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Hospital / health system · Torquay · United Kingdom

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,106 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,646 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,719
of 28,054 · #30,296 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#701
of 1,094
Research works
364
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation 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 #7,106 of 11,982 7.9%135 #13131
MedicineField #8,646 of 10,443 7.2%118 #13192

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

What does Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.0 works7.7×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.65× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Mortality, Cholangiocarcinoma, Complications, Cholecystitis, ERCP and Clinical Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.4×65 topics
  2. Guidelines11▲ 15×11 topics
  3. Mortality8▲ 9.3×8 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 2.4×28 topics
  5. Cholangiocarcinoma7▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 4.1×19 topics
  7. Complications6▲ 8.4×11 topics
  8. Diagnosis6▲ 4.3×27 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 2.8×25 topics
  10. Treatment6▲ 3.0×30 topics
  11. Cholecystitis6▲ 84×1 topic
  12. ERCP6▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Medical Education5▲ 13×10 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 6.0×12 topics
  16. Primary Care5▲ 8.3×11 topics
  17. Management5▲ 3.8×16 topics
  18. Postoperative Complications5▲ 23×4 topics
  19. Prevention4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  20. Surgery4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  21. Surgical Management4▲ 6.6×12 topics
  22. Cardiac Risk4▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Perioperative4▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  27. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Survival Analysis4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors3▲ 4.9×10 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  31. Liver Transplantation3▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Alagille Syndrome3▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Biliary Atresia3▲ 80×1 topic
  35. Nutritional Support3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Screening3▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Training3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  40. Genetic Factors2▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment.

Gallbladder and Bile Duc…6Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …3Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…2Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…2Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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