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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

In research, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,310 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,736 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,145 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology and Surgery — Rheumatology is 25.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,751
of 28,054 · #21,513 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#660
of 1,094
Research works
1.4k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Royal 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 #4,310 of 10,443 10.8%208 #5108
Health SciencesDomain #5,736 of 11,982 11.1%212 #6354
SurgerySubfield #1,145 of 1,816 11.4%88 #914

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

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#5,108 #4,310
  2. Health Sciences#6,354 #5,736
  3. Surgery#914 #1,145
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 Orthopaedic Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 25.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 27.6 works26×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 88.2 works16×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.58× its world share, 208 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, R. J. Grimer, Lee Jeys and A. M. Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.

  1. 1 R. J. Grimer United Kingdom · #51,788 worldwide 253 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Lee Jeys United Kingdom · #133,628 worldwide 149 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 A. M. Davies United Kingdom · #157,733 worldwide 99 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 R. M. Tillman United Kingdom · #182,138 worldwide 142 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Philip Jacobs United Kingdom · #191,283 worldwide 84 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Jonathan Stevenson United Kingdom · #212,857 worldwide 55 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 D. Chas Mangham United Kingdom · #340,651 worldwide 87 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Scott Evans United Kingdom · #485,576 worldwide 43 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Michael Parry United Kingdom · #536,379 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Steven James United Kingdom · #571,647 worldwide 69 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Treatment and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.7×34 topics
  2. Surgical Management23▲ 23×14 topics
  3. Complications22▲ 19×10 topics
  4. Revision Surgery22▲ 74×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement22▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors21▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Surgical Treatment21▲ 45×5 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Biomechanics17▲ 23×7 topics
  10. Chemotherapy15▲ 9.0×7 topics
  11. Radiotherapy15▲ 16×8 topics
  12. Spinal Fusion15▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Arthroplasty14▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Soft Tissue Sarcoma14▲ 110×2 topics
  15. Ewing's Sarcoma14▲ 125×1 topic
  16. Osteosarcoma14▲ 125×1 topic
  17. Rehabilitation14▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Diagnostic Imaging12▲ 47×3 topics
  19. Chondrosarcoma12▲ 218×1 topic
  20. Chordoma12▲ 218×1 topic
  21. Hip Arthroplasty11▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Wear Particles11▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Health-related Quality of Life11▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Outcomes11▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Total Knee Replacement11▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Low Back Pain10▲ 24×4 topics
  28. Degenerative Disc Disease9▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Osteoarthritis9▲ 31×4 topics
  30. Imaging9▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Periprosthetic Joint Infection9▲ 93×1 topic
  32. Prosthetic Joint Infections9▲ 93×1 topic
  33. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis8▲ 259×1 topic
  34. Shoulder Function8▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Synovial Chondromatosis8▲ 259×1 topic
  36. Mortality8▲ 6.0×6 topics
  37. Regeneration8▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Spinal Surgery8▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Intervertebral Disc8▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Lumbar Disc Degeneration8▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Orthopaedic Hospital publish most on?

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

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…14Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…12Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 12 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…11Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 11 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …11Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 11 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 9 fractional worksMusculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments: 8 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…8Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 8 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…7Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 7 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …7Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 7 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…6Hip disorders and treatments: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatologySurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 12 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 11 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 11 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 9 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 8 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 7 works
  9. 9 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 6 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Orthopaedic Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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