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Hospital / health system · Dundonald · United Kingdom

Ulster Hospital

In research, Ulster Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,523 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,342 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,827
of 28,054 · #17,110 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#849
of 1,094
Research works
883
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Ulster Hospital 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 #9,523 of 11,982 5.2%95 #5733
MedicineField #9,342 of 10,443 4.7%86 #5266

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ulster Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tony Tham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ulster Hospital.

  1. 1 Tony Tham United Kingdom · #94,548 worldwide 193 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Ulster Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ulster Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Complications, Mortality, Treatment, Surgery 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.6×49 topics
  2. Quality of Life8▲ 4.2×23 topics
  3. Rehabilitation6▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 3.9×20 topics
  5. Mortality5▲ 6.5×9 topics
  6. Complications5▲ 7.4×12 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 1.51×17 topics
  8. Surgery4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  9. Risk Factors4▲ 2.6×12 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  11. Elderly Patients3▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Genetics3▲ 3.2×7 topics
  13. Management3▲ 2.8×9 topics
  14. Guidelines3▲ 4.6×8 topics
  15. Infection Prevention3▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  17. Surgical Management3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  18. Biomechanics2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Stroke2▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Adolescents2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  21. Arthroplasty2▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Medical Education2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  24. Surgical Treatment2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  25. Echocardiography2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. End-of-Life2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Palliative Care2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  29. Forecasting2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  30. Internal Fixation2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Ankle Injuries2▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Human-Robot Interaction2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Revision Surgery2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Sprains2▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Telemedicine2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  38. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Bone Healing2▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Fracture Epidemiology2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Ulster Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Bone fractures and treatments and AI in Service Interactions.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery2Foot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 2 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Rese…2Delphi Technique in Research: 2 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 2 fractional worksSpinal Dysraphism and Malformations: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ulster Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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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