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Wycombe General Hospital

In research, Wycombe General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,539 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,661 of 16,688 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,383 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,798
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#777
of 1,844
Research works
777
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Wycombe General Hospital

What is Wycombe 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
MedicineField #6,539 of 14,558 7.1%509
Health SciencesDomain #7,661 of 16,688 6.8%559
Life SciencesDomain #6,383 of 11,023 9.1%121

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Wycombe General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Engineering (9%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 62.2% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 60.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 10.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKWycombe GeneralHospital22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences13%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1360.0%
    2. Health Professions01.5%
    3. Veterinary00.8%
    1. Engineering29.2%
    2. Environmental Science14.5%
    3. Materials Science13.0%
    4. Computer Science01.3%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences27.2%
    2. Decision Sciences02.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.9%
    4. Psychology01.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.12× its world share, 13 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.83×0 works
  2. Medicine3.12×13 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.08×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.81×0 works
  5. Environmental Science0.91×1 works
  6. Materials Science0.87×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×1 works
  8. Engineering0.61×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.57×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.55×0 works
  12. Psychology0.50×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.47×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.17×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wycombe General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Graz A. Luzzi, J. D. Wilkinson and C.A. Mackintosh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wycombe General Hospital.

  1. 1 Graz A. Luzzi United Kingdom · #1,368,483 worldwide 4.4k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 J. D. Wilkinson United Kingdom · #1,800,179 worldwide 4.7k citations · 145 works
  3. 3 C.A. Mackintosh United Kingdom · #2,124,757 worldwide 684 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Peter H Lord United Kingdom · #2,308,136 worldwide 763 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 JOHN D. WILKINSON United Kingdom · #2,409,038 worldwide 2.9k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 A. S. McIntyre United Kingdom · #2,713,856 worldwide 2.2k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 D. A. Leigh United Kingdom · #2,948,315 worldwide 2.5k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 H. D. W. Powell United Kingdom · #3,208,387 worldwide 493 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Wm. Thomson United Kingdom · #3,210,348 worldwide 242 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Darrell Sheldon Wilkinson United Kingdom · #3,241,347 worldwide 4.7k citations · 179 works
All ranked researchers at Wycombe General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Wycombe General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Wycombe General Hospital is "Congenital leptin deficiency is associated with severe early-onset obesity in humans" (Carl T. Montague, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Jonathan P. Whitehead et al., 1997), with 2,964 citations. Next come "Effects of Recombinant Leptin Therapy in a Child with Congenital Leptin Deficiency" (2,022) and "Late escape from an immunodominant cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response associated with progression to AIDS" (1,131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Congenital leptin deficiency is associated with severe early-onset obesity in humans Carl T. Montague, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Jonathan P. Whitehead et al. · Nature Open access 26 Jun 1997 2,964
2 Effects of Recombinant Leptin Therapy in a Child with Congenital Leptin Deficiency I. Sadaf Farooqi, Susan Ann Jebb, Gill Langmack et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Sep 1999 2,022
3 Late escape from an immunodominant cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response associated with progression to AIDS Philip Goulder, Rodney E. Phillips, Robert Allen Colbert et al. · Nature Medicine Feb 1997 1,131
4 Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia Andrew F. Goddard, Martin W James, A. S. McIntyre et al. · Gut Open access 11 May 2011 979
5 Terminology of Contact Dermatitis D. S. Wilkson · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Apr 1971 867
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Wycombe General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Breast Lesions and Carcinomas, Cancer and Skin Lesions, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…0Esophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…0Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 0 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi0Cardiac tumors and thrombi: 0 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 0 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 0 fractional worksStock Market Forecasting…0Stock Market Forecasting Methods: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineDermatologySurgerySafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 1 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Stock Market Forecasting Methods Management Science and Operations Research 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wycombe General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wycombe General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000079% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Wycombe General Hospital0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2012Wycombe General Hospital0.6% in 201220002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2006.

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