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University Hospital Waterford

In research, University Hospital Waterford stands highest in Medicine (#8,185 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,637 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,566
of 28,054 · #27,449 all time
Rank in Ireland
#68
of 79
Research works
881
▲ 112% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.4k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is University Hospital Waterford 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 #8,185 of 10,443 3.7%209 #9830
Health SciencesDomain #9,637 of 11,982 3.9%233 #8438

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital Waterford 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 University Hospital Waterford specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 52.4 works8.2×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.76× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.95× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 209 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 7 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 University Hospital Waterford?

Ranked on the composite score, Ríona Mulcahy, Paula Calvert and Anne M. Horgan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital Waterford.

  1. 1 Ríona Mulcahy Ireland · #738,169 worldwide 61 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Paula Calvert Ireland · #1,250,444 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Anne M. Horgan Ireland · #1,323,682 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Ivor M. Cullen Ireland · #1,424,642 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital Waterford

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital Waterford?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Elderly Patients, Mortality, Rehabilitation, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 3.6×71 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 2.9×27 topics
  3. Elderly Patients15▲ 33×4 topics
  4. Mortality15▲ 9.4×10 topics
  5. Rehabilitation15▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Complications15▲ 11×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life14▲ 3.6×27 topics
  8. Treatment14▲ 4.0×24 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 7.5×14 topics
  10. Guidelines11▲ 8.5×12 topics
  11. Aging11▲ 7.2×6 topics
  12. Diagnosis11▲ 4.2×24 topics
  13. Risk Factors10▲ 3.2×18 topics
  14. Surgical Management10▲ 8.7×16 topics
  15. Surgery9▲ 9.0×8 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 9.4×9 topics
  17. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.0×18 topics
  18. Management7▲ 3.4×19 topics
  19. Immunotherapy7▲ 3.5×14 topics
  20. Mortality Risk7▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Physical Performance7▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Primary Care7▲ 6.4×10 topics
  23. Survival Analysis6▲ 8.3×5 topics
  24. Frailty6▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Geriatric Assessment6▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Prognosis6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.9×13 topics
  28. Functional Recovery6▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Elderly6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  30. Revision Surgery6▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Rituximab5▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Hip Fracture5▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Orthogeriatric Care5▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Intensive Care Unit5▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 5.8×9 topics
  38. Autoantibodies4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Sedation4▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does University Hospital Waterford publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Frailty in Older Adults, Hip and Femur Fractures, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Frailty in Older Adults6Frailty in Older Adults: 6 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures5Hip and Femur Fractures: 5 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…3Hip disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologySurgeryCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital Waterford's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 112% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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