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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,040 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,690 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,884
of 22,385 · #23,129 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#505
of 862
Research works
294
▲ 143% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

What is Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust 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 #4,040 of 9,902 8.8%138 #6644
MedicineField #3,690 of 8,541 9.0%129 #5834

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

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 161 fractional works · 83.2% of its workMedicine: 150 fractional works · 77.3% of its workSurgery: 36 fractional works · 18.4% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal Surrey NHSFoundation Trust194fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15077.3%
    2. Health Professions94.4%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.7%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering31.7%
    2. Computer Science31.3%
    3. Environmental Science20.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.8%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Psychology10.7%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.7 works7.8×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.02×150 works
  2. Health Professions1.69×9 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.67×3 works
  4. Nursing1.51×1 works
  5. Veterinary1.48×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×10 works
  7. Dentistry0.98×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.79×2 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.49×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.36×2 works
  11. Psychology0.24×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.19×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.19×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.17×3 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  18. Engineering0.11×3 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Jayanta Chatterjee, Carla Perna and James O’Brien lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Jayanta Chatterjee United Kingdom · #1,868,150 worldwide 102 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Carla Perna United Kingdom · #1,940,919 worldwide 429 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 James O’Brien United Kingdom · #2,628,555 worldwide 202 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Christina Uwins United Kingdom · #3,211,423 worldwide 253 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Charles J. Rayner United Kingdom · #3,598,118 worldwide 49 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 David T. Walker United Kingdom · #4,059,717 worldwide 216 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Panagiotis Koliou United Kingdom · #4,644,024 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jennifer Uribe United Kingdom · #4,996,989 worldwide 135 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Konstantinos Palaiologos United Kingdom · #5,125,260 worldwide 49 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

What are the most cited papers from Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust?

The most cited paper from Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is "Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: the multinational AKI-EPI study" (Eric A. J. Hoste et al., 2015), with 3,174 citations. Next come "Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants" (809) and "Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 28th Acute Disease Quality Initiative workgroup" (772).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: the multinational AKI-EPI study Eric A. J. Hoste et al. · Intensive Care Medicine 10 Jul 2015 3,174
2 Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants William D. Hill et al. · Nature Open access326 authors 5 Apr 2023 809
3 Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 28th Acute Disease Quality Initiative workgroup Alexander Zarbock et al. · Nature Reviews Nephrology ReviewOpen access 23 Feb 2023 772
4 Physiotherapy for adult patients with critical illness: recommendations of the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Task Force on Physiotherapy for Critically Ill Patients Rik Gosselink, J. Bott, Michael R. Johnson et al. · Intensive Care Medicine 18 Feb 2008 755
5 Recommendations on Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers From the Acute Disease Quality Initiative Consensus Conference Marlies Ostermann et al. · JAMA Network Open Open access 6 Oct 2020 684
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.8×57 topics
  2. Guidelines15▲ 17×11 topics
  3. Chemotherapy13▲ 9.4×19 topics
  4. Mortality13▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Inflammation12▲ 2.9×39 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Immunotherapy10▲ 6.8×12 topics
  9. Treatment10▲ 4.1×25 topics
  10. Diagnosis9▲ 5.2×25 topics
  11. Quality of Life8▲ 2.9×27 topics
  12. Risk Factors8▲ 3.7×18 topics
  13. Management8▲ 5.1×21 topics
  14. Cancer8▲ 3.0×25 topics
  15. Postoperative Complications8▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Survival Analysis7▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Surgery7▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  19. Complications6▲ 6.7×13 topics
  20. Biomarkers6▲ 4.7×13 topics
  21. Cardiac Risk6▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.7×10 topics
  23. Perioperative6▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 26×5 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery6▲ 20×4 topics
  26. Perioperative Care6▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Radiation Therapy6▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Radiotherapy5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  29. Screening5▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Aging5▲ 4.9×4 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 9.0×8 topics
  32. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy5▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Elderly Patients5▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Prostate Cancer5▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Mortality Risk4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization4▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Cervical Cancer4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Chemoradiation4▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Frailty in Older Adults, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults4Frailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After …3Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: 3 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…3Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 2 fractional worksDigital Radiography and …2Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeriatrics and GerontologySurgeryObstetrics and Gynecology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  5. 5 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 143% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 NHS Foundation Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust0.00070% in 2025200020102020

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