical Management28▲ 9.1×18 topics
  9. Management28▲ 4.8×30 topics
  10. Risk Factors27▲ 3.3×32 topics
  11. Rehabilitation23▲ 7.8×11 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 5.0×14 topics
  13. Chemotherapy19▲ 3.7×24 topics
  14. Global Burden17▲ 4.3×12 topics
  15. Guidelines17▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Surgery17▲ 6.5×11 topics
  17. Immunotherapy16▲ 3.1×19 topics
  18. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.2×17 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 7.1×9 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors14▲ 4.2×14 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations13▲ 4.1×23 topics
  22. Biomechanics12▲ 5.5×8 topics
  23. Autoantibodies12▲ 6.8×8 topics
  24. Primary Care12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Health Outcomes12▲ 5.7×6 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 4.9×9 topics
  27. Prognosis11▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations11▲ 4.4×10 topics
  29. Quality Improvement11▲ 7.9×7 topics
  30. Diagnostic Criteria11▲ 6.5×10 topics
  31. Medical Education11▲ 5.5×11 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 6.4×6 topics
  33. Cognitive Impairment10▲ 5.5×8 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment10▲ 7.0×6 topics
  35. Transportation10▲ 7.1×2 topics
  36. Revision Surgery10▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement10▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Elderly Patients9▲ 7.6×4 topics
  39. Internal Fixation9▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Radiation Therapy9▲ 8.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Royal London Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Facial Trauma and Fracture Management and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.

Trauma and Emergency Car…8Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksFacial Trauma and Fracture Management: 6 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 5 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 5 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 5 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…5Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Facial Trauma and Fracture Management Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal London Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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