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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In research, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust stands highest in Medicine (#5,023 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,568 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,123
of 28,054 · #20,816 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#720
of 1,094
Research works
722
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation 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 #5,023 of 10,443 5.4%127 #7171
Health SciencesDomain #6,568 of 11,982 5.2%139 #6639

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 42.1 works11×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 6 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.

Who are the top researchers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, LG Butler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. 1 LG Butler United Kingdom · #1,394,685 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Which keywords describe research at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Management and Laparoscopic Repair.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.4×57 topics
  2. Complications18▲ 22×15 topics
  3. Quality of Life11▲ 4.9×25 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 5.4×25 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 6.6×21 topics
  6. Management9▲ 7.2×15 topics
  7. Guidelines9▲ 12×11 topics
  8. Laparoscopic Repair9▲ 135×2 topics
  9. Mortality8▲ 8.7×8 topics
  10. Chronic Pain8▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.8×10 topics
  12. Surgery7▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 38×4 topics
  14. Hernia Repair6▲ 151×1 topic
  15. Mesh Techniques6▲ 151×1 topic
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Risk Factors6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  18. Surgical Management6▲ 8.8×12 topics
  19. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  20. Cholangiocarcinoma6▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Rehabilitation6▲ 9.0×8 topics
  22. Elderly Patients5▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Postoperative Complications5▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Children5▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Cholecystitis5▲ 69×1 topic
  26. ERCP5▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 10.0×7 topics
  28. Functional Recovery4▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Adjuvant Chemotherapy4▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Colonic Diverticulitis4▲ 117×1 topic
  32. Diverticulitis4▲ 117×1 topic
  33. Primary Care4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  34. Rectal Cancer4▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Ethical Considerations4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  36. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  37. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Appendicitis3▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Hip Fracture3▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Orthogeriatric Care3▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Diverticular Disease and Complications and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Hernia repair and management: 6 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 5 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…4Diverticular Disease and Complications: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…4Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 3 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksAbdominal Surgery and Co…3Abdominal Surgery and Complications: 3 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksStoma care and complications: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyEmergency Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Abdominal Surgery and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Stoma care and complications Surgery 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.