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Royal Surrey County Hospital

In research, Royal Surrey County Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,665 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,894 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Surgery — Oncology is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,372
of 28,054 · #8,697 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#587
of 1,094
Research works
2.4k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Royal Surrey County 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 #5,665 of 10,443 5.9%206 #2059
Health SciencesDomain #6,894 of 11,982 6.2%222 #2405

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Royal Surrey County Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 24.1 works8.1×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 45.4 works7.3×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.53× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 206 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 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.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Surrey County Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris Sutton, Shaun R. Preston and J. L. Price lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Surrey County Hospital.

  1. 1 Chris Sutton United Kingdom · #44,686 worldwide 354 citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Shaun R. Preston United Kingdom · #137,240 worldwide 209 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 J. L. Price United Kingdom · #171,206 worldwide 392 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 David Russell‐Jones United Kingdom · #209,925 worldwide 94 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Silvana Di Palma United Kingdom · #288,988 worldwide 117 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Kenneth C. Young United Kingdom · #347,151 worldwide 193 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Timothy Rockall United Kingdom · #348,970 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 William Fawcett United Kingdom · #374,011 worldwide 86 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 N D Karanjia United Kingdom · #375,367 worldwide 75 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Stephen Houston United Kingdom · #389,498 worldwide 160 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Surrey County Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Surrey County Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Mortality, Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.9×67 topics
  2. Chemotherapy18▲ 9.8×18 topics
  3. Mortality17▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Guidelines16▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Immunotherapy16▲ 8.4×13 topics
  6. Neoadjuvant Therapy15▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 10×13 topics
  8. Quality of Life13▲ 3.4×30 topics
  9. Survival Analysis11▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Radiation Therapy10▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Complications10▲ 7.5×14 topics
  12. Prostate Cancer10▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Screening9▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Surgery9▲ 9.3×10 topics
  16. Postoperative Complications8▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Biomarkers8▲ 4.3×11 topics
  18. Breast Cancer8▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Management8▲ 3.6×22 topics
  20. Surgical Management8▲ 6.9×15 topics
  21. Cardiac Risk7▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Perioperative7▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.1×9 topics
  24. Survival Rates7▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Biopsy7▲ 43×2 topics
  26. Radiotherapy7▲ 6.8×10 topics
  27. Prognosis7▲ 7.8×6 topics
  28. Robotic Surgery7▲ 18×5 topics
  29. Genetic Variants6▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Molecular Characterization6▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Gleason Grading6▲ 61×1 topic
  32. MRI Imaging6▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Precision Medicine6▲ 5.2×7 topics
  34. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy6▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Perioperative Care6▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Chemoradiation5▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Critical Care5▲ 8.4×8 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 7 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…3Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 3 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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