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Whittington Hospital

In research, Whittington Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,117 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#3,428 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,951 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,907
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#554
of 2,253
Research works
1.2k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Whittington 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 #3,117 of 20,462 15.6%905
MedicineField #3,428 of 17,978 14.5%773
Life SciencesDomain #7,951 of 14,347 15.2%126
SurgerySubfield #2,868 of 4,227 13.7%130
Social SciencesDomain #11,914 of 16,945 20.2%125

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.35× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Whittington Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Obesity, Treatment, Type 2 Diabetes, Weight Loss, Health Outcomes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk.

▲ 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▲ 4.2×45 topics
  2. Treatment4▲ 6.5×21 topics
  3. Obesity4▲ 10×12 topics
  4. Quality of Life4▲ 4.7×23 topics
  5. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Weight Loss4▲ 40×4 topics
  7. Health Outcomes4▲ 23×4 topics
  8. Diabetes4▲ 12×3 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Lifestyle Intervention3▲ 70×2 topics
  11. Bariatric Surgery3▲ 175×1 topic
  12. Metabolic Surgery3▲ 175×1 topic
  13. Mortality3▲ 8.5×10 topics
  14. Risk Factors3▲ 4.4×13 topics
  15. Complications3▲ 9.1×11 topics
  16. Diagnosis2▲ 4.7×17 topics
  17. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Surgery2▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Public Health2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 12×6 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  22. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  23. Primary Care2▲ 7.7×8 topics
  24. Prevention2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  25. Stroke2▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Surgical Management2▲ 6.7×11 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Endoscopic Stenting1▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Esophageal Perforation1▲ 53×1 topic
  30. Guidelines1▲ 5.3×9 topics
  31. Colonic Diverticulitis1▲ 121×1 topic
  32. Diverticulitis1▲ 121×1 topic
  33. Emergency Department Visits1▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Oncology1▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Pulmonary Hypertension1▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Sickle-cell Disease1▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Thalassemia1▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Guideline Development1▲ 99×1 topic
  39. Patient Outcomes1▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Quality Assessment1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Whittington Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Esophageal and GI Pathology, Diverticular Disease and Complications and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…3Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…1Diverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 1 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Whittington Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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