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Royal Surrey County Hospital

In research, Royal Surrey County Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,646 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,214 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Surgery (Oncology is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,433
of 22,385 · #7,459 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#457
of 862
Research works
2.4k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
44k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Royal Surrey County Hospital

What is Royal Surrey County 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 #4,646 of 9,902 5.9%222 #2666
MedicineField #4,214 of 8,541 5.6%206 #2431

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Surrey County 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 Surrey County Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Royal Surrey County Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 246 fractional works · 84.4% of its workMedicine: 228 fractional works · 78.3% of its workSurgery: 49 fractional works · 16.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 30 fractional works · 10.2% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 8.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal SurreyCounty Hospital291fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22878.3%
    2. Health Professions113.8%
    3. Dentistry51.7%
    4. Nursing20.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology30.9%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences41.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Psychology20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science41.4%
    2. Engineering41.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    4. Computer Science20.6%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Surrey County Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 26.0 works8.0×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 49.3 works7.2×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.45× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 228 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 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. Medicine4.07×228 works
  2. Dentistry3.45×5 works
  3. Health Professions1.44×11 works
  4. Nursing1.11×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×12 works
  7. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×3 works
  9. Neuroscience0.49×2 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.45×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.28×4 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.26×2 works
  14. Psychology0.20×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.10×4 works
  18. Engineering0.09×4 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.08×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Surrey County Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Shaun R. Preston, Hugh A. Mostafid and Ben C. Creagh-Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Surrey County Hospital.

  1. 1 Shaun R. Preston United Kingdom · #67,106 worldwide 19k citations · 189 works
  2. 2 Hugh A. Mostafid United Kingdom · #85,024 worldwide 11k citations · 186 works
  3. 3 Ben C. Creagh-Brown United Kingdom · #101,984 worldwide 7k citations · 134 works
  4. 4 Sharadah Essapen United Kingdom · #377,459 worldwide 6.5k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth Harrod United Kingdom · #404,619 worldwide 2.6k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 William John Fawcett United Kingdom · #442,170 worldwide 7.7k citations · 128 works
  7. 7 Robert W Laing United Kingdom · #523,575 worldwide 7.8k citations · 156 works
  8. 8 Andrew Neil Davies United Kingdom · #609,407 worldwide 9.4k citations · 276 works
  9. 9 Richard E Shaffer United Kingdom · #626,957 worldwide 2.1k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 David L Russell-Jones United Kingdom · #688,149 worldwide 8.5k citations · 238 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Surrey County Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Royal Surrey County Hospital?

The most cited paper from Royal Surrey County Hospital is "Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer" (Sarah C. Darby, Marianne Ewertz, Paul McGale et al., 2013), with 4,034 citations. Next come "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (3,854) and "Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Colon Cancer" (3,709).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Sarah C. Darby, Marianne Ewertz, Paul McGale et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Mar 2013 4,034
2 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
3 Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Colon Cancer Thierry André, Corrado Boni, Lamia Mounedji-Boudiaf et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Jun 2004 3,709
4 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
5 International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening Scott Mayer McKinney et al. · Nature Open access 2020 3,314
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Surrey County Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Mortality, Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 2.8×67 topics
  2. Chemotherapy19▲ 9.2×18 topics
  3. Mortality18▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Guidelines17▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Immunotherapy17▲ 7.9×13 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 9.8×13 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 22×5 topics
  8. Quality of Life15▲ 3.5×31 topics
  9. Survival Analysis12▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Radiation Therapy12▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Complications11▲ 7.3×15 topics
  12. Prostate Cancer10▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Screening10▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Postoperative Complications9▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Surgery9▲ 8.8×10 topics
  17. Biomarkers9▲ 4.3×11 topics
  18. Clinical Trials8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  19. Management8▲ 3.6×23 topics
  20. Breast Cancer8▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Surgical Management8▲ 6.7×15 topics
  22. Cardiac Risk8▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Perioperative8▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Robotic Surgery8▲ 18×5 topics
  25. Prognosis8▲ 8.0×7 topics
  26. Survival Rates8▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Radiotherapy8▲ 6.5×11 topics
  28. Biopsy7▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Genetic Variants7▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Gleason Grading7▲ 57×1 topic
  31. MRI Imaging7▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Precision Medicine7▲ 4.8×7 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization7▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy7▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Perioperative Care6▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Critical Care6▲ 8.1×8 topics
  40. Molecular Classification6▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Surrey County Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…3Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …3Nutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 3 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 available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Surrey County Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Surrey County Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Royal Surrey County Hospital0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Surrey County 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Royal Surrey County Hospital4.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2017.

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