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University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

In research, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#1,564 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,039 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,565
of 28,054 · #8,859 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#257
of 1,094
Research works
1.7k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is University Hospitals Bristol 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
MedicineField #1,564 of 10,443 18.7%328 #2168
Health SciencesDomain #2,039 of 11,982 19.0%373 #2571

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospitals Bristol 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 University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 59.7 works5.3×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.12× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Sarah Smithson, Rosemary Greenwood and Tim Batchelor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Sarah Smithson United Kingdom · #276,612 worldwide 106 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Rosemary Greenwood United Kingdom · #298,684 worldwide 87 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Tim Batchelor United Kingdom · #542,431 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jeremy Braybrooke United Kingdom · #550,447 worldwide 145 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Matthew Beasley United Kingdom · #658,174 worldwide 38 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Stephen Lyen United Kingdom · #788,971 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Gianluca Casali United Kingdom · #864,614 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Priyanka Mehta United Kingdom · #897,871 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Amarnath Challapalli United Kingdom · #932,505 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Axel Walther United Kingdom · #1,320,276 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Complications, Mortality, Inflammation, Public Health and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology61▲ 3.2×106 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.3×64 topics
  3. Quality of Life22▲ 3.2×41 topics
  4. Public Health20▲ 2.9×34 topics
  5. Treatment19▲ 3.2×41 topics
  6. Primary Care16▲ 8.5×14 topics
  7. Complications15▲ 6.4×16 topics
  8. Risk Factors15▲ 2.9×30 topics
  9. Mortality15▲ 5.5×12 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 2.7×32 topics
  11. Clinical Trials14▲ 4.2×16 topics
  12. Management14▲ 3.6×26 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.4×21 topics
  14. Diagnosis13▲ 2.9×35 topics
  15. Depression13▲ 3.0×15 topics
  16. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.7×21 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.7×14 topics
  18. Mental Health12▲ 1.74×26 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 7.8×9 topics
  20. Adolescents11▲ 6.2×7 topics
  21. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.1×17 topics
  22. Medical Education11▲ 8.7×10 topics
  23. Obesity11▲ 3.0×17 topics
  24. Guidelines10▲ 4.6×13 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors10▲ 4.8×14 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 8.9×5 topics
  27. Surgery10▲ 5.9×10 topics
  28. Prevalence9▲ 4.7×13 topics
  29. Rehabilitation9▲ 4.7×12 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.2×21 topics
  31. Surgical Management9▲ 4.3×16 topics
  32. Physical Activity8▲ 3.5×9 topics
  33. Revision Surgery8▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  36. Elderly Patients8▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Critical Care7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  38. Autoantibodies7▲ 5.9×8 topics
  39. Training6▲ 6.0×5 topics
  40. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 6.8×6 topics

Which research topics does University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures and Child and Adolescent Health.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 3 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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