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Royal Victoria Hospital

In research, Royal Victoria Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,576 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,659 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,571
of 28,054 · #4,526 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#525
of 1,094
Research works
2.6k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
31.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Royal Victoria 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 #4,576 of 10,443 11.9%139 #1574
Health SciencesDomain #5,659 of 11,982 12.2%150 #1689

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.0 works5.4×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Royal Victoria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Treatment, Mortality, Diagnosis, Guidelines and 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.8×90 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 4.3×33 topics
  3. Inflammation9▲ 2.3×43 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 4.6×26 topics
  5. Echocardiography8▲ 16×7 topics
  6. Heart Failure8▲ 9.9×11 topics
  7. Quality of Life8▲ 2.8×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors8▲ 3.6×24 topics
  9. Mortality7▲ 6.8×13 topics
  10. Guidelines6▲ 7.2×11 topics
  11. Complications6▲ 6.3×15 topics
  12. Public Health6▲ 2.0×29 topics
  13. Management6▲ 3.7×17 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.5×25 topics
  15. Surgery5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  17. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.7×12 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.4×18 topics
  22. Elderly Patients3▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Atherosclerosis3▲ 6.1×8 topics
  24. Surgical Management3▲ 4.3×13 topics
  25. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Endovascular Repair3▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Mortality Risk3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Prophylaxis3▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Palliative Care3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  33. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 17×2 topics
  34. End-of-Life3▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Health Care Costs3▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Pulmonary Infections3▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Quality Improvement3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  38. Remote Monitoring3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator2▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Victoria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Victoria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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