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Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

In research, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#7,939 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,694 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,021
of 28,054 · #30,230 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#948
of 1,094
Research works
405
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS 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
MedicineField #7,939 of 10,443 7.6%78 #9639
Health SciencesDomain #9,694 of 11,982 7.9%83 #11272

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS 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 Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.7 works9.9×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.32× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Karthikeyan P. Iyengar, Martin Kiernan and Arvind Nune lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Karthikeyan P. Iyengar United Kingdom · #688,029 worldwide 29 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Martin Kiernan United Kingdom · #1,326,323 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Arvind Nune United Kingdom · #1,392,448 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Complications, Surgical Treatment, Biomechanics, Surgical Management, Treatment and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.4×35 topics
  2. Rehabilitation6▲ 16×6 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 5.3×16 topics
  4. Complications6▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Surgical Treatment5▲ 29×5 topics
  6. Biomechanics5▲ 19×6 topics
  7. Surgical Management5▲ 13×10 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 9.7×7 topics
  9. Radiotherapy5▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 3.8×10 topics
  11. Shoulder Function3▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Arthroplasty3▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Imaging3▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Diagnosis3▲ 3.4×14 topics
  15. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis3▲ 234×1 topic
  16. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  17. Synovial Chondromatosis3▲ 234×1 topic
  18. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  19. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Medical Imaging3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  22. Revision Surgery3▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Prevention2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  25. Primary Care2▲ 7.0×9 topics
  26. Regeneration2▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Quality Improvement2▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Health Care Costs2▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  34. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  35. Stem Cells2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Ewing's Sarcoma2▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Osteoarthritis2▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Osteosarcoma2▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Palliative Care2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Soft Tissue Sarcoma2▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Musculoskeletal synovial…3Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery2Foot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional works
RheumatologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOrthopedics and Sports Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 3 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  7. 7 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports 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 available48.5%not open51.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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