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Sunderland Royal Hospital

In research, Sunderland Royal Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,951 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,412 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,397
of 28,054 · #17,478 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#876
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Sunderland Royal 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 #7,951 of 10,443 8.2%78 #4109
Health SciencesDomain #9,412 of 11,982 7.8%86 #5094

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunderland Royal 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: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.86× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.19× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sunderland Royal Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kim Hinshaw and P. Lakshmanan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunderland Royal Hospital.

  1. 1 Kim Hinshaw United Kingdom · #387,660 worldwide 52 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 P. Lakshmanan United Kingdom · #1,593,306 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sunderland Royal Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sunderland Royal Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Surgical Management, Complications, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Management and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.0×46 topics
  2. Mortality6▲ 10×12 topics
  3. Surgical Management5▲ 14×13 topics
  4. Quality of Life5▲ 3.6×20 topics
  5. Complications5▲ 9.8×13 topics
  6. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.8×11 topics
  7. Management4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 4.0×16 topics
  9. Radiotherapy4▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Obesity4▲ 4.9×8 topics
  11. Diagnosis4▲ 3.9×15 topics
  12. Diabetes3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  13. Guidelines3▲ 7.5×9 topics
  14. Health Outcomes3▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Medical Education3▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Public Health3▲ 2.2×13 topics
  17. Surgery3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  18. Treatment3▲ 2.8×15 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×18 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  21. Prognosis3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  22. Squamous Cell Carcinoma3▲ 35×3 topics
  23. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Weight Loss3▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Lifestyle Intervention3▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Bariatric Surgery3▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Metabolic Surgery3▲ 83×1 topic
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  29. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  30. Biomechanics2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Oropharyngeal Cancer2▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Survival2▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Prevention2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  36. Critical Care2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Robotic Surgery2▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Survival Analysis2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  40. Pain Management2▲ 7.8×5 topics

Which research topics does Sunderland Royal Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Ultrasound in Clinical Applications and Facial Trauma and Fracture Management.

Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 1 fractional worksFacial Trauma and Fracture Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…1Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHospital Admissions and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCerebral Venous Sinus Th…1Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOtorhinolaryngologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  3. 3 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Facial Trauma and Fracture Management Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Neurology 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sunderland Royal Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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