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St. George's University

In research, St. George's University stands highest in Medicine (#1,226 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,581 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,195 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,270
of 28,054 · #9,187 all time
Research works
2.2k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is St. George's University 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 #1,226 of 10,443 9.8%453 #2387
Health SciencesDomain #1,581 of 11,982 10.1%493 #2851
Life SciencesDomain #4,195 of 7,800 13.9%84 #5875
SurgerySubfield #1,223 of 1,816 9.0%95 #1900
Social SciencesDomain #8,086 of 10,521 15.1%76 #9083

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. George's University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,387 #1,226
  2. Health Sciences#2,851 #1,581
  3. Life Sciences#5,875 #4,195
  4. Surgery#1,900 #1,223
  5. Social Sciences#9,083 #8,086
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does St. George's University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 95.4 works5.9×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.37× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.40× its world share, 453 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.65× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. George's University?

Ranked on the composite score, Rolando Franco, Nancy Morejón and Marios Loukas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. George's University.

  1. 1 Rolando Franco Grenada · #206,503 worldwide 29 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Nancy Morejón Grenada · #216,973 worldwide 10 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Marios Loukas Grenada · #261,110 worldwide 226 citations · 129 works
  4. 4 Andrew Salkey Grenada · #375,538 worldwide 5 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Robert G. Louis Grenada · #421,126 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Edward Hallowell Grenada · #534,457 worldwide 69 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 R. Shane Tubbs Grenada · #651,329 worldwide 307 citations · 222 works
  8. 8 Joe Iwanaga Grenada · #965,474 worldwide 64 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Keshaw Tiwari Grenada · #975,447 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Harry Hariharan Grenada · #1,057,380 worldwide 44 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St. George's University

Which keywords describe research at St. George's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Surgical Management, Quality of Life, Inflammation and Pathophysiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology101▲ 3.7×120 topics
  2. Diagnosis37▲ 5.7×38 topics
  3. Treatment37▲ 4.4×43 topics
  4. Inflammation28▲ 1.96×57 topics
  5. Complications25▲ 7.3×17 topics
  6. Quality of Life25▲ 2.5×42 topics
  7. Risk Factors22▲ 2.9×33 topics
  8. Public Health22▲ 2.1×37 topics
  9. Surgical Management21▲ 7.3×20 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress19▲ 1.66×41 topics
  11. Management19▲ 3.4×27 topics
  12. Mortality16▲ 4.1×13 topics
  13. Chemotherapy16▲ 3.2×21 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 1.97×32 topics
  15. Guidelines15▲ 4.6×12 topics
  16. Pathophysiology15▲ 7.0×9 topics
  17. Genetics13▲ 2.8×21 topics
  18. Immunotherapy13▲ 2.7×18 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors13▲ 4.4×14 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 3.5×13 topics
  21. Pathogenesis13▲ 3.8×21 topics
  22. Immune Response13▲ 3.3×18 topics
  23. Surgery12▲ 5.1×12 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis12▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.0×22 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.0×19 topics
  27. Obesity12▲ 2.3×18 topics
  28. Children12▲ 7.2×7 topics
  29. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 2.1×20 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-211▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Diabetes10▲ 2.9×13 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 4.6×9 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 8.0×7 topics
  34. Echocardiography8▲ 4.2×8 topics
  35. Vulnerability8▲ 5.1×4 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment7▲ 5.3×6 topics
  37. Virulence Factors7▲ 6.8×8 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 7.8×5 topics
  39. Adults6▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Radiosurgery6▲ 9.5×4 topics

Which research topics does St. George's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Gastrointestinal disorde…5Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Publishing: 4 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…3Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 3 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional works
SurgeryInfectious DiseasesHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisHistory and Philosophy of Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  6. 6 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available56.7%not open43.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.3%domestic only27.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. George's University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.