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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

In research, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,088 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,663 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,351 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,330
of 28,054 · #16,933 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#484
of 1,094
Research works
1.3k
▲ 88% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University Hospitals of North Midlands 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,088 of 11,982 6.6%369 #4701
MedicineField #3,663 of 10,443 6.5%337 #4124
SurgerySubfield #1,351 of 1,816 8.8%70 #2500

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospitals of North Midlands 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. Health Sciences#4,701 #4,088
  2. Medicine#4,124 #3,663
  3. Surgery#2,500 #1,351
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 North Midlands NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 49.3 works7.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 70.2 works7.1×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.14× its world share, 337 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert Kirby, Sadaf Jafferbhoy and Martin Allen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Robert Kirby United Kingdom · #776,418 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Sadaf Jafferbhoy United Kingdom · #956,325 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Martin Allen United Kingdom · #956,327 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Naveed Mustfa United Kingdom · #1,040,663 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Soni Soumian United Kingdom · #1,399,485 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Lakshminarayanan Varadhan United Kingdom · #1,475,638 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Sekhar Marla United Kingdom · #1,511,778 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Fahmy Hanna United Kingdom · #1,512,189 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Sankaran Narayanan United Kingdom · #1,529,238 worldwide 1 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Diagnosis 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. Epidemiology48▲ 2.9×91 topics
  2. Complications25▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life22▲ 3.6×33 topics
  4. Treatment20▲ 3.9×32 topics
  5. Diagnosis19▲ 4.8×30 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 8.0×14 topics
  7. Chemotherapy18▲ 6.0×19 topics
  8. Radiotherapy16▲ 9.8×12 topics
  9. Risk Factors15▲ 3.3×23 topics
  10. Inflammation14▲ 1.62×41 topics
  11. Management14▲ 4.3×25 topics
  12. Guidelines13▲ 6.7×12 topics
  13. Immunotherapy13▲ 4.3×16 topics
  14. Mortality12▲ 4.9×12 topics
  15. Primary Care12▲ 7.4×13 topics
  16. Diabetes12▲ 5.6×11 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 8.7×9 topics
  19. Obesity10▲ 3.2×13 topics
  20. Echocardiography10▲ 8.8×8 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations10▲ 6.7×9 topics
  22. Survival Analysis9▲ 8.1×6 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders9▲ 3.6×15 topics
  24. Surgery9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Surgical Management9▲ 5.1×16 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 6.6×9 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  28. Type 2 Diabetes8▲ 8.1×4 topics
  29. Medical Education7▲ 6.7×9 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Weight Loss7▲ 9.7×4 topics
  32. Breast Cancer7▲ 6.6×10 topics
  33. Health Outcomes6▲ 5.6×4 topics
  34. Breast Reconstruction6▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Chronic Pain6▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  37. Stroke6▲ 8.1×6 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications6▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Quality Improvement6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  40. Lifestyle Intervention6▲ 16×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Clinical practice guidelines implementation and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…5Esophageal and GI Pathology: 5 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…5Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux …4Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 4 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 4 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 3 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 4 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 4 works
  9. 9 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 88% 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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