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Alberta College

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Research works
61
▼ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
70%
world 18%
Alberta College

Not ranked overall: Alberta College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Alberta College work in?

In all years, 57% of research at Alberta College is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Health Professions (15%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 34 fractional works · 56.5% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 39.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 14.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAlberta College61fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2439.5%
    2. Health Professions914.8%
    3. Nursing12.0%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences812.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting34.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities34.3%
    5. Psychology23.4%
    6. Decision Sciences12.1%
    1. Neuroscience12.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering11.7%
    2. Computer Science11.2%
    3. Environmental Science00.8%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
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: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.59× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.59×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.78×1 works
  3. Medicine1.73×3 works
  4. Psychology1.71×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.30×0 works
  6. Mathematics1.08×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.08×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×0 works
  11. Engineering0.56×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.53×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.34×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alberta College?

Ranked on the quality score, Catalina Ribas Segura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta College.

  1. 1 Catalina Ribas Segura Latvia · #5,375,999 worldwide 7 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Alberta College

What are the most cited papers from Alberta College?

The most cited paper from Alberta College is "What are the most common conditions in primary care? Systematic review." (Caitlin R Finley, Derek S. Chan, Scott Garrison et al., 2018), with 420 citations. Next come "PEER umbrella systematic review of systematic reviews: Management of osteoarthritis in primary care." (250) and "Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What are the most common conditions in primary care? Systematic review. Caitlin R Finley, Derek S. Chan, Scott Garrison et al. · PubMed ReviewOpen access Nov 2018 420
2 PEER umbrella systematic review of systematic reviews: Management of osteoarthritis in primary care. Joey Ton, Danielle Perry, Betsy Thomas et al. · PubMed ReviewOpen access Mar 2020 250
3 Higher education students’ perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions Dejan Ravšelj et al. · PLoS ONE Open access149 authors 5 Feb 2025 226
4 The impact of occupational activities during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and metaanalysis Chenxi Cai, Ben Vandermeer, Rshmi Khurana et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Review 21 Sep 2019 154
5 Systematic review of systematic reviews for medical cannabinoids: Pain, nausea and vomiting, spasticity, and harms. G Michael Allan, Finley Cr, Joey Ton et al. · PubMed ReviewOpen access Feb 2018 143
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alberta College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Epidemiology, Quality Improvement, Innovation, Patient Satisfaction, Globalization, Clinical Guidelines and Heart Failure.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×30 topics
  2. Primary Care4▲ 16×10 topics
  3. Globalization3▲ 2.6×10 topics
  4. Inflammation3▲ 2.0×16 topics
  5. Innovation2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  6. Quality Improvement2▲ 19×7 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.0×12 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress2▲ 1.86×9 topics
  10. Public Health2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Diagnosis2▲ 2.9×7 topics
  13. Heart Failure2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  14. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  15. Cancer2▲ 1.77×7 topics
  16. Healthcare Quality2▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  18. Treatment2▲ 1.86×7 topics
  19. Elderly1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  20. Management1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Patient Outcomes1▲ 36×3 topics
  23. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.96×7 topics
  24. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 11×3 topics
  25. History1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  26. Knowledge Management1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  27. Mental Health1▲ 2.0×3 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  29. Guidelines1▲ 4.2×7 topics
  30. Social Media1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  31. Social Support1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Concept Mapping1▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Inappropriate Medication Use1▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Polypharmacy1▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Mediation1▲ 74×2 topics
  38. Palliative Care1▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Patient Experience1▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Alberta College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Media Studies and Communication, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Translation Studies and Practices.

Traumatic Brain Injury a…0Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 0 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…0Media Studies and Communication: 0 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 0 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 0 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics0Social Media and Politics: 0 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 0 fractional works
NeurologyCommunicationMechanical EngineeringLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 0 works
  2. 2 Media Studies and Communication Communication 0 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 0 works
  5. 5 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  7. 7 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Social Media and Politics Communication 0 works
  9. 9 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available71.4%not open28.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.2%domestic only29.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alberta College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alberta College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Alberta College0.000040% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Alberta College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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