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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

In research, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#971 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,172 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#890 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,593
of 28,054 · #6,393 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#182
of 1,094
Research works
3.8k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is University Hospitals of Leicester 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 #971 of 10,443 10.9%747 #1507
Health SciencesDomain #1,172 of 11,982 10.7%828 #1479
SurgerySubfield #890 of 1,816 12.3%114 #1088
Health ProfessionsField #1,324 of 1,928 9.7%68 #2085
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #836 of 1,144 8.6%92 #1030

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospitals of Leicester 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,507 #971
  2. Health Sciences#1,479 #1,172
  3. Surgery#1,088 #890
  4. Health Professions#2,085 #1,324
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,030 #836
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 91.7 works6.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.67× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 747 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 18 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 Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Sally Singh, Joseph Dias and Jay Banerjee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Sally Singh United Kingdom · #38,638 worldwide 464 citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Joseph Dias United Kingdom · #113,277 worldwide 114 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Jay Banerjee United Kingdom · #151,971 worldwide 203 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 John de Caestecker United Kingdom · #153,473 worldwide 129 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Jan Kovac United Kingdom · #225,601 worldwide 150 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Giuseppe Garcea United Kingdom · #248,203 worldwide 111 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Robert U. Ashford United Kingdom · #268,338 worldwide 80 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Sarah Edwards United Kingdom · #385,790 worldwide 31 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Baljit Singh United Kingdom · #403,758 worldwide 103 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Pradeep Vasudevan United Kingdom · #403,951 worldwide 81 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology119▲ 3.1×109 topics
  2. Inflammation55▲ 2.7×66 topics
  3. Diagnosis52▲ 5.7×33 topics
  4. Treatment47▲ 4.0×41 topics
  5. Quality of Life43▲ 3.1×44 topics
  6. Management40▲ 5.2×27 topics
  7. Mortality36▲ 6.4×12 topics
  8. Risk Factors34▲ 3.2×30 topics
  9. Complications34▲ 7.0×17 topics
  10. Guidelines33▲ 7.4×13 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease31▲ 2.9×30 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines28▲ 5.3×14 topics
  13. Chemotherapy28▲ 4.1×23 topics
  14. COVID-1926▲ 1.99×24 topics
  15. Rehabilitation26▲ 6.7×10 topics
  16. Public Health26▲ 1.82×33 topics
  17. Clinical Trials26▲ 3.9×14 topics
  18. Primary Care25▲ 6.8×12 topics
  19. Global Burden24▲ 4.7×12 topics
  20. Immunotherapy23▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Heart Failure21▲ 5.0×10 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction21▲ 6.8×9 topics
  23. Radiotherapy20▲ 5.4×13 topics
  24. Surgery20▲ 5.9×11 topics
  25. Prevention19▲ 4.7×15 topics
  26. Medical Education19▲ 7.6×11 topics
  27. Biomechanics19▲ 6.4×7 topics
  28. Critical Care18▲ 8.1×8 topics
  29. Surgical Management18▲ 4.5×20 topics
  30. Diabetes17▲ 3.5×14 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. Echocardiography15▲ 5.8×8 topics
  33. Quality Improvement14▲ 7.8×8 topics
  34. Autoantibodies14▲ 6.3×8 topics
  35. Elderly Patients14▲ 8.4×4 topics
  36. Respiratory13▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management13▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. COPD13▲ 20×1 topic
  39. spirometry13▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Arthroplasty12▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Frailty in Older Adults.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…13Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 13 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …8Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 7 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 7 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 6 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…6Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 6 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGeriatrics and Gerontology5 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 7 works
  5. 5 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 6 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 6 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 6 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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.

Other research institutions in Leicester

All research institutions in Leicester

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.