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St Martins Hospital

In research, St Martins Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,251 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,370 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,605
of 22,385 · #16,604 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#658
of 862
Research works
547
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
St Martins Hospital

What is St Martins Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,251 of 8,541 3.0%64 #8077
Health SciencesDomain #7,370 of 9,902 3.8%70 #9154

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Martins 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St Martins Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at St Martins Hospital is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Social Sciences (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 86 fractional works · 72.3% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 66.3% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSt MartinsHospital119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7966.3%
    2. Health Professions54.6%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Social Sciences86.8%
    2. Psychology54.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities32.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science21.7%
    2. Environmental Science21.4%
    3. Engineering11.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.45× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.45×79 works
  2. Veterinary2.84×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.99×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.74×6 works
  5. Psychology1.32×5 works
  6. Dentistry1.08×1 works
  7. Nursing1.02×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.99×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×5 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.54×8 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.29×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.21×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  19. Engineering0.08×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St Martins Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Reiner Spieker, Phil Baines and Alejandro Yàbar Berrocal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Martins Hospital.

  1. 1 Reiner Spieker United Kingdom · #2,995,686 worldwide 390 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Phil Baines United Kingdom · #3,850,918 worldwide 60 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Alejandro Yàbar Berrocal United Kingdom · #4,493,328 worldwide 140 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Martin Westwood United Kingdom · #4,523,236 worldwide 38 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Brady Beltran Gárate United Kingdom · #5,185,861 worldwide 21 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Esther Cotrina United Kingdom · #5,442,600 worldwide 164 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Garth Lewis United Kingdom · #7,425,102 worldwide 1 citations · 142 works
All ranked researchers at St Martins Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St Martins Hospital?

The most cited paper from St Martins Hospital is "Liposomes and polymersomes: a comparative review towards cell mimicking" (Emeline Rideau, Rumiana Dimova, Petra Schwille et al., 2018), with 1,111 citations. Next come "Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Long-Term Follow-Up of 60 Patients" (405) and "Blue Polarized Electroluminescence from a Liquid Crystalline Polyfluorene" (383).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Liposomes and polymersomes: a comparative review towards cell mimicking Emeline Rideau, Rumiana Dimova, Petra Schwille et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2018 1,111
2 Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Long-Term Follow-Up of 60 Patients Roberto N. Miranda et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 10 Dec 2013 405
3 Blue Polarized Electroluminescence from a Liquid Crystalline Polyfluorene Martin Grell, Wolfgang Knoll, Donald W. Lupo et al. · Advanced Materials Jun 1999 383
4 The Association Between Work Performance and Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Obesity Nicolaas P. Pronk, Brian C. Martinson, Ronald C. Kessler et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2004 268
5 Long‐term safety and efficacy of abatacept in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis Nicolino Ruperto et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism 26 Feb 2010 240
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Which keywords describe research at St Martins Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Management, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Complications and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.7×65 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 7.8×29 topics
  3. Treatment7▲ 4.8×25 topics
  4. Chemotherapy6▲ 7.0×17 topics
  5. Management6▲ 6.2×21 topics
  6. Public Health5▲ 2.9×14 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.2×9 topics
  8. Complications4▲ 7.7×10 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors4▲ 8.6×13 topics
  10. Surgical Management4▲ 8.6×15 topics
  11. Quality of Life4▲ 2.0×18 topics
  12. Risk Factors3▲ 2.6×15 topics
  13. Pathophysiology3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.9×14 topics
  15. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Immune Response3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  17. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.1×13 topics
  18. Job Satisfaction3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  19. Prophylaxis3▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Surgery3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  21. Survival Analysis3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  22. Thrombosis2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  23. Burnout2▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Coping Strategies2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  25. Health Promotion2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  26. Resilience2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  27. Occupational Health2▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Community Health2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Health Professionals2▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Work Stress2▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  32. Medical Education2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-22▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Global Health2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Health Policy2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Systems2▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. PET Imaging2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  40. Rituximab2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does St Martins Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stress and Burnout Research, Health and Medical Education, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments.

Stress and Burnout Resea…2Stress and Burnout Research: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…2Health and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksNeutropenia and Cancer Infections: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksCambodian History and So…1Cambodian History and Society: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsHepatologySurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Neutropenia and Cancer Infections Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Cambodian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety 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 available54.6%not open45.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.6%domestic only52.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St Martins Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St Martins Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%St Martins Hospital0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Martins Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025St Martins Hospital4.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.0% in 2024.

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