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Sandwell General Hospital

In research, Sandwell General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,937 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,738 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#36,323
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,943
of 2,253
Research works
325
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Sandwell General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #15,937 of 20,462 8.9%270
MedicineField #14,738 of 17,978 8.1%230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sandwell General 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 3.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.56× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sandwell General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Primary Care, Mortality, Medical Education, Epidemiology, Patient Satisfaction, Critical Care and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 2.5×22 topics
  2. Complications2▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Primary Care2▲ 20×7 topics
  4. Mortality2▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Quality of Life1▲ 4.2×7 topics
  6. Medical Education1▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Critical Care1▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  10. Clinical Decision Support Systems1▲ 188×1 topic
  11. Echocardiography1▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Electronic Health Records1▲ 47×1 topic
  13. Healthcare Quality1▲ 44×4 topics
  14. Lung Ultrasound1▲ 178×1 topic
  15. Medication Errors1▲ 97×2 topics
  16. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography1▲ 178×1 topic

Which research topics does Sandwell General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electronic Health Records Systems, Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Electronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…1Esophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…0Climate Change and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksHospital Admissions and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …0Global Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…0Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…0Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 0 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…0Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional works
Health Information ManagementCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSurgeryHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  2. 2 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  5. 5 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sandwell General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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