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Sligo University Hospital

In research, Sligo University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,093 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,596 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,324
of 28,054 · #29,702 all time
Rank in Ireland
#75
of 79
Research works
471
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Sligo University 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 #10,093 of 10,443 3.9%80 #8643
Health SciencesDomain #11,596 of 11,982 3.7%93 #10156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sligo University 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.99× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sligo University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Geraldine McCarthy, Dimitrios Adamis and Fiona O’Sullivan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sligo University Hospital.

  1. 1 Geraldine McCarthy Ireland · #529,943 worldwide 81 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Dimitrios Adamis Ireland · #967,970 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Fiona O’Sullivan Ireland · #1,215,623 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sligo University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sligo University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Rehabilitation, Elderly Patients, Epidemiology, Functional Recovery, Complications, Surgery and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.5×49 topics
  2. Mortality8▲ 12×9 topics
  3. Rehabilitation8▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Elderly Patients7▲ 35×3 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 4.4×12 topics
  6. Quality of Life5▲ 3.0×14 topics
  7. Diagnosis5▲ 4.6×15 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.8×18 topics
  9. COVID-195▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Complications5▲ 7.8×10 topics
  11. Functional Recovery5▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Surgery4▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Management4▲ 4.6×13 topics
  14. Aging4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  15. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 27×4 topics
  16. Treatment4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  17. Healthcare4▲ 2.8×10 topics
  18. Neuroprotection4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  20. Hypertension4▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Primary Care4▲ 8.0×10 topics
  22. Sedation4▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Delirium3▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Mechanically Ventilated Patients3▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Elderly3▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Global Burden3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  29. Palliative Care3▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Neural Plasticity3▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Stroke3▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Endovascular Therapy2▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Prevention Guidelines2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Revascularization2▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Thrombolysis2▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Constraint-Induced Therapy2▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Motor Recovery2▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Hip Fracture2▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Sligo University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Hip and Femur Fractures.

Intensive Care Unit Cogn…3Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…2Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…2Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …2COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…1Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEpidemiologyRehabilitationSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  4. 4 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 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 available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sligo University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher 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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