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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

In research, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,453 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,241 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,252
of 28,054 · #14,549 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#867
of 1,094
Research works
702
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Royal Shrewsbury 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 #6,453 of 10,443 3.9%73 #3581
Health SciencesDomain #8,241 of 11,982 3.9%77 #4209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Shrewsbury 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.25× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Wilmshurst and Mark Cheetham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Wilmshurst United Kingdom · #441,444 worldwide 53 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Mark Cheetham United Kingdom · #1,208,907 worldwide 7 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Complications, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Mortality and Biomechanics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 4.4×41 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 9.4×19 topics
  3. Complications9▲ 20×14 topics
  4. Diagnosis9▲ 10×19 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 6.5×14 topics
  6. Guidelines6▲ 14×9 topics
  7. Mortality5▲ 10×8 topics
  8. Inflammation4▲ 2.4×23 topics
  9. Biomechanics4▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Prevention4▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.6×14 topics
  12. Rehabilitation4▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Surgical Management4▲ 9.8×12 topics
  14. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Management3▲ 4.8×17 topics
  16. Children3▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Diabetes3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  18. Screening3▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Immunotherapy3▲ 4.3×11 topics
  20. Stem Cells3▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Surveillance3▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Colonoscopy2▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Glycemic Control2▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Polyps2▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Regeneration2▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Insulin Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Type 1 Diabetes2▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  30. Immune Response2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Surgery2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  33. Adults2▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Colonic Diverticulitis2▲ 116×1 topic
  35. Diverticulitis2▲ 116×1 topic
  36. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Arthroplasty2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  39. Crohn's Disease2▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Review2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Shrewsbury Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Diverticular Disease and Complications, Diabetes Management and Research and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments.

Colorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…2Diverticular Disease and Complications: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 1 fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
OncologySurgeryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 1 works
  7. 7 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Shrewsbury Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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