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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

In research, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#3,156 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,837 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,457 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 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,690
of 28,054 · #14,286 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#395
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 244% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is University Hospitals Plymouth 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 #3,156 of 10,443 6.3%387 #3777
Health SciencesDomain #3,837 of 11,982 6.6%424 #4602
SurgerySubfield #1,457 of 1,816 6.8%78 #2501
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,090 of 1,144 4.7%61 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospitals Plymouth 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#3,777 #3,156
  2. Health Sciences#4,602 #3,837
  3. Surgery#2,501 #1,457
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 Plymouth NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 60.7 works7.9×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 78.1 works6.7×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 387 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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 Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Grant Sanders, Somaiah Aroori and Andrew Dickinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Grant Sanders United Kingdom · #92,791 worldwide 250 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Somaiah Aroori United Kingdom · #339,259 worldwide 91 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Andrew Dickinson United Kingdom · #520,654 worldwide 78 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Richard Berrisford United Kingdom · #852,298 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Cyrus Daneshvar United Kingdom · #870,278 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Helén Anderson United Kingdom · #937,623 worldwide 49 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Peter Labib United Kingdom · #1,196,611 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 David Lewis United Kingdom · #1,239,974 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Andrew Connor United Kingdom · #1,245,581 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Thomas Russell United Kingdom · #1,247,841 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Tumor Microenvironment, Surgical Management and Pancreatic Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 3.0×93 topics
  2. Chemotherapy36▲ 10×18 topics
  3. Immunotherapy27▲ 7.7×18 topics
  4. Neoadjuvant Therapy25▲ 21×5 topics
  5. Treatment24▲ 4.1×37 topics
  6. Diagnosis22▲ 4.8×31 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 7.9×14 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment20▲ 9.0×5 topics
  9. Management19▲ 5.0×27 topics
  10. Surgical Management19▲ 9.5×18 topics
  11. Pancreatic Cancer18▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Surgical Complications18▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Gemcitabine18▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Genomic Analyses18▲ 50×1 topic
  15. Inflammation18▲ 1.71×42 topics
  16. Cholangiocarcinoma18▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Mortality18▲ 6.1×12 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors16▲ 7.6×14 topics
  19. Risk Factors14▲ 2.5×25 topics
  20. Adjuvant Therapy13▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Survival Analysis13▲ 9.4×7 topics
  22. Complications12▲ 5.0×15 topics
  23. Guidelines12▲ 5.2×13 topics
  24. Surgery11▲ 6.2×10 topics
  25. Endoscopic Resection11▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Radiotherapy11▲ 5.6×11 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization10▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Molecular Pathology10▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Quality Improvement10▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Therapeutic Strategies10▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Biliary Tract Cancer10▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma10▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Medical Education10▲ 7.4×9 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy10▲ 8.6×4 topics
  35. Critical Care9▲ 7.8×8 topics
  36. Hepatocellular Carcinoma9▲ 8.3×3 topics
  37. Clinical Management8▲ 9.6×7 topics
  38. Cholecystitis8▲ 38×1 topic
  39. ERCP8▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Robotic Surgery8▲ 11×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…18Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 18 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 10 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…5Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional works
OncologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 18 works
  2. 2 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 10 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 244% 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.

Other research institutions in Plymouth

All research institutions in Plymouth

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.