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St Mary's Hospital

In research, St Mary's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,687 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,546 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,400
of 22,385 · #3,662 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#317
of 862
Research works
4.7k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
200k
42.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
St Mary's Hospital

What is St Mary's 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,687 of 9,902 16.5%93 #1415
MedicineField #1,546 of 8,541 15.7%85 #1260

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

Which fields of science does St Mary's Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at St Mary's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 105 fractional works · 74.4% of its workMedicine: 97 fractional works · 68.7% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 14.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Mary'sHospital141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9768.7%
    2. Health Professions64.4%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology107.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology64.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences32.3%
    2. Psychology31.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering31.9%
    2. Environmental Science21.8%
    3. Computer Science21.2%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.26× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.26×6 works
  2. Medicine3.57×97 works
  3. Nursing2.00×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.68×6 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×10 works
  6. Veterinary0.84×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.61×1 works
  8. Psychology0.61×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.35×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.19×3 works
  17. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  18. Engineering0.13×3 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St Mary's Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Raj Rai, L. Regan and Debbie Willis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Mary's Hospital.

  1. 1 Raj Rai United Kingdom · #141,849 worldwide 11k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 L. Regan United Kingdom · #356,162 worldwide 11k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Debbie Willis United Kingdom · #752,559 worldwide 4.3k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Susanne Knapp United Kingdom · #759,983 worldwide 1.4k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Jane Wadsworth United Kingdom · #877,931 worldwide 9.7k citations · 141 works
  6. 6 Deborah S. Kiddy United Kingdom · #978,352 worldwide 3.4k citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Miguel León United Kingdom · #1,066,645 worldwide 1.4k citations · 20 works
  8. 8 D. Wyn Davies United Kingdom · #1,142,480 worldwide 6.1k citations · 95 works
  9. 9 Davinia M. White United Kingdom · #1,247,602 worldwide 3.8k citations · 43 works
  10. 10 DAVID TAYLOR‐ROBINSON United Kingdom · #1,350,735 worldwide 18k citations · 482 works
All ranked researchers at St Mary's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St Mary's Hospital?

The most cited paper from St Mary's Hospital is "Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project" (Ewan Birney et al., 2007), with 5,310 citations. Next come "Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease" (4,711) and "Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial Alzheimer's disease" (4,701).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project Ewan Birney et al. · Nature Open access312 authors Jun 2007 5,310
2 Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease European Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (EADI) et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access184 authors 27 Oct 2013 4,711
3 Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial Alzheimer's disease Alison Goate et al. · Nature 21 Feb 1991 4,701
4 Development of a fatigue scale Trudie Chalder, G. J. Berelowitz, Teresa R.B. Pawlikowska et al. · Journal of Psychosomatic Research Feb 1993 3,082
5 Amyloid deposition as the central event in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease John Hardy, David Allsop · Trends in Pharmacological Sciences Review 1991 2,574
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St Mary's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome, Quality of Life, Insulin Resistance, Guidelines and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 4.3×90 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.7×39 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.1×26 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 4.6×18 topics
  5. Mortality5▲ 6.3×12 topics
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 3.1×20 topics
  7. Public Health5▲ 2.2×30 topics
  8. Insulin Resistance4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  9. Guidelines4▲ 5.9×12 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.1×13 topics
  11. Diagnosis4▲ 2.8×22 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.3×25 topics
  13. Management3▲ 3.0×17 topics
  14. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.4×17 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.1×10 topics
  16. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Erythropoiesis3▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Hepatic Steatosis3▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Vaccine3▲ 5.3×10 topics
  20. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Medical Education3▲ 7.6×7 topics
  22. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 15×3 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.7×6 topics
  24. Anemia3▲ 20×4 topics
  25. Complications3▲ 3.9×12 topics
  26. Sickle-cell Disease3▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Thalassemia3▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Vaccine Development2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. NAFLD2▲ 15×1 topic
  31. NASH2▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Pathophysiology2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery2▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Mechanotransduction2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Mutation2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Hematopoietic Stem Cells2▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Ion Channels2▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…3Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksErythrocyte Function and…2Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology: 2 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neopl…2Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksBlood groups and transfu…1Blood groups and transfusion: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHematological disorders and diagnostics: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health1Gut microbiota and health: 1 fractional works
GeneticsEpidemiologyPhysiologyInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Hematological disorders and diagnostics Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St Mary's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Mary's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%St Mary's Hospital0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Mary's 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 counting10%20%30%St Mary's Hospital13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.1% in 2014.

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