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Hospital / health system · Prescot · United Kingdom

Whiston Hospital

In research, Whiston Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,426 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#5,902 of 17,978 worldwide) and Surgery (#3,320 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,023
of 28,054 · #20,439 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#910
of 1,094
Research works
923
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Whiston 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 #6,426 of 20,462 8.8%750
MedicineField #5,902 of 17,978 8.3%676
SurgerySubfield #3,320 of 4,227 6.8%171

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

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: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.57× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.13× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 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 Whiston Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, E. Sherwood Jones, G. Ansell and Kayvan Shokrollahi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Whiston Hospital.

  1. 1 E. Sherwood Jones United Kingdom · #444,198 worldwide 43 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 G. Ansell United Kingdom · #555,764 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Kayvan Shokrollahi United Kingdom · #884,959 worldwide 34 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Whiston Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Whiston Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Mortality, Epidemiology, Guidelines, Surgery, Rehabilitation, Diagnosis and Postoperative Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.4×37 topics
  2. Complications8▲ 25×12 topics
  3. Mortality6▲ 16×7 topics
  4. Guidelines6▲ 18×7 topics
  5. Rehabilitation4▲ 15×7 topics
  6. Surgery4▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Diagnosis4▲ 6.2×15 topics
  8. Management3▲ 6.2×12 topics
  9. Postoperative Complications3▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Treatment3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  11. Cardiac Risk3▲ 51×1 topic
  12. Perioperative3▲ 51×1 topic
  13. Functional Recovery2▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Elderly Patients2▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Chronic Pain2▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Hip Fracture2▲ 82×1 topic
  17. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  18. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Children2▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  21. Melanoma2▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Metastasis2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  23. Regeneration2▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Breast Reconstruction2▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Survival Analysis2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  27. Biomechanics2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  28. Dermoscopy1▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Free Flap1▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Growth Factors1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Microsurgical Reconstruction1▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer1▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Skin Cancer1▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Skin Cancers1▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Health Outcomes1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  36. Hernia Repair1▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Mesh Techniques1▲ 76×1 topic
  38. Pain Management1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Extracellular Matrix1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Reconstruction1▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Whiston Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Hip and Femur Fractures, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 1 fractional worksTendon Structure and Tre…1Tendon Structure and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOncologyEpidemiology3 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 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 1 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Whiston Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower 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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