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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

In research, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,278 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,917 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,747
of 22,385 · #14,975 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#356
of 862
Research works
897
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

What is The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,278 of 9,902 7.4%275 #4962
MedicineField #2,917 of 8,541 7.5%242 #4351

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Health Professions (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 318 fractional works · 82.5% of its workMedicine: 280 fractional works · 72.7% of its workSurgery: 57 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 31 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe RoyalWolverhampton NH…386fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences6%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine28072.7%
    2. Health Professions318.1%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    4. Dentistry20.6%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology205.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology61.6%
    3. Neuroscience51.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences102.7%
    2. Psychology82.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Decision Sciences20.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering41.0%
    2. Computer Science30.7%
    3. Environmental Science20.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 57.1 works6.3×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× 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: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.08× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 280 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 10 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.78×280 works
  2. Health Professions3.08×31 works
  3. Nursing1.84×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.60×6 works
  5. Dentistry1.29×2 works
  6. Veterinary1.06×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×20 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.78×5 works
  10. Psychology0.66×8 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.53×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.21×10 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  17. Energy0.09×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  19. Engineering0.07×4 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Brookes, Andrew Veitch and Shams Al‐Hity lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Matthew Brookes United Kingdom · #172,542 worldwide 12k citations · 281 works
  2. 2 Andrew Veitch United Kingdom · #289,215 worldwide 7.8k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Shams Al‐Hity United Kingdom · #573,962 worldwide 2.3k citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Raghavan Vidya United Kingdom · #732,506 worldwide 6.9k citations · 228 works
  5. 5 Tom Sheeran United Kingdom · #812,729 worldwide 1.3k citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Aditi Kumar United Kingdom · #947,494 worldwide 4.2k citations · 159 works
  7. 7 Supratik Basu United Kingdom · #1,013,961 worldwide 4.1k citations · 150 works
  8. 8 Sharat Chopra United Kingdom · #1,074,111 worldwide 816 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Hari Padmanabhan United Kingdom · #1,208,857 worldwide 718 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Andrew MacDuff United Kingdom · #1,226,358 worldwide 2k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

What are the most cited papers from The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust?

The most cited paper from The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is "British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults" (Christopher Andrew Lamb et al., 2019), with 2,370 citations. Next come "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130) and "Daratumumab plus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone for Untreated Myeloma" (1,022).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults Christopher Andrew Lamb et al. · Gut Open access 27 Sep 2019 2,370
2 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
3 Daratumumab plus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone for Untreated Myeloma Thierry T.F. Facon et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 May 2019 1,022
4 Complete Revascularization with Multivessel PCI for Myocardial Infarction Shamir R. Mehta et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Sep 2019 947
5 Diagnosis and management of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline Ian Mark Gralnek et al. · Endoscopy Open access 29 Sep 2015 835
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Mortality, Treatment, Radiotherapy 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-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. Epidemiology45▲ 3.0×91 topics
  2. Quality of Life22▲ 4.0×38 topics
  3. Complications21▲ 11×17 topics
  4. Inflammation20▲ 2.5×48 topics
  5. Treatment19▲ 4.0×34 topics
  6. Diagnosis16▲ 4.6×31 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 7.5×14 topics
  8. Mortality15▲ 6.8×11 topics
  9. Radiotherapy13▲ 8.8×10 topics
  10. Management13▲ 4.3×27 topics
  11. Risk Factors13▲ 3.0×20 topics
  12. COVID-1913▲ 2.5×17 topics
  13. Primary Care12▲ 8.7×14 topics
  14. Genetics11▲ 4.0×12 topics
  15. Surgery11▲ 8.1×9 topics
  16. Healthcare11▲ 2.4×14 topics
  17. Guidelines10▲ 5.7×10 topics
  18. Inflammatory Bowel Disease10▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.6×18 topics
  20. Autoantibodies10▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Breast Reconstruction9▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations9▲ 6.8×10 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 7.5×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis9▲ 4.5×14 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 7.1×9 topics
  27. Laparoscopic Surgery8▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Surgical Management8▲ 4.8×13 topics
  29. Medical Education7▲ 7.0×10 topics
  30. Survival Analysis7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Health Equity7▲ 6.2×4 topics
  33. Stroke7▲ 9.7×6 topics
  34. Critical Care6▲ 6.7×8 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery6▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Acellular Dermal Matrix6▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure6▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Crohn's Disease6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Immunology6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.6×8 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Breast Implant and Reconstruction, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments and Microscopic Colitis.

Breast Implant and Recon…6Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease5Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis4Microscopic Colitis: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…4Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional works
SurgeryGeneticsOncologyEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust0.0016% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust4.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2024.

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