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Stoke Mandeville Hospital

In research, Stoke Mandeville Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,562 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,245
of 28,054 · #21,773 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#866
of 1,094
Research works
1.3k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Stoke Mandeville 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,562 of 11,982 7.6%61 #10868

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stoke Mandeville 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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 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 Stoke Mandeville Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ludwig Guttmann, Nadia Ellis and H L Frankel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

  1. 1 Ludwig Guttmann United Kingdom · #262,762 worldwide 60 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Nadia Ellis United Kingdom · #279,456 worldwide 34 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 H L Frankel United Kingdom · #403,936 worldwide 90 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 J R Silver United Kingdom · #629,893 worldwide 55 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 A. Taylor United Kingdom · #905,548 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Alexandra Murray United Kingdom · #1,548,156 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Stoke Mandeville Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 5.1×61 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 3.4×18 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 5.4×21 topics
  4. Quality of Life4▲ 4.0×17 topics
  5. Complications4▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 4.6×16 topics
  7. Clinical Trials4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  8. Rehabilitation4▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Surgery3▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Mortality3▲ 6.9×9 topics
  11. Management3▲ 4.9×14 topics
  12. Diagnosis3▲ 4.0×15 topics
  13. Wound Healing3▲ 14×7 topics
  14. Functional Recovery2▲ 23×4 topics
  15. Diabetes2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  16. Guidelines2▲ 6.7×11 topics
  17. Neuroprotection2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  18. Recovery2▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Primary Care2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  22. Angiogenesis2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  23. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  25. Regeneration2▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Medical Education2▲ 10.0×7 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  29. Growth Factors2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Physical Activity2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  31. Infection Prevention2▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Spinal Cord Injury2▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Academic Medicine2▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Fibroblasts2▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Macrophages2▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Neurological Classification2▲ 90×1 topic
  37. Neuromodulation2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Pain Management2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  39. Pathophysiology2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  40. Stroke2▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Stoke Mandeville Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Wound Healing and Treatments, Spinal Cord Injury Research and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatm…2Wound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Resea…2Spinal Cord Injury Research: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…1Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology…1Medicine and Dermatology Studies History: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…1Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationPathology and Forensic MedicineGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 1 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury Research 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stoke Mandeville Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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