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Royal Preston Hospital

In research, Royal Preston Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,962 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,330 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,431
of 28,054 · #11,949 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#784
of 1,094
Research works
1.4k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Royal Preston 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 #6,962 of 10,443 6.6%108 #3636
Health SciencesDomain #8,330 of 11,982 7.0%118 #4529

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 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.27× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Preston Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, P Morgan-Capner, Omi Parikh and E. M. R. Critchley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Preston Hospital.

  1. 1 P Morgan-Capner United Kingdom · #226,166 worldwide 108 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Omi Parikh United Kingdom · #285,761 worldwide 171 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 E. M. R. Critchley United Kingdom · #361,196 worldwide 42 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Preston Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Preston Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Radiotherapy, Surgery and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.1×59 topics
  2. Diagnosis7▲ 5.2×21 topics
  3. Immunotherapy6▲ 6.4×15 topics
  4. Complications6▲ 8.9×12 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 3.4×23 topics
  6. Surgical Management6▲ 9.8×15 topics
  7. Management5▲ 5.0×16 topics
  8. Radiotherapy5▲ 9.6×10 topics
  9. Risk Factors5▲ 3.3×16 topics
  10. Mortality5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  11. Surgery5▲ 10.0×9 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations4▲ 7.3×12 topics
  13. Palliative Treatment4▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Quality of Life4▲ 2.1×20 topics
  15. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Prognosis4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.7×10 topics
  22. Endoscopic Stenting3▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Esophageal Perforation3▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Angiogenesis3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  26. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  27. Medical Education3▲ 8.1×9 topics
  28. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. CT Imaging3▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Gender Differences3▲ 5.5×2 topics
  31. Molecular Classification3▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Radiosurgery3▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Clinical Management2▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Pain Management2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  37. Quality Improvement2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Stroke2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  40. Cognitive Function2▲ 8.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Royal Preston Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Injuries: 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 worksRenal Diseases and Glome…2Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 2 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryGeneticsEmergency MedicineBiophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 2 works
  9. 9 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Preston Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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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