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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#7,859 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,547 of 11,982 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
#21,656
of 28,054 · #30,465 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#798
of 1,094
Research works
460
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is United Lincolnshire Hospitals 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
MedicineField #7,859 of 10,443 5.4%123 #10708
Health SciencesDomain #9,547 of 11,982 5.2%130 #10928

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United Lincolnshire Hospitals 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 United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS 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 · 28.5 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.92× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 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.

Who are the top researchers at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Munier Hossain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Munier Hossain United Kingdom · #1,178,527 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Mortality, Surgical Management and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.2×67 topics
  2. Treatment8▲ 4.0×29 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 5.1×28 topics
  4. Guidelines7▲ 10.0×10 topics
  5. Complications7▲ 8.9×15 topics
  6. Inflammation7▲ 2.1×37 topics
  7. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.8×15 topics
  8. Management6▲ 5.1×22 topics
  9. Risk Factors6▲ 3.6×16 topics
  10. Mortality6▲ 6.7×10 topics
  11. Surgical Management6▲ 8.7×14 topics
  12. Quality of Life5▲ 2.2×18 topics
  13. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.4×19 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.8×19 topics
  17. Surgery4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  18. Heart Failure4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  19. Regeneration4▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  21. Prevention4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  22. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  24. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.7×10 topics
  25. Diabetes3▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Metastasis3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  28. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  29. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Biomechanics3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  31. Pain Management3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. Glycemic Control2▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Insulin Therapy2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Children2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  36. Growth Factors2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Mutation Analysis2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Palliative Treatment2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Platelet-Rich Plasma2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Arthroplasty2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Tendon Structure and Treatment, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Nuclear and radioactivit…2Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksTendon Structure and Tre…2Tendon Structure and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…2Dental Radiography and Imaging: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityOrthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  2. 2 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works
  8. 8 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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