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St Mary's Hospital

In research, St Mary's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#11,250 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,602 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,398
of 28,054 · #31,075 all time
Rank in Japan
#710
of 1,070
Research works
491
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is St Mary'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
MedicineField #11,250 of 17,978 7.7%368
Health SciencesDomain #13,602 of 20,462 7.5%388

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 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, K Todo, Yutaka Imamura and W. O. Markham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Mary's Hospital.

  1. 1 K Todo Japan · #920,493 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Yutaka Imamura Japan · #942,998 worldwide 34 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 W. O. Markham Japan · #1,213,715 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at St Mary's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Mary's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Surgical Management and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.1×48 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 4.0×29 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 5.6×21 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 6.8×17 topics
  5. Quality of Life4▲ 3.6×16 topics
  6. Catheter Ablation3▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Guidelines3▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Management3▲ 6.0×16 topics
  9. Surgical Management3▲ 10×12 topics
  10. Chemotherapy3▲ 5.3×13 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  12. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Cancer2▲ 2.4×18 topics
  14. Risk Factors2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  15. Arrhythmias2▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Aging2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  17. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Risk Stratification2▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Stroke Prevention2▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Elderly Patients2▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.2×10 topics
  23. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.4×10 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Mortality Risk2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  26. Rituximab2▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Immune Response2▲ 3.9×10 topics
  28. Metastasis2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  29. Electroanatomic Mapping2▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Ventricular Tachycardia2▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Autoantibodies1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  32. Long-Term Care1▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Radiotherapy1▲ 5.0×6 topics
  34. Thrombosis1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  35. Congenital Heart Disease1▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Communication1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Pain Management1▲ 7.6×4 topics
  38. Cholangiocarcinoma1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Molecular Classification1▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Prophylaxis1▲ 12×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Pharmacy and Medical Practices and Vasculitis and related conditions.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 1 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksCoagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePharmacologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHepatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  6. 6 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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