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St Albans City Hospital

In research, St Albans City Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,500 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,051 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,404
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,355
of 2,253
Research works
257
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is St Albans City Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,500 of 20,462 18.2%144
MedicineField #12,051 of 17,978 18.3%126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Albans City 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 6.88× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Albans City Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Adam Young lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Albans City Hospital.

  1. 1 Adam Young United Kingdom · #542,196 worldwide 37 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at St Albans City Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Albans City Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Autoantibodies, Cardiovascular Risk, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cytokines, Biological Therapy and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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▲ 2.2×61 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 3.3×18 topics
  3. Autoantibodies15▲ 25×6 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Rheumatoid Arthritis11▲ 43×3 topics
  6. Biological Therapy11▲ 77×1 topic
  7. Cytokines11▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs11▲ 88×1 topic
  9. Treatment10▲ 3.1×26 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 6.4×9 topics
  11. Primary Care9▲ 8.0×10 topics
  12. Quality of Life9▲ 2.5×20 topics
  13. Public Health8▲ 2.3×20 topics
  14. Diagnosis8▲ 3.1×19 topics
  15. Risk Factors7▲ 2.5×16 topics
  16. Mental Health7▲ 2.4×10 topics
  17. Surgery7▲ 7.9×9 topics
  18. Healthcare6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  19. Medical Education5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  20. History5▲ 2.6×9 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis5▲ 3.6×8 topics
  22. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.1×8 topics
  24. Ethics5▲ 3.8×7 topics
  25. Antiepileptic Drugs4▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Training4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  28. Children4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  30. Prevention4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  31. Monetary Policy4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  32. Bone Health3▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Health Equity3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  34. Psychotherapy Outcome3▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Therapeutic Alliance3▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Psychology3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  37. Weight Loss3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Deep Vein Thrombosis3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Antiphospholipid Syndrome3▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus3▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does St Albans City Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Educational and Social Studies, Italian Literature and Culture, Advanced Topology and Set Theory and Advanced Algebra and Logic.

Educational and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksItalian Literature and Culture: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Topology and Se…0Advanced Topology and Set Theory: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Logic: 0 fractional workssemigroups and automata theory: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatm…0Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…0Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 0 fractional worksYouth Substance Use and …0Youth Substance Use and School Attendance: 0 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…0Early Childhood Education and Development: 0 fractional works
EducationGeneral Arts and HumanitiesGeometry and TopologyComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Educational and Social Studies Education 0 works
  2. 2 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced Topology and Set Theory Geometry and Topology 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Algebra and Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  5. 5 semigroups and automata theory Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Youth Substance Use and School Attendance Education 0 works
  10. 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 0 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 available20.3%not open79.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Albans City Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 104% 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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