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Waikato Hospital

In research, Waikato Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,221 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,585 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,004
of 28,054 · #10,983 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#44
of 71
Research works
1.6k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Waikato 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
MedicineField #6,221 of 10,443 8.6%166 #3005
Health SciencesDomain #7,585 of 11,982 8.6%180 #2586

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.5 works8.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 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 Waikato Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Namal Wijesinghe, D. McCormack and Peter Widdowson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waikato Hospital.

  1. 1 Namal Wijesinghe New Zealand · #133,641 worldwide 178 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 D. McCormack New Zealand · #223,307 worldwide 111 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Peter Widdowson New Zealand · #278,913 worldwide 60 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Sanjeevan Pasupati New Zealand · #428,815 worldwide 114 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Marius Rademaker New Zealand · #515,612 worldwide 51 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Michael B. Jameson New Zealand · #519,789 worldwide 58 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Jamie Sleigh New Zealand · #636,451 worldwide 72 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Douglas White New Zealand · #719,852 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 James W. Sleigh New Zealand · #1,040,737 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Gerard Devlin New Zealand · #1,083,080 worldwide 37 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Waikato Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Waikato Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.1×77 topics
  2. Treatment12▲ 4.8×31 topics
  3. Complications12▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Surgical Management11▲ 13×18 topics
  5. Guidelines10▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Inflammation10▲ 2.3×33 topics
  7. Mortality10▲ 8.3×9 topics
  8. Quality of Life9▲ 3.0×23 topics
  9. Diagnosis9▲ 4.7×26 topics
  10. Risk Factors8▲ 3.7×15 topics
  11. Echocardiography8▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Immunotherapy7▲ 4.7×13 topics
  13. Rehabilitation7▲ 8.4×9 topics
  14. Endovascular Repair7▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Radiotherapy6▲ 7.8×12 topics
  16. Surgery6▲ 8.1×7 topics
  17. Management6▲ 3.5×20 topics
  18. Postoperative Complications6▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Biomechanics5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  20. Diagnostic Imaging5▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Autoantibodies5▲ 9.6×8 topics
  22. Elderly Patients5▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Diabetes4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  24. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  25. Medical Education4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  27. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  28. Cardiac Risk4▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Pain Management4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  30. Perioperative4▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  32. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  34. CT Imaging3▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Functional Recovery3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  37. Aortic Aneurysm3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Aortic Dissection3▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Bicuspid Aortic Valve3▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Waikato Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Hip and Femur Fractures.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…3Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures3Hip and Femur Fractures: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Waikato Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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