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St Thomas' Hospital

In research, St Thomas' Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#588 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#779 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,173 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,381
of 28,054 · #1,127 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#131
of 1,094
Research works
17k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
570k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is St Thomas' 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 #588 of 10,443 19.2%502 #213
Health SciencesDomain #779 of 11,982 19.2%539 #241
Life SciencesDomain #3,173 of 7,800 23.1%68 #639
SurgerySubfield #976 of 1,816 14.6%78 #287

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#213 #588
  2. Health Sciences#241 #779
  3. Life Sciences#639 #3,173
  4. Surgery#287 #976
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does St Thomas' Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 52.7 works7.6×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 40.1 works6.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 502 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Thomas' Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Graham R.V. Hughes, Munther A. Khamashta and Claire Hopkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Thomas' Hospital.

  1. 1 Graham R.V. Hughes United Kingdom · #3,095 worldwide 1.1k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Munther A. Khamashta United Kingdom · #10,870 worldwide 894 citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Claire Hopkins United Kingdom · #12,676 worldwide 709 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Simon Chowdhury United Kingdom · #14,041 worldwide 715 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Bernard Prendergast United Kingdom · #20,789 worldwide 564 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Ronald A. Asherson United Kingdom · #28,615 worldwide 455 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Roberto J. Rona United Kingdom · #29,010 worldwide 437 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 N L Browse United Kingdom · #37,719 worldwide 221 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 M.V. Braimbridge United Kingdom · #42,269 worldwide 246 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 S Chinn United Kingdom · #42,970 worldwide 334 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at St Thomas' Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Thomas' Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Treatment, Management, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 3.4×108 topics
  2. Inflammation39▲ 2.8×67 topics
  3. Quality of Life38▲ 4.0×46 topics
  4. Diagnosis36▲ 5.9×36 topics
  5. Treatment30▲ 3.8×42 topics
  6. Management26▲ 5.0×28 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 6.2×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors22▲ 3.1×29 topics
  9. Complications22▲ 6.6×17 topics
  10. Echocardiography19▲ 10×8 topics
  11. Guidelines18▲ 6.0×13 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.2×30 topics
  13. Chemotherapy16▲ 3.5×25 topics
  14. Magnetic Resonance Imaging16▲ 9.2×8 topics
  15. Heart Failure15▲ 5.3×11 topics
  16. Surgery15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations14▲ 4.8×23 topics
  18. Maternal Mortality14▲ 9.3×5 topics
  19. Mortality14▲ 3.6×12 topics
  20. Immunotherapy13▲ 2.8×19 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction13▲ 8.1×7 topics
  22. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes13▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Cardiac Imaging12▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 5.2×9 topics
  27. Surgical Management11▲ 4.0×18 topics
  28. Endothelial Dysfunction11▲ 6.9×7 topics
  29. Radiotherapy11▲ 4.1×13 topics
  30. Survival Analysis10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Prophylaxis10▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  33. Autoantibodies10▲ 6.3×8 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery10▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease9▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease9▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Radiation Exposure9▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 9.1×4 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment8▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Computed Tomography Angiography8▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does St Thomas' Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…5Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…4Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyObstetrics and Gynecology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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