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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

In research, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,489 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,672 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,161
of 28,054 · #23,933 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#678
of 1,094
Research works
480
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,489 of 11,982 7.3%159 #7502
MedicineField #5,672 of 10,443 7.4%144 #6244

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 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 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 31.8 works7.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.3×72 topics
  2. Complications15▲ 16×16 topics
  3. Mortality12▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 4.2×26 topics
  5. Rehabilitation8▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Surgery8▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Chemotherapy8▲ 6.1×17 topics
  8. Treatment7▲ 3.5×29 topics
  9. Radiotherapy7▲ 10.0×13 topics
  10. Guidelines7▲ 8.1×10 topics
  11. Clinical Trials6▲ 5.4×14 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations6▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Management6▲ 4.5×18 topics
  14. Public Health6▲ 2.3×22 topics
  15. Risk Factors6▲ 3.1×19 topics
  16. Diagnosis6▲ 3.6×23 topics
  17. Elderly Patients5▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.8×13 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  20. Prevention4▲ 5.9×11 topics
  21. Primary Care4▲ 6.4×13 topics
  22. Quality Improvement4▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  24. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  25. Surgical Management4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  26. Functional Recovery4▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Postoperative Complications4▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Revision Surgery4▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Stroke4▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Breast Reconstruction3▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Cardiac Risk3▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Perioperative3▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Central Nervous System Involvement3▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Hip Fracture3▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  37. Orthogeriatric Care3▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Thyroid Carcinoma3▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Management Guidelines3▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Molecular Classification3▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures3Hip and Femur Fractures: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…3Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …2COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBreast Implant and Recon…2Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryNeurologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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