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Selly Oak Hospital

In research, Selly Oak Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,952 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,015 of 20,462 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,592 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,204
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#988
of 2,253
Research works
1.2k
▼ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Selly Oak 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
MedicineField #4,952 of 17,978 14.3%654
Health SciencesDomain #6,015 of 20,462 14.4%754
Social SciencesDomain #8,592 of 16,945 10.9%258
SurgerySubfield #2,777 of 4,227 16.0%145
Social SciencesField #9,112 of 10,206 10.0%140

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Selly Oak 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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.74× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Selly Oak Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, B A Wharton, P. Scott and Paresh Jobanputra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Selly Oak Hospital.

  1. 1 B A Wharton United Kingdom · #141,207 worldwide 109 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 P. Scott United Kingdom · #175,622 worldwide 111 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Paresh Jobanputra United Kingdom · #203,788 worldwide 106 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Sigvard von Sicard United Kingdom · #336,949 worldwide 13 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Christian W. Troll United Kingdom · #351,387 worldwide 14 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Peter Gosling United Kingdom · #428,829 worldwide 39 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 William Robinson United Kingdom · #508,963 worldwide 10 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Andrew Wingate United Kingdom · #641,936 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 John Ferguson United Kingdom · #683,373 worldwide 15 citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Jørgen S. Nielsen United Kingdom · #869,019 worldwide 8 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Selly Oak Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Selly Oak Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Religion, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Treatment, Secularism and Diabetes.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology117▲ 2.5×102 topics
  2. Inflammation68▲ 2.5×60 topics
  3. Complications55▲ 9.3×17 topics
  4. Risk Factors52▲ 4.3×26 topics
  5. Religion51▲ 7.6×22 topics
  6. Treatment49▲ 3.3×43 topics
  7. Quality of Life46▲ 3.0×40 topics
  8. Globalization36▲ 1.71×29 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 2.8×27 topics
  10. Diabetes34▲ 5.7×17 topics
  11. Diagnosis33▲ 2.8×34 topics
  12. Mortality33▲ 5.7×11 topics
  13. Secularism30▲ 24×5 topics
  14. Management28▲ 3.1×25 topics
  15. Guidelines28▲ 5.0×11 topics
  16. Rehabilitation28▲ 6.5×13 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 2.6×19 topics
  18. Nationalism23▲ 3.5×15 topics
  19. Surgical Management23▲ 4.4×20 topics
  20. Global Burden23▲ 3.7×11 topics
  21. Sepsis23▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Development22▲ 5.6×4 topics
  23. Community Development21▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Theology21▲ 16×5 topics
  25. Heart Failure21▲ 4.0×10 topics
  26. Civil Society20▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Welfare20▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Resuscitation20▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Faith-Based Organizations20▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Social Services20▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Hermeneutics20▲ 22×3 topics
  32. African Christianity19▲ 63×2 topics
  33. Quality Improvement19▲ 7.8×8 topics
  34. Politics18▲ 5.8×7 topics
  35. Feminism18▲ 5.9×9 topics
  36. Biblical Monotheism16▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Jewish Society16▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Difficult Airway Society15▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Tracheal Intubation15▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Revascularization15▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Selly Oak Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political Theology and Sovereignty, Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory, Religion, Society, and Development and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies.

Political Theology and Sovereignty: 0 fractional worksWeber, Simmel, Sociological Theory: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…0Religion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…0Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 0 fractional worksMedia, Religion, Digital…0Media, Religion, Digital Communication: 0 fractional worksSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought: 0 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 0 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…0Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesPhilosophyArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Political Theology and Sovereignty Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  2. 2 Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 0 works
  5. 5 Media, Religion, Digital Communication Philosophy 0 works
  6. 6 Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought Philosophy 0 works
  7. 7 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Selly Oak Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% 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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