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Hospital / health system · Stockport · United Kingdom

Stepping Hill Hospital

In research, Stepping Hill Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,114 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,740 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,615
of 28,054 · #27,165 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,085
of 1,094
Research works
724
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Stepping Hill 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 #10,114 of 10,443 2.4%61 #8996
Health SciencesDomain #11,740 of 11,982 2.2%65 #10620

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stepping Hill 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.28× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Stepping Hill Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Clinical Guidelines, Complications, Treatment, Management, Mortality 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.1×43 topics
  2. Diagnosis5▲ 7.5×15 topics
  3. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 23×8 topics
  4. Treatment5▲ 5.4×19 topics
  5. Complications5▲ 13×11 topics
  6. Management4▲ 6.9×14 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 2.5×18 topics
  8. Mortality4▲ 8.5×8 topics
  9. Guidelines3▲ 9.5×8 topics
  10. Rehabilitation3▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Risk Factors3▲ 4.0×13 topics
  12. Prostate Cancer3▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.6×11 topics
  14. Radiation Therapy3▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Survival Rates3▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Chemotherapy3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  17. MRI Imaging3▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Quality of Life3▲ 2.4×17 topics
  19. Screening3▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Surgery3▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Androgen Suppression2▲ 83×1 topic
  22. Gleason Grading2▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  24. Primary Care2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  25. Postoperative Complications2▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis2▲ 95×1 topic
  27. Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma2▲ 95×1 topic
  28. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  29. Cardiac Risk2▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Perioperative2▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Surgical Management2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  33. Breast Cancer2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Pathophysiology2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Chronic Pain1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Pneumothorax1▲ 56×2 topics
  39. Guideline Development1▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Quality Assessment1▲ 9.8×1 topic

Which research topics does Stepping Hill Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…1Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksRenal function and acid-…1Renal function and acid-base balance: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Renal function and acid-base balance Nephrology 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stepping Hill Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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