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Royal Sussex County Hospital

In research, Royal Sussex County Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,978 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,423 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,168
of 28,054 · #10,915 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#580
of 1,094
Research works
1.6k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Royal Sussex 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 #4,978 of 10,443 8.0%159 #3178
Health SciencesDomain #6,423 of 11,982 7.9%173 #3766

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Sussex 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 Sussex County Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 20.5 works10×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 40.6 works8.9×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.26× its world share, 159 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Sussex County Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, D. A. Chamberlain, N Kirkham and J.C. Kingswood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Sussex County Hospital.

  1. 1 D. A. Chamberlain United Kingdom · #41,929 worldwide 259 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 N Kirkham United Kingdom · #241,663 worldwide 96 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 J.C. Kingswood United Kingdom · #594,924 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Paul Grant United Kingdom · #621,242 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 John Quin United Kingdom · #647,345 worldwide 14 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 J. Michael Ryan United Kingdom · #801,130 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Royce P Vincent United Kingdom · #961,499 worldwide 49 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 J. H. T. Davies United Kingdom · #1,164,149 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Rex Binning United Kingdom · #1,213,254 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Sussex County Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Sussex County Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Complications, Mortality, Diagnosis, Management, Surgery and Postoperative Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.7×70 topics
  2. Guidelines16▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Complications15▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Mortality13▲ 12×10 topics
  5. Diagnosis12▲ 6.5×23 topics
  6. Management10▲ 6.8×20 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 3.6×22 topics
  8. Treatment10▲ 4.2×25 topics
  9. Surgery8▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Postoperative Complications8▲ 33×4 topics
  11. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 31×4 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.2×13 topics
  13. Surgical Treatment6▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Cardiac Risk6▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Perioperative6▲ 40×1 topic
  16. Chronic Pain6▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.3×9 topics
  18. Surgical Management5▲ 6.7×15 topics
  19. Children5▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Pathophysiology5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation5▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Laparoscopic Repair5▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis5▲ 4.2×5 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  25. Hernia Repair4▲ 80×1 topic
  26. Mesh Techniques4▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  28. Robotic Surgery4▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Internal Fixation4▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Antibiotic Therapy4▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Infection Prevention4▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Medical Education4▲ 7.0×8 topics
  34. Appendicitis3▲ 61×1 topic
  35. CT Scan3▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Elderly Patients3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  39. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  40. Arrhythmias3▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Hernia repair and management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…3Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksEndometriosis Research a…2Endometriosis Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…2Diverticular Disease and Complications: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEmergency MedicineOncology2 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 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Diverticular Disease and Complications 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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