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St Christopher's Hospice

In research, St Christopher's Hospice stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,999 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,979 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 22.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,780
of 28,054 · #15,274 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#750
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is St Christopher's Hospice 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 #6,999 of 11,982 5.8%122 #3986
MedicineField #6,979 of 10,443 6.8%89 #3388

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Christopher's Hospice 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 St Christopher's Hospice specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 49.9 works23×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 20.1 works8.7×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.92× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.12× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at St Christopher's Hospice?

Ranked on the composite score, Colin Murray Parkes, Helen Scott and Cicely Saunders lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Christopher's Hospice.

  1. 1 Colin Murray Parkes United Kingdom · #61,759 worldwide 255 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Helen Scott United Kingdom · #172,849 worldwide 95 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Cicely Saunders United Kingdom · #222,793 worldwide 55 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Denise Brady United Kingdom · #896,701 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Heather Richardson United Kingdom · #965,607 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jane Dalrymple United Kingdom · #1,284,556 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at St Christopher's Hospice

Which keywords describe research at St Christopher's Hospice?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Palliative Care, End-of-Life, Ethical Considerations, Health Care Costs, Advance Care Planning, Family Perspectives, Mental Health and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Palliative Care47▲ 173×3 topics
  2. End-of-Life45▲ 294×2 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations42▲ 73×5 topics
  4. Health Care Costs41▲ 304×2 topics
  5. Advance Care Planning41▲ 410×1 topic
  6. Family Perspectives41▲ 410×1 topic
  7. Mental Health14▲ 5.7×14 topics
  8. Quality of Life12▲ 4.9×19 topics
  9. Primary Care11▲ 18×11 topics
  10. Resilience10▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Treatment10▲ 5.0×10 topics
  12. Psychological Impact9▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Bereavement8▲ 149×1 topic
  14. Complicated Grief8▲ 149×1 topic
  15. Elderly Care6▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Collaborative Practice6▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Healthcare Outcomes5▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Patient Care5▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Patient-Centered Care5▲ 40×3 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Communication5▲ 9.0×3 topics
  23. Integrated Care5▲ 67×2 topics
  24. Medical Ethics5▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Healthcare Communication5▲ 31×3 topics
  26. Intensive Care Unit5▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  28. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study4▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory4▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Elderly Patients4▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Resuscitation4▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Critical Care4▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Dignity Therapy4▲ 160×1 topic
  34. Interprofessional Education4▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Patient Dignity4▲ 160×1 topic
  36. Teamwork4▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Family Needs4▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Family Presence4▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Quality of Care4▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Quality Improvement3▲ 10×7 topics

Which research topics does St Christopher's Hospice publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration.

Palliative Care and End-…41Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 41 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Privacy: 4 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 4 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 3 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 41 works
  2. 2 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  10. 10 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Christopher's Hospice's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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