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St Nicholas Hospital

In research, St Nicholas Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,557 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#5,150 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,341 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,473
of 22,385 · #8,413 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#572
of 862
Research works
693
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
St Nicholas Hospital

What is St Nicholas 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 #5,557 of 16,688 8.9%281
MedicineField #5,150 of 14,558 9.2%242
Social SciencesDomain #10,341 of 14,833 11.3%212

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Nicholas 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 Nicholas Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at St Nicholas Hospital is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Environmental Science (13%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 41.7% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 36.0% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 12.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt NicholasHospital94fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences26%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3436.0%
    2. Health Professions44.7%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences99.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities66.9%
    3. Psychology66.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1212.6%
    2. Engineering55.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.5%
    4. Computer Science11.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Neuroscience22.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
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: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.53× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.53×12 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.37×6 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.23×3 works
  4. Psychology2.18×6 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.10×1 works
  6. Medicine1.87×34 works
  7. Health Professions1.80×4 works
  8. Nursing1.76×1 works
  9. Neuroscience1.52×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.07×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.79×9 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.51×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.40×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×2 works
  18. Engineering0.36×5 works
  19. Chemistry0.23×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.13×1 works
  22. Energy0.12×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St Nicholas Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Ebun Ladipo Bamgboye, A. J. CUMMINGS and B. K. MARTIN lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Nicholas Hospital.

  1. 1 Ebun Ladipo Bamgboye United Kingdom · #1,235,735 worldwide 803 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 A. J. CUMMINGS United Kingdom · #2,494,565 worldwide 772 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 B. K. MARTIN United Kingdom · #2,963,772 worldwide 795 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Saul Wiener United Kingdom · #3,011,968 worldwide 676 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 H. A. McClelland United Kingdom · #3,566,509 worldwide 702 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Anthony Thorley United Kingdom · #3,776,548 worldwide 324 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Penny Jordan United Kingdom · #4,019,744 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 I. D. Hind United Kingdom · #4,702,502 worldwide 269 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at St Nicholas Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St Nicholas Hospital?

The most cited paper from St Nicholas Hospital is "Deubiquitination of p53 by HAUSP is an important pathway for p53 stabilization" (Muyang Li, Delin Chen, Ariel Shiloh et al., 2002), with 1,048 citations. Next come "Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking" (1,037) and "2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease: Executive Summary" (997).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deubiquitination of p53 by HAUSP is an important pathway for p53 stabilization Muyang Li, Delin Chen, Ariel Shiloh et al. · Nature 31 Mar 2002 1,048
2 Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking Roby Joehanes et al. · Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics Open access 20 Sep 2016 1,037
3 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease: Executive Summary Loren F. Hiratzka, George L. Bakris, Joshua A. Beckman et al. · Circulation Open access 16 Mar 2010 997
4 Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth: An Important Marker of Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Geetha Raghuveer, Jacob Hartz, David Revalds Lubans et al. · Circulation Open access 20 Jul 2020 610
5 Who Adopts Improved Fuels and Cookstoves? A Systematic Review Jessica Lewis, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak · Environmental Health Perspectives ReviewOpen access Feb 2012 586
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St Nicholas Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Prevalence, Climate Change, Palliative Care, End-of-Life, Health Care Costs, Advance Care Planning and Family Perspectives.

▲ 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. Climate Change5▲ 2.1×36 topics
  2. Epidemiology5▲ 1.33×26 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations3▲ 10×7 topics
  4. Risk Factors3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  5. Prevalence3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  6. Quality of Life3▲ 2.1×13 topics
  7. Depression3▲ 3.2×11 topics
  8. Mental Health3▲ 1.90×14 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress2▲ 1.63×11 topics
  10. Health Effects2▲ 4.2×11 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  12. Palliative Care2▲ 17×3 topics
  13. End-of-Life2▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Health Care Costs2▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Advance Care Planning2▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Family Perspectives2▲ 37×1 topic
  17. Genetics2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  18. Prevention2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  19. Social Cognition2▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Mortality2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. Neurobiology2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  22. Pain Management2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  23. Resilience2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  24. Cognitive Therapy2▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Pain Assessment Tools2▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Urban Development2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  27. Antipsychotic Drugs2▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Comorbidity2▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Neurocognitive Deficits2▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Cultural Exchange1▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  32. Patient Safety1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Performance Analysis1▲ 6.9×1 topic
  34. Training Load1▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Trauma1▲ 6.5×6 topics
  36. Particulate Matter1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  37. Epidemiological Studies1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  38. Mental Disorders1▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Postoperative Pain1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Rare Earth Elements1▲ 8.1×3 topics

Which research topics does St Nicholas Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Sports Performance and Training and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Palliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…2Schizophrenia research and treatment: 2 fractional worksSports Performance and T…1Sports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hypera…1Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 1 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…1Sports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 1 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and D…1Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthOrthopedics and Sports MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  5. 5 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.5%domestic only61.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St Nicholas Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher 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 Nicholas Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%St Nicholas Hospital0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Nicholas 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%St Nicholas Hospital13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2025.

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