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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#5,598 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,137 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#15,905
of 28,054 · #27,799 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#569
of 1,094
Research works
294
▲ 686% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust 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 #5,598 of 10,443 13.9%129 #9557
Health SciencesDomain #7,137 of 11,982 13.7%138 #12138

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

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 · 30.7 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Christina Uwins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Christina Uwins United Kingdom · #778,015 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Mortality, Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.6×51 topics
  2. Guidelines14▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Mortality11▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Chemotherapy11▲ 9.2×18 topics
  5. Inflammation10▲ 3.0×35 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Treatment9▲ 4.6×21 topics
  9. Diagnosis9▲ 5.9×23 topics
  10. Immunotherapy9▲ 7.2×12 topics
  11. Management8▲ 5.9×19 topics
  12. Risk Factors7▲ 4.0×16 topics
  13. Postoperative Complications7▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Cancer6▲ 2.9×22 topics
  15. Quality of Life6▲ 2.7×24 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  17. Cardiac Risk6▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 30×5 topics
  19. Perioperative6▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Surgery6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  21. Survival Analysis6▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Biomarkers5▲ 4.7×12 topics
  23. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.6×8 topics
  24. Perioperative Care5▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery5▲ 21×4 topics
  26. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy5▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Screening4▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.8×8 topics
  29. Complications4▲ 5.1×13 topics
  30. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.7×10 topics
  31. Radiation Therapy4▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Prevention4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  33. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization4▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Prostate Cancer4▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 9.5×5 topics
  37. Elderly Patients4▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  39. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Medical Education3▲ 7.9×7 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Frailty in Older Adults and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …6Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After Surgery: 3 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults3Frailty in Older Adults: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…2Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksDigital Radiography and …2Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGeriatrics and GerontologyOncology2 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 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 686% 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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