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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

In research, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,516 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,698 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,943
of 28,054 · #11,502 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#469
of 1,094
Research works
1.8k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
55k
29.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Royal National Orthopaedic 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 #5,516 of 10,443 12.7%133 #2572
Health SciencesDomain #6,698 of 11,982 13.3%140 #3022

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

What does Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 52.2 works12×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Surgical Management and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.6×54 topics
  2. Revision Surgery13▲ 56×2 topics
  3. Total Hip Replacement13▲ 56×2 topics
  4. Complications13▲ 14×13 topics
  5. Biomechanics12▲ 22×6 topics
  6. Rehabilitation12▲ 17×10 topics
  7. Surgical Management11▲ 14×13 topics
  8. Arthroplasty10▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 8.6×10 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors8▲ 9.5×8 topics
  11. Surgical Treatment8▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Tissue Engineering8▲ 6.7×9 topics
  13. Hip Arthroplasty7▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Wear Particles7▲ 67×1 topic
  15. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Quality of Life7▲ 2.6×25 topics
  17. Infection Prevention7▲ 41×3 topics
  18. Shoulder Function6▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  20. Mortality6▲ 5.8×8 topics
  21. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Outcomes6▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Internal Fixation6▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Osteosarcoma5▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Soft Tissue Sarcoma5▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Radiotherapy5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion5▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Antibiotic Prophylaxis5▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Biomaterials5▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Low Back Pain5▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Periprosthetic Joint Infection5▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Prosthetic Joint Infections5▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Bone Healing5▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Fracture Epidemiology5▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Angiogenesis4▲ 7.1×7 topics
  38. Ankle Injuries4▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Regeneration4▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Sprains4▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments.

Orthopaedic implants and…7Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 7 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …6Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…5Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…5Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 5 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 3 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…3Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 3 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 3 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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