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Southmead Hospital

In research, Southmead Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,528 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,934 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,664
of 28,054 · #4,590 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#356
of 1,094
Research works
4.5k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
154k
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Southmead 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 #2,528 of 10,443 17.9%238 #984
Health SciencesDomain #2,934 of 11,982 17.2%265 #1195

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

What does Southmead Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 55.3 works6.8×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.36× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southmead Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Abrams, P M Dunn and Marcus J. Drake lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southmead Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul Abrams United Kingdom · #1,346 worldwide 1.5k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 P M Dunn United Kingdom · #35,644 worldwide 571 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Marcus J. Drake United Kingdom · #37,287 worldwide 371 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Charles Tomson United Kingdom · #46,485 worldwide 303 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Jasmeet Soar United Kingdom · #83,882 worldwide 228 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Francis X. Keeley United Kingdom · #114,631 worldwide 145 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Alasdair MacGowan United Kingdom · #123,488 worldwide 267 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 R. C. L. FENELEY United Kingdom · #131,246 worldwide 127 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 J C Gingell United Kingdom · #191,998 worldwide 68 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Paul Abrams United Kingdom · #193,051 worldwide 220 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Southmead Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Southmead Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life, Urinary Incontinence, Mortality and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 3.9×99 topics
  2. Complications19▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life18▲ 3.6×36 topics
  4. Rehabilitation16▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Quality Improvement13▲ 19×7 topics
  6. Mortality12▲ 6.2×10 topics
  7. Risk Factors12▲ 3.2×28 topics
  8. Urinary Incontinence12▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Inflammation12▲ 1.59×45 topics
  10. Treatment11▲ 2.6×35 topics
  11. Guidelines10▲ 6.5×13 topics
  12. Management10▲ 3.8×25 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 9.4×9 topics
  14. Surgical Management10▲ 7.2×18 topics
  15. Revision Surgery10▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Total Hip Replacement10▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Diagnosis9▲ 2.9×30 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.4×29 topics
  19. Diagnostic Accuracy8▲ 34×3 topics
  20. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.3×15 topics
  21. Surgical Treatment8▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Arthroplasty8▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 8.1×9 topics
  24. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  25. Radiology Errors8▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Structured Reporting8▲ 114×1 topic
  27. Surgery8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  29. Biomechanics6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Outcomes6▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction6▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Pelvic Organ Prolapse6▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Total Knee Replacement6▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia6▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms6▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 8.6×5 topics
  37. Infection Prevention6▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Critical Care6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  39. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Radiosurgery5▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Southmead Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiology practices and education, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Pelvic floor disorders treatments and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research.

Radiology practices and education: 8 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…6Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 6 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…6Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksConflict of Laws and Jurisdiction: 3 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryRheumatologyUrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  4. 4 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 3 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southmead Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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