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Tauranga Hospital

In research, Tauranga Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,518 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,139 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,552
of 28,054 · #18,955 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#30
of 71
Research works
524
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Tauranga 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 #7,518 of 10,443 4.5%73 #9528
Health SciencesDomain #9,139 of 11,982 5.5%78 #7951

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tauranga 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).

What does Tauranga Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.0 works10×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 73 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tauranga Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Gilling and Paul Salmon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tauranga Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Gilling New Zealand · #146,770 worldwide 97 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Paul Salmon New Zealand · #912,068 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tauranga Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Tauranga Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Medical Education, Reconstruction and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.0×42 topics
  2. Complications6▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 3.5×21 topics
  4. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.1×16 topics
  5. Rehabilitation4▲ 10×6 topics
  6. Diagnosis4▲ 4.1×16 topics
  7. Treatment4▲ 2.9×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors3▲ 2.9×14 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.5×12 topics
  10. Medical Education3▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Reconstruction3▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Anatomy3▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Distal Radius Fractures3▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Flexor Tendon Repair3▲ 50×1 topic
  15. Elbow Injuries3▲ 122×1 topic
  16. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction3▲ 122×1 topic
  17. Shoulder Function3▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Craniofacial3▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Management3▲ 3.1×14 topics
  20. Mortality3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  21. Nasal3▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Biomechanics2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. Metastasis2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  26. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Guidelines2▲ 4.2×10 topics
  29. Revision Surgery2▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Surgery2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  33. Infection Prevention2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Genetic Factors2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  37. Breast Reconstruction2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Children2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  39. Arthroplasty2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Survivors2▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Tauranga Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…3Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTesticular diseases and treatments: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 1 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway…1Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationUrologyEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 3 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Testicular diseases and treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 1 works
  7. 7 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tauranga Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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