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Weston General Hospital

In research, Weston General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,156 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,591 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#26,750
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,429
of 1,844
Research works
383
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Weston General Hospital

What is Weston 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 #14,156 of 16,688 2.8%278
MedicineField #12,591 of 14,558 2.3%249

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weston 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 Weston General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Weston General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%), Psychology (3%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 21 fractional works · 82.3% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 80.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWeston GeneralHospital25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2080.8%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.4%
    3. Neuroscience02.0%
    1. Environmental Science12.3%
    2. Engineering01.9%
    3. Materials Science01.1%
    1. Psychology12.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.3%
    3. Social Sciences00.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Weston General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.2 works4.2×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 20.5 works3.6×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.21× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.21×20 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.43×1 works
  3. Nursing1.36×0 works
  4. Neuroscience1.24×0 works
  5. Psychology0.88×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.47×1 works
  9. Materials Science0.31×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.30×0 works
  11. Engineering0.12×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Weston General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, J. H. Dixon, P. A. Magnussen and Hy. Fitzgerald Reynolds lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weston General Hospital.

  1. 1 J. H. Dixon United Kingdom · #1,154,150 worldwide 3.4k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 P. A. Magnussen United Kingdom · #1,373,828 worldwide 1k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Hy. Fitzgerald Reynolds United Kingdom · #2,553,278 worldwide 0 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Dougal Mackay United Kingdom · #2,561,678 worldwide 244 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 K. Chin United Kingdom · #2,599,812 worldwide 397 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 V.G. Langkamer United Kingdom · #2,727,433 worldwide 969 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Henry George Tomkins United Kingdom · #2,886,942 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Parag Singhal United Kingdom · #3,748,306 worldwide 693 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Akintunde George United Kingdom · #3,754,059 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 RF Spencer United Kingdom · #4,315,372 worldwide 580 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Weston General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Weston General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Weston General Hospital is "Psychological well‐being in patients on ‘adequate’ doses of l ‐thyroxine: results of a large, controlled community‐based questionnaire study" (Ponnusamy Saravanan, W Chau, Nehezi M. Roberts et al., 2002), with 517 citations. Next come "The role of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement in modern orthopaedic surgery" (387) and "International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways" (313).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psychological well‐being in patients on ‘adequate’ doses of l ‐thyroxine: results of a large, controlled community‐based questionnaire study Ponnusamy Saravanan, W Chau, Nehezi M. Roberts et al. · Clinical Endocrinology 22 Oct 2002 517
2 The role of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement in modern orthopaedic surgery J C J Webb, Robert F. Spencer · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume Jul 2007 387
3 International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways Heather Jane Cordell et al. · Nature Communications Open access462 authors 22 Sep 2015 313
4 INCONSISTENT VISUAL ANALYSES OF INTRASUBJECT DATA Anthony DeProspero, Stanley Cohen · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Open access Dec 1979 259
5 Effects of Decision Aids for Menorrhagia on Treatment Choices, Health Outcomes, and Costs Andrew D. M. Kennedy, Mark J. Sculpher, Angela Coulter et al. · JAMA 4 Dec 2002 242
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Weston General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Surgery, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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-now 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 3.4×21 topics
  2. Diagnosis3▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 7.5×10 topics
  4. Complications2▲ 18×8 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Surgery2▲ 19×5 topics
  8. Chemotherapy1▲ 8.0×7 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.5×8 topics
  10. Heart Failure1▲ 10×4 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  12. Elderly Patients1▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 5.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Weston General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Hernia repair and management, Hip and Femur Fractures and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research.

Pneumonia and Respirator…1Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…0Hernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 0 fractional worksHydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects: 0 fractional worksMast cells and histamine: 0 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…0Anesthesia and Pain Management: 0 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryDevelopmental NeuroscienceImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 0 works
  5. 5 Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Mast cells and histamine Immunology 0 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 0 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Weston General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Weston General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000094% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Weston General Hospital0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Weston General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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