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Hospital / health system · Chichester · United Kingdom

St Richard's Hospital

In research, St Richard's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,486 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,593 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,434
of 28,054 · #23,493 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,077
of 1,094
Research works
575
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is St Richard'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
Health SciencesDomain #7,486 of 20,462 9.9%481
MedicineField #7,593 of 17,978 9.9%425

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Richard'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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 4.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.18× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.15× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Ford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Richard's Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Ford United Kingdom · #1,094,310 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at St Richard's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Richard's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Mortality, Radiotherapy, Primary Care, Diagnosis and 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Complications6▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Chemotherapy4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 6.1×12 topics
  5. Mortality4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  6. Radiotherapy4▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Primary Care4▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Management3▲ 6.2×9 topics
  9. Treatment3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  10. Guidelines3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  11. Surgery3▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Quality of Life3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  14. COVID-192▲ 2.8×5 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Obesity2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  18. Diabetes2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  19. Medical Education2▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Weight Loss2▲ 23×4 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Health Outcomes2▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Squamous Cell Carcinoma2▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Prognosis2▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Survival2▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Bariatric Surgery2▲ 95×1 topic
  28. Chronic Pain2▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  30. Lifestyle Intervention2▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Metabolic Surgery2▲ 95×1 topic
  32. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma2▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Oropharyngeal Cancer2▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Children2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Functional Recovery2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Surgical Management2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  38. Critical Care1▲ 9.3×5 topics
  39. Laparoscopic Repair1▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications1▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Body Contouring and Surgery and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surgery: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorder…1Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…1Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOtorhinolaryngologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRehabilitation3 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  3. 3 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 1 works
  8. 8 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  10. 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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