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St. Mary's Hospital

In research, St. Mary's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,254 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,373 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,698
of 28,054 · #2,763 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#460
of 1,094
Research works
4.5k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
153k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is St. Mary'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 #3,254 of 10,443 24.5%78 #779
Health SciencesDomain #4,373 of 11,982 24.5%84 #942

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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.43× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, W. S. Peart, V. Wynn and A. Neuberger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Mary's Hospital.

  1. 1 W. S. Peart United Kingdom · #12,693 worldwide 535 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 V. Wynn United Kingdom · #17,958 worldwide 330 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 A. Neuberger United Kingdom · #28,742 worldwide 510 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 R. W. Beard United Kingdom · #64,693 worldwide 154 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 R. T. Williams United Kingdom · #79,991 worldwide 254 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 A. St. G. Huggett United Kingdom · #81,322 worldwide 172 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 V.H.T. James United Kingdom · #101,752 worldwide 211 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 D.A. Nixon United Kingdom · #149,674 worldwide 92 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Philip Thomas United Kingdom · #161,940 worldwide 115 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 R. T. Williams United Kingdom · #185,864 worldwide 194 citations · 27 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, Quality of Life, Metabolic Syndrome, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Surgical Treatment, Treatment and Risk 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology19▲ 4.6×86 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.7×37 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.8×27 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 4.8×27 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 3.7×27 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 5.4×16 topics
  7. Risk Factors4▲ 3.9×24 topics
  8. Management4▲ 4.7×20 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.2×18 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.2×12 topics
  11. Surgical Treatment3▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.3×16 topics
  13. Insulin Resistance3▲ 6.2×7 topics
  14. Mortality3▲ 4.8×12 topics
  15. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.9×8 topics
  16. Obesity3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  17. Urinary Incontinence3▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Complications3▲ 5.1×16 topics
  19. Guidelines3▲ 5.6×11 topics
  20. Infertility3▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Medical Education2▲ 8.9×8 topics
  22. Biomarkers2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  23. Surgery2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  25. Precision Medicine2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  26. Primary Care2▲ 5.3×11 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  28. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  30. Pathophysiology2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  31. Metastasis2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  32. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  34. Maternal Mortality2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction2▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Pelvic Organ Prolapse2▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Postoperative Complications2▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Robotic Surgery2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  39. Endoscopic Resection1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy1▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Ovarian function and disorders and Endometriosis Research and Treatment.

Pelvic floor disorders t…2Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…1Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…1Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 1 fractional works
RheumatologyUrologyReproductive MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  2. 2 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 1 works
  3. 3 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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