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Royal Preston Hospital

In research, Royal Preston Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,395 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,844 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,410
of 22,385 · #16,099 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#647
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Royal Preston Hospital

What is Royal Preston 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 #5,395 of 9,902 6.6%118 #7156
MedicineField #4,844 of 8,541 6.4%108 #6248

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Preston 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 fields of science does Royal Preston Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Royal Preston Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 137 fractional works · 85.8% of its workMedicine: 126 fractional works · 78.6% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 18.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal PrestonHospital160fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12678.6%
    2. Health Professions74.7%
    3. Dentistry31.8%
    4. Nursing10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.6%
    2. Neuroscience32.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology31.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    3. Decision Sciences10.5%
    4. Social Sciences10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering31.6%
    2. Computer Science00.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Environmental Science00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.70× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.09×126 works
  2. Dentistry3.70×3 works
  3. Health Professions1.77×7 works
  4. Nursing1.39×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.22×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×7 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×1 works
  8. Psychology0.57×3 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  15. Engineering0.11×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.04×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Preston Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Alison Jane Birtle, Omi Parikh and Hedley C A Emsley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Preston Hospital.

  1. 1 Alison Jane Birtle United Kingdom · #61,961 worldwide 15k citations · 251 works
  2. 2 Omi Parikh United Kingdom · #64,216 worldwide 11k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Hedley C A Emsley United Kingdom · #453,204 worldwide 8.3k citations · 214 works
  4. 4 Isaac Phang United Kingdom · #516,418 worldwide 1.8k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Christian de Goede United Kingdom · #791,655 worldwide 1.9k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Pierre PL Martin-Hirsch United Kingdom · #987,738 worldwide 3.3k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 R. S. Garden United Kingdom · #1,061,268 worldwide 2.6k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 F. J. Bolton United Kingdom · #1,338,517 worldwide 3.4k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Douglas J. Mitchell United Kingdom · #1,379,547 worldwide 3.3k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 F. J. Bolton United Kingdom · #1,390,291 worldwide 2.6k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Preston Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Royal Preston Hospital?

The most cited paper from Royal Preston Hospital is "Should We STOP Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in Advanced Kidney Disease?" (Aimun Ahmed, Tom Jorna, Sunil Bhandari, 2016), with 11,736 citations. Next come "Addition of docetaxel, zoledronic acid, or both to first-line long-term hormone therapy in prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): survival results from an adaptive, multiarm, multistage, platform randomised controlled trial" (1,985) and "Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy" (1,806).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Should We STOP Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in Advanced Kidney Disease? Aimun Ahmed, Tom Jorna, Sunil Bhandari · ˜The œNephron journals/Nephron journals 2016 11,736
2 Addition of docetaxel, zoledronic acid, or both to first-line long-term hormone therapy in prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): survival results from an adaptive, multiarm, multistage, platform randomised controlled trial Nicholas David James et al. · The Lancet Open access 21 Dec 2015 1,985
3 Abiraterone for Prostate Cancer Not Previously Treated with Hormone Therapy Nicholas David James et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2017 1,806
4 Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis Ashley Harris Beecham et al. · Nature Genetics Open access193 authors 29 Sep 2013 1,466
5 Conventional versus hypofractionated high-dose intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: 5-year outcomes of the randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 CHHiP trial David Paul Dearnaley et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 22 Jun 2016 1,350
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Preston Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Surgical Management, Complications, Radiotherapy, Diagnosis, Surgery and Palliative Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.1×60 topics
  2. Immunotherapy8▲ 7.0×16 topics
  3. Surgical Management7▲ 11×15 topics
  4. Complications7▲ 9.0×13 topics
  5. Diagnosis7▲ 4.8×21 topics
  6. Treatment7▲ 3.4×23 topics
  7. Radiotherapy6▲ 9.7×12 topics
  8. Management6▲ 4.4×16 topics
  9. Surgery6▲ 9.8×9 topics
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  11. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.4×12 topics
  12. Mortality5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  13. Quality of Life5▲ 2.1×22 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.8×13 topics
  15. Palliative Treatment5▲ 45×2 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  19. Prognosis4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  20. Guidelines4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  21. Endoscopic Stenting4▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Esophageal Perforation4▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Autoantibodies4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.7×5 topics
  25. Biomechanics3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  27. Angiogenesis3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Radiosurgery3▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. CT Imaging3▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Medical Education3▲ 6.7×9 topics
  34. Molecular Classification3▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Pain Management3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  36. Clinical Management3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  37. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Function2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Stroke2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment2▲ 8.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Royal Preston Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries.

Esophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Injuries: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 2 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and…2Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryGeneticsEpidemiologyNephrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 2 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 2 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Preston Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Preston Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Royal Preston Hospital0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Preston 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Royal Preston Hospital3.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 1993.

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