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St. James's Hospital

In research, St. James's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,331 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,721 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,339 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geriatrics and Gerontology — Geriatrics and Gerontology is 22.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,451
of 28,054 · #4,092 all time
Rank in Ireland
#12
of 79
Research works
5.8k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
121k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is St. James's Hospital 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 #1,331 of 10,443 12.2%687 #1225
Health SciencesDomain #1,721 of 11,982 12.1%763 #1370
Life SciencesDomain #2,339 of 7,800 17.5%110 #2144
SurgerySubfield #874 of 1,816 12.1%109 #619
Health ProfessionsField #1,451 of 1,928 12.6%60 #1865
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #869 of 1,144 10.7%76 #861
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,286 of 3,579 15.1%62 #2994

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

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#1,225 #1,331
  2. Health Sciences#1,370 #1,721
  3. Life Sciences#2,144 #2,339
  4. Surgery#619 #874
  5. Health Professions#1,865 #1,451
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#861 #869
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,994 #3,286
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. James's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geriatrics and Gerontology takes 22.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 23.1 works22×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.78× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 60 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 687 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. James's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael E. Kelly, J. Bonnar and Ross T. Murphy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. James's Hospital.

  1. 1 Michael E. Kelly Ireland · #19,235 worldwide 459 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 J. Bonnar Ireland · #39,331 worldwide 243 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Ross T. Murphy Ireland · #77,428 worldwide 271 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Conleth Feighery Ireland · #85,181 worldwide 246 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Peter Crean Ireland · #107,282 worldwide 209 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 J. B. Walsh Ireland · #125,369 worldwide 863 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Dermot O’Toole Ireland · #170,048 worldwide 126 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Colin P. Doherty Ireland · #177,224 worldwide 190 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Peter A. Daly Ireland · #177,563 worldwide 337 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ignacio Martín‐Loeches Ireland · #190,311 worldwide 220 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at St. James's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. James's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Aging, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology120▲ 3.1×113 topics
  2. Inflammation67▲ 3.4×65 topics
  3. Quality of Life56▲ 4.0×48 topics
  4. Chemotherapy43▲ 6.4×23 topics
  5. Treatment40▲ 3.5×41 topics
  6. Diagnosis40▲ 4.4×33 topics
  7. Aging36▲ 7.0×10 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines36▲ 6.8×14 topics
  9. Management31▲ 4.2×28 topics
  10. Cancer29▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Public Health29▲ 2.1×35 topics
  12. Surgery28▲ 8.3×11 topics
  13. Elderly Patients28▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 2.5×30 topics
  15. Clinical Trials25▲ 3.8×16 topics
  16. Complications24▲ 5.1×15 topics
  17. Mortality24▲ 4.4×11 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy23▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Prognosis23▲ 7.3×9 topics
  20. Immunotherapy22▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Guidelines22▲ 5.0×12 topics
  22. Radiotherapy22▲ 5.9×13 topics
  23. Mortality Risk22▲ 9.4×6 topics
  24. Physical Performance21▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Biomarkers21▲ 3.2×14 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis20▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Endoscopic Resection19▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Primary Care18▲ 5.1×13 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors18▲ 4.3×13 topics
  30. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy18▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment17▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Frailty17▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Geriatric Assessment17▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Rehabilitation17▲ 4.5×9 topics
  35. Chemoradiation16▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Survival Analysis16▲ 6.1×6 topics
  37. Autoantibodies16▲ 7.1×8 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization16▲ 9.2×5 topics
  39. Elderly15▲ 6.5×7 topics
  40. Cancer Risk15▲ 7.0×7 topics

Which research topics does St. James's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Frailty in Older Adults, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Frailty in Older Adults17Frailty in Older Adults: 17 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 12 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …10Nutrition and Health in Aging: 10 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…7Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 6 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 6 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…6Esophageal and GI Pathology: 6 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…6Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 6 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologySurgeryPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 17 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 12 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 10 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 6 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 6 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. James's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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