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Ulster Hospital

In research, Ulster Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,026 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,937 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,937
of 22,385 · #16,572 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#591
of 862
Research works
883
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Ulster Hospital

What is Ulster Hospital 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 #8,026 of 9,902 3.6%95 #7229
MedicineField #6,937 of 8,541 3.4%86 #6620

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

Which fields of science does Ulster Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Ulster Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (9%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 106 fractional works · 66.4% of its workMedicine: 95 fractional works · 59.4% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUlster Hospital159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences17%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9559.4%
    2. Health Professions95.8%
    3. Nursing21.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences149.0%
    2. Psychology63.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    1. Engineering95.5%
    2. Computer Science85.1%
    3. Environmental Science21.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.09×95 works
  2. Health Professions2.20×9 works
  3. Nursing2.17×2 works
  4. Psychology1.27×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.76×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.71×14 works
  7. Computer Science0.65×8 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×3 works
  9. Energy0.45×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  12. Engineering0.37×9 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×2 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.30×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.22×2 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ulster Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Tony Tham, Wendy Campbell and Joshua Michael Clements lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ulster Hospital.

  1. 1 Tony Tham United Kingdom · #321,185 worldwide 7.2k citations · 177 works
  2. 2 Wendy Campbell United Kingdom · #515,837 worldwide 1.7k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Joshua Michael Clements United Kingdom · #845,495 worldwide 1.7k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Patrick M. Donnelly United Kingdom · #998,479 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 A Murdock United Kingdom · #1,181,486 worldwide 926 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Gary M. Spence United Kingdom · #1,317,833 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Stephen Kirk United Kingdom · #1,726,216 worldwide 3.1k citations · 106 works
  8. 8 Lynn Darragh United Kingdom · #1,875,039 worldwide 439 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Peter McKavanagh United Kingdom · #2,085,197 worldwide 543 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Jeremy S. Bond United Kingdom · #2,146,910 worldwide 902 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ulster Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ulster Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ulster Hospital is "Ulcerative colitis" (Ryan C. Ungaro, Saurabh Mehandru, Patrick B. Allen et al., 2016), with 3,581 citations. Next come "Development of a framework for person‐centred nursing" (1,140) and "A systematic review of population based epidemiological studies in Myasthenia Gravis" (768).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ulcerative colitis Ryan C. Ungaro, Saurabh Mehandru, Patrick B. Allen et al. · The Lancet Open access 30 Nov 2016 3,581
2 Development of a framework for person‐centred nursing Brendan George McCormack, Tanya McCance · Journal of Advanced Nursing 31 Oct 2006 1,140
3 A systematic review of population based epidemiological studies in Myasthenia Gravis Aisling S. Carr, Chris R. Cardwell, Peter O McCarron et al. · BMC Neurology ReviewOpen access 18 Jun 2010 768
4 Simvastatin in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Daniel Francis McAuley, John Gerard Laffey, Cecilia M. O’Kane et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Sep 2014 484
5 The Development of an Instrument to Measure Quality of Vision: The Quality of Vision (QoV) Questionnaire Colm McAlinden, Konrad Pesudovs, Jonathan E. Moore · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 26 May 2010 414
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ulster Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Mortality, Complications, Surgery, Treatment and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.5×57 topics
  2. Quality of Life9▲ 3.8×24 topics
  3. Rehabilitation7▲ 10×8 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 3.3×21 topics
  5. Mortality6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  6. Complications5▲ 6.5×13 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 1.48×18 topics
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 2.5×12 topics
  9. Surgery4▲ 8.1×9 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  11. Elderly Patients4▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  13. Management4▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Guidelines3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  15. Surgical Management3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  16. Genetics3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  18. Chemotherapy3▲ 2.7×13 topics
  19. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Infection Prevention3▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Surveillance3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  22. Critical Care3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  23. Biomechanics3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  24. Adolescents2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  25. Stroke2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  26. Arthroplasty2▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Medical Education2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. End-of-Life2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Palliative Care2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  30. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Transition2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Ankle Injuries2▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Conflict2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  37. Internal Fixation2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Revision Surgery2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Sprains2▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Ulster Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Irish and British Studies, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Bone fractures and treatments.

Foot and Ankle Surgery2Foot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksIrish and British Studies2Irish and British Studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Rese…2Delphi Technique in Research: 2 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksSpinal Dysraphism and Ma…1Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations: 1 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSociology and Political ScienceSurgeryEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ulster Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% 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 Ulster Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00079% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ulster Hospital0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ulster Hospital 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 2025Ulster Hospital7.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2010.

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