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Royal Oldham Hospital

In research, Royal Oldham Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,924 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,169
of 28,054 · #21,809 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#679
of 1,094
Research works
588
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Royal Oldham 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,924 of 11,982 6.3%64 #6930

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Oldham 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 59 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Royal Oldham Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, P. C. Steptoe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Oldham Hospital.

  1. 1 P. C. Steptoe United Kingdom · #238,040 worldwide 179 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Oldham Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Oldham Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Mortality, Guidelines, Elderly Patients, Rehabilitation, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.0×37 topics
  2. Complications7▲ 17×11 topics
  3. Mortality6▲ 13×7 topics
  4. Elderly Patients5▲ 36×3 topics
  5. Guidelines5▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Rehabilitation5▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  8. Diagnosis4▲ 5.4×12 topics
  9. Risk Factors4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  10. Surgery4▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Chemotherapy4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  12. Inflammation4▲ 2.1×14 topics
  13. Gastric Cancer3▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Survival Analysis3▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Treatment3▲ 3.2×12 topics
  17. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Management3▲ 4.6×11 topics
  19. Molecular Characterization3▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Surgical Management3▲ 8.6×11 topics
  21. Aging2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  25. Lymph Node Dissection2▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Children2▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Hip Fracture2▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Prevention2▲ 6.6×9 topics
  30. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Health Care Costs2▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Palliative Care2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Primary Care2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  34. Advance Care Planning2▲ 43×1 topic
  35. End-of-Life2▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  37. Medical Education2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications2▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Revision Surgery2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Oldham Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Frailty in Older Adults.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…1Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeriatrics and Gerontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Oldham Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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