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Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute

In research, Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,352 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,280 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,518
of 28,054 · #21,293 all time
Rank in Canada
#229
of 403
Research works
482
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,352 of 11,982 23.1%97 #9458
MedicineField #7,280 of 10,443 23.1%89 #8855

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute 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 Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.4 works7.1×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.75× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.50× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Regeneration, Biomechanics, Bone Mineral Density, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Parathyroid Hormone and Osteoarthritis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.5×29 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 5.9×32 topics
  3. Regeneration10▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Biomechanics10▲ 23×10 topics
  5. Bone Mineral Density8▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Mesenchymal Stem Cells8▲ 56×2 topics
  7. Parathyroid Hormone8▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Osteoarthritis8▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Fractures7▲ 156×1 topic
  10. Osteoporotic Fractures7▲ 156×1 topic
  11. Complications7▲ 9.9×5 topics
  12. Matrix Metalloproteinases6▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Cartilage6▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Chondrocyte6▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Hypertrophy6▲ 71×2 topics
  16. Revision Surgery6▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Risk Factors6▲ 4.0×8 topics
  19. Cancer5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Arthroplasty5▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Rehabilitation5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  23. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Injury Prevention5▲ 29×4 topics
  25. Outcomes4▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Prevention4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  27. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Gait Analysis4▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Muscle Injuries4▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Sports Injury4▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Autoantibodies4▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Kinematics4▲ 58×2 topics
  33. Shoulder Function4▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. Foot Strike Patterns4▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Running Injuries4▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Cytokines3▲ 8.7×7 topics
  38. Recovery3▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Biological Therapy3▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs3▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone health and osteoporosis research, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Sports injuries and prevention.

Bone health and osteoporosis research: 7 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…4Sports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…3Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineRheumatologySurgeryBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 6 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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.

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