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The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

In research, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,187 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,200 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,542
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,296
of 1,844
Research works
374
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

What is The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #10,187 of 16,688 4.6%285
MedicineField #9,200 of 14,558 4.3%212

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 76.7% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 62.7% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Rotherham NHSFoundation Trust64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4062.7%
    2. Health Professions812.9%
    3. Dentistry00.8%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    1. Psychology35.2%
    2. Social Sciences23.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Computer Science10.9%
    2. Engineering00.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.7%
    4. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.90× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.90×8 works
  2. Medicine3.26×40 works
  3. Psychology1.70×3 works
  4. Dentistry1.60×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×1 works
  7. Nursing0.79×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.57×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.34×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.25×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  17. Engineering0.05×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Capehorn, Tahir Masudi and Arun Alfred lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Matthew Capehorn United Kingdom · #911,479 worldwide 1.9k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Tahir Masudi United Kingdom · #2,149,430 worldwide 471 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Arun Alfred United Kingdom · #2,708,714 worldwide 377 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 R Milner United Kingdom · #3,355,770 worldwide 331 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Richard F. Crosher United Kingdom · #3,511,991 worldwide 506 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Nadi K. Gupta United Kingdom · #3,587,465 worldwide 120 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Christopher David Blore United Kingdom · #3,677,977 worldwide 200 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey P. Garner United Kingdom · #3,739,324 worldwide 846 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Gail Miles United Kingdom · #3,825,852 worldwide 248 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 JP Garner United Kingdom · #4,171,921 worldwide 189 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

What are the most cited papers from The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust?

The most cited paper from The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is "Efficacy and Safety of Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Exenatide ER in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes (SUSTAIN 3): A 56-Week, Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial" (Andrew Ahmann, Matthew Capehorn, Guillaume Charpentier et al., 2017), with 595 citations. Next come "Efficacy and safety of once-weekly semaglutide 1.0 mg vs once-daily liraglutide 1.2 mg as add-on to 1–3 oral antidiabetic drugs in subjects with type 2 diabetes (SUSTAIN 10)" (421) and "Guidelines for day‐case surgery 2019" (398).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficacy and Safety of Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Exenatide ER in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes (SUSTAIN 3): A 56-Week, Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial Andrew Ahmann, Matthew Capehorn, Guillaume Charpentier et al. · Diabetes Care 15 Dec 2017 595
2 Efficacy and safety of once-weekly semaglutide 1.0 mg vs once-daily liraglutide 1.2 mg as add-on to 1–3 oral antidiabetic drugs in subjects with type 2 diabetes (SUSTAIN 10) Matthew Capehorn, Andrei‐Mircea Catarig, Julie Kjærulff Furberg et al. · Diabetes & Metabolism 17 Sep 2019 421
3 Guidelines for day‐case surgery 2019 Craig R. Bailey, Manisha Ahuja, Karen Bartholomew et al. · Anaesthesia Open access 8 Apr 2019 398
4 Daily emollient during infancy for prevention of eczema: the BEEP randomised controlled trial Joanne R Chalmers et al. · The Lancet Open access 19 Feb 2020 319
5 The accuracy of ultrasound estimation of fetal weight in comparison to birth weight: A systematic review J Milner, Jane Arezina · Ultrasound ReviewOpen access Feb 2018 181
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Public Health, Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Social Identity and Health Care.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.3×38 topics
  2. Primary Care5▲ 21×8 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 4.9×23 topics
  4. Public Health4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 3.0×19 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 10×5 topics
  7. Radiotherapy3▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Health Care3▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Social Identity3▲ 46×2 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Obesity Stigma2▲ 165×1 topic
  12. Weight Bias2▲ 165×1 topic
  13. Weight Loss2▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  15. Quality Improvement2▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Obesity2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  17. Surgical Management2▲ 8.4×9 topics
  18. Survival Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  22. Breast Tumours2▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Gene Expression2▲ 4.5×1 topic
  24. Health Outcomes2▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Diabetes2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  26. Guidelines2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  27. Lifestyle Intervention2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Bariatric Surgery1▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Metabolic Surgery1▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Prognostic Factors1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. HIV Transmission1▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Pathophysiology1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Cancer Risk1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Competency-Based Education1▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Professional Identity Formation1▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Reflective Practice1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Obesity and Health Practices, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Obesity and Health Practices: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…1Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksRadiology practices and …1Radiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 1 fractional works
PharmacyCancer ResearchSurgeryInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 2 works
  2. 2 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust0.00022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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