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Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory

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Research works
112
▼ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, S. Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory.

  1. 1 S. Thomas United Kingdom · #192,054 worldwide 125 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Wound Healing, Infection Prevention, Surgical Sutures, Tissue Adhesives, Diabetes, Treatment and Growth Factors.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Quality of Life14▲ 9.5×11 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×19 topics
  3. Wound Healing11▲ 44×6 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 3.8×10 topics
  5. Infection Prevention10▲ 98×2 topics
  6. Treatment10▲ 6.7×5 topics
  7. Diabetes10▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Surgical Sutures10▲ 389×1 topic
  9. Tissue Adhesives10▲ 389×1 topic
  10. Growth Factors8▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Risk Assessment8▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Macrophages8▲ 41×1 topic
  14. Regeneration8▲ 38×1 topic
  15. Prevention7▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Nutritional Support7▲ 65×1 topic
  17. Pressure Ulcers7▲ 370×1 topic
  18. Risk Factors5▲ 4.1×6 topics
  19. Chronic Venous Insufficiency5▲ 203×1 topic
  20. Varicose Veins5▲ 203×1 topic
  21. Diagnosis4▲ 3.0×6 topics
  22. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Mechanical Properties3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  24. Sintering3▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Antithrombotic Therapy2▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Decomposition2▲ 194×1 topic
  27. Forensic Entomology2▲ 194×1 topic
  28. Hypertrophic Scarring2▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Keloids2▲ 82×1 topic
  30. Venous Thromboembolism2▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Spark Plasma Sintering2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes2▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Guidelines2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  34. Structural Engineering2▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  36. Patient Safety2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Evolution2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  38. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  39. Health Policy2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Reliability Analysis2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis and Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies.

Graphite, nuclear techno…0Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…0Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 0 fractional worksElectrical Contact Performance and Analysis: 0 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engi…0Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor Technolo…0Advanced Sensor Technologies Research: 0 fractional worksThermal Analysis in Power Transmission: 0 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 0 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 0 fractional worksBlood groups and transfusion: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional works
Materials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMechanical EngineeringOcean Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 0 works
  2. 2 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  3. 3 Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor Technologies Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 0 works
  8. 8 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 0 works
  10. 10 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 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 available8.8%not open91.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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