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Hospital / health system · Prescot · United Kingdom

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#9,585 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,232 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,806
of 28,054 · #31,084 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#900
of 1,094
Research works
553
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals 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 #9,585 of 10,443 7.4%74 #14096
Health SciencesDomain #11,232 of 11,982 7.2%83 #15984

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals 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).

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.62× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.69× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Primary Care, Radiotherapy, Risk Factors, Surgery 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.6×62 topics
  2. Complications8▲ 15×11 topics
  3. Mortality5▲ 8.0×9 topics
  4. Public Health5▲ 3.0×18 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 4.0×15 topics
  6. COVID-194▲ 3.0×8 topics
  7. Primary Care4▲ 9.8×11 topics
  8. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×17 topics
  9. Radiotherapy4▲ 8.6×7 topics
  10. Surgery3▲ 9.0×7 topics
  11. Treatment3▲ 2.5×18 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×13 topics
  13. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  14. Guidelines3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  15. Chronic Pain3▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  17. Breast Reconstruction3▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Diagnosis3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  19. Hernia Repair3▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Mesh Techniques3▲ 94×1 topic
  21. Management3▲ 3.2×12 topics
  22. Adverse Drug Reactions2▲ 43×3 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  24. Stroke2▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Professional Practice2▲ 59×2 topics
  26. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  27. Surgical Management2▲ 5.0×11 topics
  28. Survival Analysis2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  29. Critical Care2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  30. Genitourinary Development2▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  32. Urotrauma2▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Emergency Department Visits2▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Oncology2▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Training2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  39. Glycemic Control2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Molecular Subtypes2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Urological Disorders and Treatments, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Breast Implant and Reconstruction.

Hernia repair and manage…3Hernia repair and management: 3 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…2Urological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksPharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…1Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional worksAbdominal Surgery and Complications: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryUrologyOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Toxicology 1 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Abdominal Surgery and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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