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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

In research, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,624 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,174 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,343
of 28,054 · #24,848 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#451
of 1,094
Research works
661
▲ 1902% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is University Hospitals of Derby and Burton 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,624 of 11,982 9.5%295 #9459
MedicineField #4,174 of 10,443 9.6%258 #8786

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 52.0 works6.4×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.18× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 258 worksMedicineNursing: 2.62× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Frances L. Game, Emma G. Wilmot and Andrew Phillips lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 Frances L. Game United Kingdom · #176,044 worldwide 125 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Emma G. Wilmot United Kingdom · #407,442 worldwide 151 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Andrew Phillips United Kingdom · #650,697 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Owen Judd United Kingdom · #1,192,320 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Graham Johnson United Kingdom · #1,612,655 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Diabetes, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Rehabilitation and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.7×86 topics
  2. Quality of Life20▲ 3.9×33 topics
  3. Mortality19▲ 9.5×12 topics
  4. Complications18▲ 11×15 topics
  5. Diabetes16▲ 9.4×10 topics
  6. Inflammation16▲ 2.2×35 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 3.9×24 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.8×25 topics
  9. Management14▲ 5.1×23 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 7.4×13 topics
  11. Treatment13▲ 3.2×31 topics
  12. Rehabilitation13▲ 9.4×11 topics
  13. Survival Analysis12▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 11×9 topics
  15. Diagnosis11▲ 3.5×27 topics
  16. Primary Care11▲ 8.2×11 topics
  17. Guidelines11▲ 6.5×11 topics
  18. Prevention10▲ 7.2×13 topics
  19. Surgery10▲ 8.4×10 topics
  20. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.2×19 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.1×16 topics
  23. Global Burden9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  24. Quality Improvement9▲ 14×8 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 8.5×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  27. Wound Healing8▲ 8.8×5 topics
  28. Prognosis8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  29. Surgical Management8▲ 5.5×16 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations7▲ 6.0×8 topics
  31. Hemodialysis7▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Robotic Surgery7▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Critical Care7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  34. Glycemic Control7▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Stroke7▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Elderly Patients6▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Infection6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 7.3×5 topics
  39. Pain Management6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  40. Foot Ulcers5▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…5Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…4Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…3Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…3Acute Kidney Injury Research: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismNephrologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  2. 2 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 3 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1902% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.