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St Helens Hospital

In research, St Helens Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,765 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,637 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,227
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,255
of 2,253
Research works
341
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is St Helens 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 #10,765 of 20,462 16.2%212
MedicineField #9,637 of 17,978 17.6%159

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Helens Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Appell and Thomas Bayne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Helens Hospital.

  1. 1 David Appell United Kingdom · #480,304 worldwide 56 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Thomas Bayne United Kingdom · #1,344,765 worldwide 3 citations · 236 works
All ranked researchers at St Helens Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Helens Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diabetes, Radiation Therapy, Glycemic Control, Primary Care, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Cardiovascular Disease and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Diabetes2▲ 19×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 2.1×15 topics
  3. Radiation Therapy2▲ 62×2 topics
  4. Glycemic Control2▲ 51×4 topics
  5. Primary Care2▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  7. Immunotherapy1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  8. Inflammation1▲ 2.8×7 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations1▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Quality Improvement1▲ 27×2 topics
  11. BAP1 mutations1▲ 276×1 topic
  12. Direct Payments1▲ 482×1 topic
  13. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma1▲ 276×1 topic
  14. Personalisation1▲ 482×1 topic

Which research topics does St Helens Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare innovation and challenges, Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Ocular Oncology and Treatments and Diabetes Management and Education.

Healthcare innovation an…1Healthcare innovation and challenges: 1 fractional worksOccupational and environ…1Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 1 fractional worksOcular Oncology and Trea…1Ocular Oncology and Treatments: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …1Diabetes Management and Education: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 1 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…1Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 0 fractional worksDental Education, Practi…0Dental Education, Practice, Research: 0 fractional works
EducationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOphthalmologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare innovation and challenges Education 1 works
  2. 2 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 1 works
  7. 7 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  9. 9 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Helens Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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