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Hospital / health system · Glasgow · United Kingdom

Western Infirmary

In research, Western Infirmary stands highest in Medicine (#391 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#498 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,115 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#1,963
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#136
of 2,253
Research works
6.3k
▼ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
213k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Western Infirmary 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
MedicineField #391 of 17,978 22.8%4,499
Health SciencesDomain #498 of 20,462 22.9%4,760
Life SciencesDomain #1,115 of 14,347 20.3%1,056
SurgerySubfield #448 of 4,227 23.9%666
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #274 of 1,880 22.3%490
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,278 of 7,814 18.6%612
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #507 of 2,717 22.8%437
Physical SciencesDomain #6,706 of 21,541 20.5%256
Social SciencesDomain #5,455 of 16,945 31.2%185
EpidemiologySubfield #838 of 2,519 23.5%233

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Infirmary 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).

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.

Who are the top researchers at Western Infirmary?

Ranked on the composite score, David L. Davies, Martin J. Brodie and Ronald M. Harden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Infirmary.

  1. 1 David L. Davies · #995 worldwide 2.8k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Martin J. Brodie · #9,062 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Ronald M. Harden · #20,113 worldwide 427 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 John Connell · #48,307 worldwide 424 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Graham Ramsay · #50,426 worldwide 1k citations · 28 works
  6. 6 J. I. S. Robertson · #57,149 worldwide 324 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 A. F. Lever · #68,493 worldwide 234 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Anthony F. Lever · #76,082 worldwide 240 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 D M Parrott · #78,051 worldwide 210 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 K Whaley · #78,552 worldwide 230 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Western Infirmary

Which keywords describe research at Western Infirmary?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Treatment, Diagnosis, Heart Failure and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology704▲ 2.8×128 topics
  2. Inflammation690▲ 4.7×78 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease402▲ 5.8×37 topics
  4. Treatment395▲ 4.9×49 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress359▲ 3.1×56 topics
  6. Diagnosis349▲ 5.5×40 topics
  7. Hypertension331▲ 15×14 topics
  8. Heart Failure247▲ 8.8×13 topics
  9. Risk Factors244▲ 3.7×33 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome235▲ 4.4×22 topics
  11. Guidelines234▲ 7.8×13 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Events202▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Complications179▲ 5.6×16 topics
  14. Global Burden176▲ 5.2×12 topics
  15. Management171▲ 3.5×30 topics
  16. Genetics161▲ 3.4×21 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk158▲ 7.2×9 topics
  18. Mortality158▲ 5.1×13 topics
  19. Renal Function156▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Chemotherapy155▲ 3.5×25 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease152▲ 9.8×9 topics
  22. Surgery148▲ 7.2×11 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines142▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Diabetes142▲ 4.4×20 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations138▲ 4.2×23 topics
  26. Antiepileptic Drugs136▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines123▲ 6.3×9 topics
  28. Pathogenesis121▲ 3.4×24 topics
  29. Neuroprotection120▲ 5.1×14 topics
  30. Bone Health119▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Blood Pressure112▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Prevention111▲ 4.5×16 topics
  33. Diabetes Mellitus108▲ 7.6×7 topics
  34. Renal Injury104▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Fibrosis101▲ 8.3×8 topics
  36. Aldosterone99▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Primary Aldosteronism99▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Antihypertensive Drugs85▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Renal Denervation85▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Gastric Cancer83▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Western Infirmary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Epilepsy research and treatment, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging and Radiology practices and education.

  1. 1 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 0 works
  2. 2 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  5. 5 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 0 works
  10. 10 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Infirmary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% lower 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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