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Wansbeck General Hospital

In research, Wansbeck General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,234 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,641 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,643
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,540
of 1,844
Research works
311
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Wansbeck General Hospital

What is Wansbeck General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #9,234 of 16,688 7.7%268
MedicineField #8,641 of 14,558 8.0%240

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wansbeck General 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Wansbeck General Hospital work in?

In all years, 86% of research at Wansbeck General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 268 fractional works · 86.1% of its workMedicine: 240 fractional works · 77.2% of its workSurgery: 90 fractional works · 28.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEquine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWansbeck GeneralHospital311fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine24077.2%
    2. Health Professions237.3%
    3. Veterinary31.0%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Psychology61.9%
    2. Social Sciences51.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities51.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.1%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Engineering41.1%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Computer Science00.0%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 104.44× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 104.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary104.44×2 works
  2. Medicine3.34×10 works
  3. Health Professions1.54×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.09×1 works
  5. Dentistry0.86×0 works
  6. Nursing0.47×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×0 works
  9. Psychology0.37×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.36×0 works
  11. Engineering0.26×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.15×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wansbeck General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul F. Partington, Grant Harris and Jaime Jose Candal-Couto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wansbeck General Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul F. Partington United Kingdom · #1,022,509 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Grant Harris United Kingdom · #1,189,303 worldwide 552 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Jaime Jose Candal-Couto United Kingdom · #2,192,287 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 John E Duggan United Kingdom · #2,378,601 worldwide 722 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Dawn Elliot United Kingdom · #3,206,369 worldwide 125 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jeremy Feggetter United Kingdom · #3,229,880 worldwide 445 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Ramsay Refaie United Kingdom · #3,310,554 worldwide 686 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 J. D. Holdsworth United Kingdom · #4,811,185 worldwide 399 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 SS Jameson United Kingdom · #5,020,865 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Joel Lester Sher United Kingdom · #5,498,548 worldwide 692 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Wansbeck General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Wansbeck General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Wansbeck General Hospital is "The incidence of thyroid disorders in the community: a twenty‐year follow‐up of the Whickham Survey" (Mark P. J. Vanderpump, W. M. G. Tunbrldge, J.M. French et al., 1995), with 2,465 citations. Next come "A meta‐analysis of six prospective studies of falling in Parkinson's disease" (591) and "Prevalence of atrial fibrillation and eligibility for anticoagulants in the community" (384).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The incidence of thyroid disorders in the community: a twenty‐year follow‐up of the Whickham Survey Mark P. J. Vanderpump, W. M. G. Tunbrldge, J.M. French et al. · Clinical Endocrinology Jul 1995 2,465
2 A meta‐analysis of six prospective studies of falling in Parkinson's disease Ruth M. Pickering, Yvette A.M. Grimbergen, Una Rigney et al. · Movement Disorders 22 Jun 2007 591
3 Prevalence of atrial fibrillation and eligibility for anticoagulants in the community M. Sudlow, Richard Thomson, Barnaby C. Thwaites et al. · The Lancet Oct 1998 384
4 Consensus Statements for Management of Barrett's Dysplasia and Early-Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Based on a Delphi Process Cathy Bennett et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 24 Apr 2012 378
5 British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (after the first 2 years) Raashid Ahmed Luqmani et al. · Lara D. Veeken Open access 28 Jan 2009 294
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Which keywords describe research at Wansbeck General Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Patient Satisfaction, Primary Care, Guidelines and Health-related Quality of Life.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.4×60 topics
  2. Complications28▲ 17×16 topics
  3. Revision Surgery19▲ 53×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement19▲ 53×2 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction15▲ 19×8 topics
  6. Risk Factors14▲ 4.4×19 topics
  7. Quality of Life14▲ 3.4×27 topics
  8. Primary Care14▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Guidelines14▲ 9.3×10 topics
  10. Treatment14▲ 3.4×29 topics
  11. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 19×3 topics
  12. Surgical Management13▲ 8.9×12 topics
  13. Arthroplasty12▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 6.9×11 topics
  15. Rehabilitation12▲ 10×11 topics
  16. Diagnosis12▲ 3.6×20 topics
  17. Outcomes11▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Total Knee Replacement11▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Mortality11▲ 7.0×10 topics
  20. Management9▲ 3.9×18 topics
  21. Radiotherapy8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  22. Hip Arthroplasty8▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Wear Particles8▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Shoulder Function8▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Diabetes7▲ 4.6×11 topics
  26. Diagnostic Imaging7▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 7.4×8 topics
  28. Prevention7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Quality Improvement7▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Cancer Risk7▲ 8.3×7 topics
  31. Surgery7▲ 6.6×9 topics
  32. Pain Management7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  33. Infection Prevention6▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Biomechanics6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Survival Analysis6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  36. Molecular Characterization6▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Chronic Pain6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  38. Rotator Cuff Tears6▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Shoulder Pathology6▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Osteoarthritis6▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Wansbeck General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Surgical site infection prevention.

Veterinary Equine Medica…2Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…1Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksSurgical site infection prevention: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…0Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 0 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 0 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 0 fractional works
EquineSurgeryEpidemiologySmall Animals

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 2 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 0 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wansbeck General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wansbeck General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Wansbeck General Hospital0.000056% in 202519801990200020102020

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