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St. Vincent's University Hospital

In research, St. Vincent's University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,513 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,078 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,892 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Cancer Research — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,109
of 28,054 · #4,615 all time
Rank in Ireland
#13
of 79
Research works
4.7k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
111k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is St. Vincent's University 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 #1,513 of 10,443 10.6%625 #1471
Health SciencesDomain #2,078 of 11,982 10.3%670 #1748
Life SciencesDomain #2,892 of 7,800 11.7%98 #2057
SurgerySubfield #1,085 of 1,816 13.0%88 #982
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #689 of 1,144 8.7%95 #783
OncologySubfield #696 of 772 12.1%64 #749
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,543 of 3,579 9.3%60 #4979

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Vincent's University 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#1,471 #1,513
  2. Health Sciences#1,748 #2,078
  3. Life Sciences#2,057 #2,892
  4. Surgery#982 #1,085
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#783 #689
  6. Oncology#749 #696
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,979 #3,543
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. Vincent's University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 95.3 works7.4×
  2. OncologySubfield · 64.1 works6.8×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 21.3 works5.9×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 24.4 works5.6×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 625 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 12 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. Vincent's University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ray McDermott, Walter T. McNicholas and Oliver FitzGerald lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Vincent's University Hospital.

  1. 1 Ray McDermott Ireland · #36,375 worldwide 408 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Walter T. McNicholas Ireland · #40,146 worldwide 208 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Oliver FitzGerald Ireland · #51,593 worldwide 445 citations · 123 works
  4. 4 Glen Doherty Ireland · #52,661 worldwide 282 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Kevin Malone Ireland · #64,452 worldwide 380 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Michael P. Keane Ireland · #73,342 worldwide 248 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Brian Kirby Ireland · #92,224 worldwide 160 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Michael Hutchinson Ireland · #94,753 worldwide 303 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Edward F. McKone Ireland · #100,988 worldwide 349 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Barry Bresnihan Ireland · #108,333 worldwide 174 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at St. Vincent's University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Vincent's University Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology85▲ 2.6×99 topics
  2. Treatment52▲ 5.2×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis48▲ 6.2×32 topics
  4. Quality of Life44▲ 3.6×38 topics
  5. Inflammation43▲ 2.5×65 topics
  6. Chemotherapy40▲ 6.9×22 topics
  7. Risk Factors36▲ 3.9×28 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines36▲ 7.8×14 topics
  9. Management32▲ 5.0×27 topics
  10. Mortality30▲ 6.3×12 topics
  11. Immunotherapy30▲ 5.0×19 topics
  12. Guidelines29▲ 7.5×12 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 3.1×32 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy26▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Radiotherapy26▲ 8.0×13 topics
  16. Survival Analysis25▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Cancer24▲ 2.2×36 topics
  18. Obesity23▲ 3.6×21 topics
  19. Breast Cancer22▲ 11×10 topics
  20. Complications22▲ 5.4×15 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 3.2×20 topics
  22. Heart Failure22▲ 6.1×12 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations21▲ 5.8×19 topics
  24. Clinical Trials20▲ 3.6×17 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders20▲ 4.1×17 topics
  26. Cancer Risk19▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors18▲ 4.9×14 topics
  28. Molecular Subtypes18▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Aging18▲ 3.9×12 topics
  30. Prognosis17▲ 6.2×9 topics
  31. Surgery16▲ 5.5×10 topics
  32. Prognostic Markers15▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk15▲ 5.7×7 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization15▲ 9.8×5 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment14▲ 6.7×10 topics
  36. Diagnostic Criteria14▲ 7.7×8 topics
  37. Autoantibodies14▲ 7.1×8 topics
  38. Elderly Patients14▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Breast Tumours13▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Treatment Response13▲ 33×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Breast Cancer Treatment …13Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 13 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…11Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 11 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 8 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 7 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 7 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …6Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 6 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 6 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Path…6Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 6 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 13 works
  2. 2 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 6 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  10. 10 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Vincent's University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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