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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

In research, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#11,380 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,462 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#35,330
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,892
of 2,253
Research works
254
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 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 #11,380 of 17,978 11.6%164
Health SciencesDomain #13,462 of 20,462 10.3%213

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Western Ambulance Service 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).

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.69× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Kim Kirby and Sarah Black lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Kim Kirby United Kingdom · #878,073 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Sarah Black United Kingdom · #941,300 worldwide 27 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resuscitation, Hypothermia, Cardiac Arrest, Out-of-Hospital, Patient Satisfaction, Quality Improvement, Clinical Outcomes and Health Care Utilization.

▲ 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. Resuscitation7▲ 135×3 topics
  2. Hypothermia7▲ 211×2 topics
  3. Cardiac Arrest6▲ 266×1 topic
  4. Out-of-Hospital6▲ 266×1 topic
  5. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 34×3 topics
  6. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 43×2 topics
  7. Quality Improvement4▲ 48×4 topics
  8. Health Care Utilization4▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Health Policy4▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Emergency Department Crowding4▲ 289×1 topic
  11. Triage Systems4▲ 289×1 topic
  12. Mortality4▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Injury Severity3▲ 101×1 topic
  14. Trauma Center3▲ 200×1 topic
  15. Epidemiology3▲ 1.84×14 topics
  16. Patient Safety2▲ 35×4 topics
  17. Critical Care2▲ 21×7 topics
  18. Management2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  19. Medical Education2▲ 19×6 topics
  20. Pain Management2▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Public Health2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  22. Sepsis2▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Primary Care2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  24. Chronic Pain2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Mental Health2▲ 2.4×4 topics
  27. Risk Factors2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  28. Trauma1▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Simulation1▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Biomarkers1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  31. Clinical Judgment1▲ 80×1 topic
  32. Debriefing1▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Inflammation1▲ 1.27×7 topics
  34. Pain Assessment Tools1▲ 47×2 topics
  35. Postoperative Pain1▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Prevention1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Diseases1▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Collaborative Practice1▲ 57×2 topics
  39. Communication1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Mortality Trends1▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…6Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 6 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…3Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePhysiologyEpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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