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Hospital / health system · Kirkcaldy · United Kingdom

Victoria Hospital

In research, Victoria Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,631 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,429 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,830
of 28,054 · #23,696 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#901
of 1,094
Research works
601
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Victoria Hospital 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 #9,631 of 11,982 7.2%89 #7848
MedicineField #8,429 of 10,443 6.9%80 #7626

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victoria Hospital 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 Victoria Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.7 works8.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.76× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 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 Victoria Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tahir Mahmood and Ian W Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria Hospital.

  1. 1 Tahir Mahmood United Kingdom · #918,562 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Ian W Campbell United Kingdom · #1,495,978 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Victoria Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Victoria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Obesity, Mortality, Complications, Metabolic Syndrome, Guidelines, Patient Satisfaction and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 3.8×52 topics
  2. Obesity8▲ 9.6×10 topics
  3. Mortality7▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Complications7▲ 14×13 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 8.1×8 topics
  6. Guidelines5▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Rehabilitation5▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 3.1×20 topics
  10. Management5▲ 5.6×16 topics
  11. Health Outcomes4▲ 15×5 topics
  12. Revision Surgery4▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Diabetes4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.5×17 topics
  17. Public Health4▲ 2.7×15 topics
  18. Diagnosis4▲ 4.0×19 topics
  19. Weight Loss4▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Surgery3▲ 8.5×7 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Primary Care3▲ 7.6×9 topics
  24. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Surgical Management3▲ 6.9×11 topics
  26. Arthroplasty3▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Infertility3▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Perioperative Care3▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Quality Improvement3▲ 14×7 topics
  30. Bariatric Surgery2▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Metabolic Surgery2▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Outcomes2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Postoperative Complications2▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Breast Cancer2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  37. Cardiac Risk2▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Chronic Disease2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Perioperative2▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Chronic Pain2▲ 9.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Victoria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 2 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 2 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…2Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victoria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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.

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