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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

In research, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,301 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,652 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,405
of 28,054 · #18,585 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#418
of 1,094
Research works
897
▲ 143% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 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 #3,301 of 11,982 7.3%275 #7361
MedicineField #3,652 of 10,443 6.9%242 #7478

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Royal Wolverhampton NHS 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 49.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Aditi Kumar, Supratik Basu and Karan Jolly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Aditi Kumar United Kingdom · #542,502 worldwide 50 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Supratik Basu United Kingdom · #692,559 worldwide 59 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Karan Jolly United Kingdom · #706,670 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Raghavan Vidya United Kingdom · #919,828 worldwide 17 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Sima Patel United Kingdom · #934,085 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Philip Harvey United Kingdom · #1,025,859 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Tapan Sircar United Kingdom · #1,158,255 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Mortality, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Primary Care, Treatment 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.1×90 topics
  2. Complications19▲ 11×17 topics
  3. Quality of Life19▲ 4.0×37 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 2.5×46 topics
  5. Treatment16▲ 4.0×33 topics
  6. Diagnosis15▲ 4.8×31 topics
  7. Mortality14▲ 7.1×10 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 7.3×14 topics
  9. COVID-1912▲ 2.7×17 topics
  10. Management12▲ 4.6×25 topics
  11. Primary Care12▲ 9.5×14 topics
  12. Public Health11▲ 2.2×22 topics
  13. Risk Factors10▲ 2.8×19 topics
  14. Surgery10▲ 8.5×8 topics
  15. Radiotherapy10▲ 7.7×10 topics
  16. Genetics10▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Healthcare9▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Guidelines9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  19. Inflammatory Bowel Disease9▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 8.3×8 topics
  21. Breast Reconstruction8▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.6×14 topics
  23. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.3×18 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 9.5×5 topics
  25. Autoantibodies7▲ 9.4×7 topics
  26. Surgical Management7▲ 5.2×13 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 6.8×9 topics
  28. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  30. Stroke6▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Health Equity6▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Survival Analysis6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Medical Education6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  34. Critical Care6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery6▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Acellular Dermal Matrix5▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure5▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Quality Improvement5▲ 8.6×8 topics
  39. Cholangiocarcinoma5▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 8.2×5 topics

Which research topics does The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Breast Implant and Reconstruction, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Child and Adolescent Health.

Breast Implant and Recon…5Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 5 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease4Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 4 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis4Microscopic Colitis: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgi…4Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional works
SurgeryGeneticsOncologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  10. 10 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 143% 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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