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St. Luke's Hospital

In research, St. Luke's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,353 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,288 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#37,174
of 42,892
Rank in Malta
#7
of 8
Research works
353
▲ 332% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is St. Luke's 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 #16,353 of 20,462 7.5%278
MedicineField #15,288 of 17,978 7.6%253

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

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Congenital Heart Disease, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Mortality Risk, Cardiac Surgery and Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology50▲ 3.5×87 topics
  2. Treatment23▲ 4.9×33 topics
  3. Diagnosis22▲ 6.0×31 topics
  4. Congenital Heart Disease18▲ 55×3 topics
  5. Public Health17▲ 3.6×23 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes17▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Mortality Risk16▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Inflammation15▲ 1.86×34 topics
  9. Cardiac Surgery15▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Adult Congenital Heart Disease15▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Pulmonary Valve Replacement15▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 4.4×14 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress13▲ 1.99×21 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.0×25 topics
  15. Quality of Life10▲ 2.2×22 topics
  16. Surgical Management10▲ 6.4×13 topics
  17. Echocardiography8▲ 8.3×8 topics
  18. Heart Failure8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  19. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.0×16 topics
  20. Obesity8▲ 2.9×12 topics
  21. Drug Resistance7▲ 6.5×5 topics
  22. Mortality7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.6×10 topics
  24. Diabetes6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  25. Surgery6▲ 5.5×8 topics
  26. Maternal Mortality6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  27. Primary Care6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  28. Vaccine Development6▲ 5.4×4 topics
  29. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 5.4×5 topics
  30. Immunity6▲ 4.6×5 topics
  31. Fistulas5▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 8.0×5 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 8.2×3 topics
  34. Congenital5▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Coronary Artery Anomalies5▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Leishmaniasis5▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Parasite5▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 7.1×3 topics
  39. Bone Mineral Density4▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Hyperglycemia4▲ 12×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Wireless Body Area Networks, Electrolyte and hormonal disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

Wireless Body Area Networks: 1 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 0 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 0 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 0 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…0Resilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Repro…0COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSocial PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Wireless Body Area Networks Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 332% 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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