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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

In research, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust stands highest in Medicine (#4,610 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,693 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,872
of 28,054 · #24,973 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#606
of 1,094
Research works
530
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS 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 #4,610 of 10,443 9.7%116 #6751
Health SciencesDomain #5,693 of 11,982 9.3%128 #8410

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS 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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.0 works8.3×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Shahbaz S. Malik and Jane Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

  1. 1 Shahbaz S. Malik United Kingdom · #975,008 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Jane Brown United Kingdom · #1,223,829 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Which keywords describe research at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Clinical Trials, Rehabilitation, Management, Clinical Guidelines and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.5×56 topics
  2. Complications10▲ 13×14 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 5.4×23 topics
  4. Clinical Trials6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 3.7×14 topics
  6. Management6▲ 4.9×16 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.2×23 topics
  8. Mortality5▲ 5.8×10 topics
  9. Rehabilitation5▲ 8.4×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life5▲ 2.3×18 topics
  11. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Primary Care4▲ 7.9×12 topics
  13. Surgery4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 5.7×11 topics
  15. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  16. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  20. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.1×15 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  22. Shoulder Function3▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Chronic Pain3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  24. Surgical Management3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Arthroplasty3▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling3▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Revision Surgery3▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  30. Prostate Cancer3▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Weight Loss3▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Biomechanics2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  35. Outcomes2▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Prophylaxis2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Reconstruction2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyInternal Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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