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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

In research, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,543 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#2,719 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#791 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology and Surgery (Rheumatology is 27.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,853
of 22,385 · #8,440 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#430
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

What is Royal Orthopaedic Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,543 of 9,902 8.5%212 #2127
MedicineField #2,719 of 8,541 8.5%208 #2305
SurgerySubfield #791 of 1,532 7.4%88 #746

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#2,127 #2,543
  2. Medicine#2,305 #2,719
  3. Surgery#746 #791
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Royal Orthopaedic Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (87%), Engineering (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 245 fractional works · 89.8% of its workMedicine: 238 fractional works · 87.3% of its workSurgery: 98 fractional works · 35.9% of its workRheumatology: 34 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 8.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal OrthopaedicHospital272fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences90%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine23887.3%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Dentistry31.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Engineering124.4%
    2. Environmental Science20.6%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.1%
    2. Neuroscience10.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology10.5%
    2. Decision Sciences10.5%
    3. Social Sciences10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Orthopaedic Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 27.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 33.6 works27×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 97.7 works15×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.38× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.54× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.54×238 works
  2. Dentistry2.38×3 works
  3. Veterinary0.60×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  5. Health Professions0.48×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.48×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×6 works
  8. Engineering0.30×12 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.17×1 works
  12. Psychology0.16×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.13×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  16. Nursing0.05×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert John Grimer, Hassan Douis and S. R. Carter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.

  1. 1 Robert John Grimer United Kingdom · #115,390 worldwide 24k citations · 389 works
  2. 2 Hassan Douis United Kingdom · #194,231 worldwide 4.3k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 S. R. Carter United Kingdom · #350,026 worldwide 6.8k citations · 115 works
  4. 4 Martyn Snow United Kingdom · #387,985 worldwide 3.2k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Lee Marcus Jeys United Kingdom · #415,110 worldwide 11k citations · 364 works
  6. 6 Roger M. Tillman United Kingdom · #536,965 worldwide 8.8k citations · 223 works
  7. 7 Czar Louie Gaston United Kingdom · #561,404 worldwide 1.6k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Edward Thomas Davis United Kingdom · #626,225 worldwide 2.3k citations · 125 works
  9. 9 A. Abudu United Kingdom · #636,860 worldwide 6.9k citations · 190 works
  10. 10 Michael Parry United Kingdom · #751,762 worldwide 4k citations · 154 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Royal Orthopaedic Hospital?

The most cited paper from Royal Orthopaedic Hospital is "The Oswestry Disability Index" (Jeremy C. T. Fairbank, Paul B. Pynsent, 2000), with 5,809 citations. Next come "Fracture healing: The diamond concept" (1,092) and "Survival and prognosis with osteosarcoma: outcomes in more than 2000 patients in the EURAMOS-1 (European and American Osteosarcoma Study) cohort" (748).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Oswestry Disability Index Jeremy C. T. Fairbank, Paul B. Pynsent · Spine Nov 2000 5,809
2 Fracture healing: The diamond concept Peter Vasilios Giannoudis, Thomas A. Einhorn, David Russell Marsh · Injury Sep 2007 1,092
3 Survival and prognosis with osteosarcoma: outcomes in more than 2000 patients in the EURAMOS-1 (European and American Osteosarcoma Study) cohort Sigbjørn Smeland et al. · European Journal of Cancer Open access 27 Jan 2019 748
4 Bone sarcomas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Pancras C.W. Hogendoorn, Nick A. Athanasou, S. Bielack et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access May 2010 721
5 Metal-on-metal resurfacing of the hip in patients under the age of 55 years with osteoarthritis J. Daniel, P. B. Pynsent, Derek J. W. McMinn · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume Mar 2004 687
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Management, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications, 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-now 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.5×34 topics
  2. Prognostic Factors26▲ 22×8 topics
  3. Surgical Management26▲ 23×16 topics
  4. Revision Surgery25▲ 72×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement25▲ 72×2 topics
  6. Complications25▲ 18×10 topics
  7. Surgical Treatment23▲ 43×5 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Chemotherapy19▲ 10×8 topics
  10. Biomechanics18▲ 22×7 topics
  11. Ewing's Sarcoma18▲ 142×1 topic
  12. Osteosarcoma18▲ 142×1 topic
  13. Soft Tissue Sarcoma18▲ 126×2 topics
  14. Radiotherapy18▲ 17×9 topics
  15. Arthroplasty17▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Rehabilitation16▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Spinal Fusion16▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Chondrosarcoma15▲ 238×1 topic
  19. Chordoma15▲ 238×1 topic
  20. Diagnostic Imaging13▲ 44×4 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction13▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Outcomes13▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Total Knee Replacement13▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Hip Arthroplasty12▲ 76×1 topic
  26. Wear Particles12▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Osteoarthritis11▲ 30×4 topics
  28. Low Back Pain10▲ 23×4 topics
  29. Imaging10▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease10▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis10▲ 268×1 topic
  32. Synovial Chondromatosis10▲ 268×1 topic
  33. Periprosthetic Joint Infection10▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Prosthetic Joint Infections10▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Shoulder Function9▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Regeneration9▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Spinal Surgery8▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Intervertebral Disc8▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Lumbar Disc Degeneration8▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Rotator Cuff Tears8▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Orthopaedic Hospital publish most on?

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

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…18Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…15Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 15 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …13Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 13 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…12Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 12 fractional worksMusculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments: 10 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 10 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…8Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 8 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 7 fractional worksHip 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 18 works
  2. 2 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 15 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 12 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 10 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 10 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Orthopaedic Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Orthopaedic Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Royal Orthopaedic Hospital0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Orthopaedic Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Royal Orthopaedic Hospital9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 2005.

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