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Hospital / health system · Stoke-on-Trent · United Kingdom

Royal Stoke University Hospital

In research, Royal Stoke University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,030 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,548 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,061
of 28,054 · #12,188 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#715
of 1,094
Research works
2.1k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Royal Stoke University 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 #5,030 of 10,443 6.3%179 #2734
Health SciencesDomain #6,548 of 11,982 6.6%190 #3401

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

What does Royal Stoke University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 45.4 works9.2×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.8 works7.0×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.39× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Stoke University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard C. Strange, Martin Samuels and Richard Johanson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Stoke University Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard C. Strange United Kingdom · #92,275 worldwide 291 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Martin Samuels United Kingdom · #249,248 worldwide 70 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Richard Johanson United Kingdom · #255,599 worldwide 73 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 P. Naish United Kingdom · #268,160 worldwide 187 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sara Paterson‐Brown United Kingdom · #435,336 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Sriram Rajagopalan United Kingdom · #470,303 worldwide 57 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 B. Lamar Johnson United Kingdom · #470,515 worldwide 32 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Mohammed Haris United Kingdom · #600,652 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 R. N. Clayton United Kingdom · #644,659 worldwide 153 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Samena Chaudhry United Kingdom · #726,520 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Stoke University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Stoke University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Complications, Diagnosis, Mortality, Chemotherapy, Management and 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 2022–2025 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▲ 4.0×82 topics
  2. Guidelines15▲ 15×12 topics
  3. Complications14▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Diagnosis13▲ 6.8×29 topics
  5. Mortality12▲ 9.8×11 topics
  6. Treatment12▲ 4.6×30 topics
  7. Chemotherapy11▲ 7.6×18 topics
  8. Management11▲ 6.6×21 topics
  9. Inflammation11▲ 2.5×31 topics
  10. Quality of Life8▲ 2.5×26 topics
  11. Risk Factors8▲ 3.2×20 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.0×17 topics
  13. Surgical Management7▲ 8.2×14 topics
  14. Immunotherapy7▲ 4.7×12 topics
  15. Surgery7▲ 9.3×9 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Radiotherapy6▲ 7.8×10 topics
  18. Postoperative Complications6▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  20. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.2×11 topics
  21. Children5▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Cardiac Risk5▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Perioperative5▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Endoscopic Stenting5▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Esophageal Perforation5▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Palliative Treatment5▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Global Burden5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  28. Heart Failure5▲ 5.2×11 topics
  29. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Elderly Patients4▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.7×13 topics
  32. Medical Education4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  35. Biomechanics4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  36. Echocardiography4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  37. Pancreatic Cancer4▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Surgical Complications4▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Stoke University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Esophageal and GI Pathology, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…2Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…2Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Stoke University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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