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West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#6,139 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,738 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,870
of 28,054 · #28,087 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#710
of 1,094
Research works
541
▲ 159% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is West Hertfordshire Hospitals 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 #6,139 of 10,443 7.4%119 #10584
Health SciencesDomain #7,738 of 11,982 7.5%128 #11039

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Hertfordshire Hospitals 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).

What does West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.9 works7.3×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 119 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony Leahy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Anthony Leahy United Kingdom · #579,643 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.2×63 topics
  2. Mortality11▲ 12×9 topics
  3. Complications10▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Management8▲ 6.5×16 topics
  5. Guidelines8▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 4.4×16 topics
  7. Diagnosis7▲ 5.1×20 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 3.3×23 topics
  9. Prevention6▲ 9.5×6 topics
  10. Public Health6▲ 2.7×19 topics
  11. COVID-195▲ 2.5×13 topics
  12. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  13. Rehabilitation5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  14. Pain Management4▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Biomarkers4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  16. Surgical Management4▲ 6.5×12 topics
  17. Quality Improvement4▲ 13×7 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  22. Critical Care3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  23. Metastasis3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  24. Chronic Pain3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  25. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Survival Analysis3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Postoperative Complications3▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Children3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  30. Perioperative Care3▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Postoperative Pain3▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Elderly Patients3▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Proton Pump Inhibitors3▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Cardiac Risk3▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Cardiovascular Diseases3▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Glycemic Control3▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Healthcare Policy3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Perioperative3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Cytoreductive Surgery3▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Shoulder Function3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Healthcare Systems and Public Health, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…2Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…2Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 2 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 159% 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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