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Royal United Hospital

In research, Royal United Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,503 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,267 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,924
of 28,054 · #5,953 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#538
of 1,094
Research works
2.4k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Royal United 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 #4,503 of 10,443 7.6%133 #881
Health SciencesDomain #5,267 of 11,982 8.0%149 #1044

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal United 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).

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.27× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.55× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal United Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jerry P. Nolan, Francis Duck and A H Chalmers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal United Hospital.

  1. 1 Jerry P. Nolan United Kingdom · #15,799 worldwide 676 citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Francis Duck United Kingdom · #164,871 worldwide 104 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 A H Chalmers United Kingdom · #298,441 worldwide 128 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 H. A. Bird United Kingdom · #318,210 worldwide 75 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 David Webb United Kingdom · #582,154 worldwide 68 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 James R. D. Murray United Kingdom · #683,956 worldwide 61 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Tim Cook United Kingdom · #782,303 worldwide 378 citations · 1,037 works
  8. 8 Grey Giddins United Kingdom · #826,686 worldwide 27 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 C. R. Lovell United Kingdom · #876,852 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Simon Kilvington United Kingdom · #912,519 worldwide 39 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Royal United Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal United Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Autoantibodies, Distal Radius Fractures, Flexor Tendon Repair, Mortality, Treatment and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.1×67 topics
  2. Inflammation9▲ 2.3×27 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 3.9×26 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 7.5×12 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 2.8×28 topics
  6. Autoantibodies7▲ 17×7 topics
  7. Mortality7▲ 6.5×10 topics
  8. Risk Factors6▲ 3.3×16 topics
  9. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 65×1 topic
  10. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 65×1 topic
  11. COVID-196▲ 2.4×12 topics
  12. Primary Care6▲ 8.5×12 topics
  13. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.5×13 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 6.2×11 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  19. Complications4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  20. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  21. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  23. Radiation Exposure4▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Cytokines4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  26. Health Outcomes4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  27. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Psychological Factors4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment4▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Quality Improvement4▲ 10×7 topics
  32. Surgery4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Computed Tomography Angiography3▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Myocardial Perfusion3▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  36. Biological Therapy3▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  38. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs3▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Elderly Patients3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Rheumatoid Arthritis3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal United Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…6Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…3Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…2Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRheumatologyOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  4. 4 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal United Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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