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Alberta Health

In research, Alberta Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,610 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,611 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,299
of 22,385 · #8,593 all time
Rank in Canada
#144
of 305
Research works
639
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Alberta Health

What is Alberta Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,610 of 9,902 11.0%115 #3038
MedicineField #2,611 of 8,541 11.4%89 #3061

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alberta Health 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 Alberta Health work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Alberta Health is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Health Professions (14%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 133 fractional works · 68.3% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 52.5% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 14.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 18.6% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAlberta Health195fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences19%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10252.5%
    2. Health Professions2814.2%
    3. Nursing31.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology136.5%
    2. Social Sciences126.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.4%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    1. Environmental Science62.9%
    2. Engineering10.7%
    3. Computer Science10.7%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.39× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.73× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 2.97× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.39×28 works
  2. Nursing2.97×3 works
  3. Medicine2.73×102 works
  4. Psychology2.14×13 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.38×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×5 works
  8. Neuroscience0.80×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.73×1 works
  10. Veterinary0.70×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.59×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×5 works
  14. Mathematics0.49×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×5 works
  16. Social Sciences0.47×12 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.24×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  20. Engineering0.05×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alberta Health?

Ranked on the quality score, KAREN M. GRIMSRUD and H. Buchwald lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta Health.

  1. 1 KAREN M. GRIMSRUD Canada · #4,213,144 worldwide 440 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 H. Buchwald Canada · #4,670,286 worldwide 201 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Alberta Health

What are the most cited papers from Alberta Health?

The most cited paper from Alberta Health is "2016 SOSORT guidelines: orthopaedic and rehabilitation treatment of idiopathic scoliosis during growth" (Stefano Négrini et al., 2018), with 1,203 citations. Next come "Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys" (1,061) and "The relationship between nutritional intake and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: results of an international multicenter observational study" (983).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2016 SOSORT guidelines: orthopaedic and rehabilitation treatment of idiopathic scoliosis during growth Stefano Négrini et al. · Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders Open access 10 Jan 2018 1,203
2 Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys Joshua Peter Vogel, Ana Pilar Betrán, Nadia Vindevoghel et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 11 Apr 2015 1,061
3 The relationship between nutritional intake and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: results of an international multicenter observational study Cathy Alberda, Leah M Gramlich, N. F. Jones et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Jul 2009 983
4 American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control Alpa V. Patel, Christine M. Friedenreich, Steven C. Moore et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Open access 17 Oct 2019 894
5 Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada Philippe De Wals, Fassiatou Tairou, Margot I. Van Allen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 11 Jul 2007 855
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Anxiety, Patient Satisfaction, Mortality, Critical Care, Primary Care and Public Health.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.9×72 topics
  2. Depression9▲ 5.3×16 topics
  3. Public Health9▲ 3.1×25 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 3.0×24 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 1.92×32 topics
  6. COVID-198▲ 3.1×10 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.4×24 topics
  8. Mortality7▲ 6.2×11 topics
  9. Pandemic7▲ 3.6×5 topics
  10. Anxiety7▲ 7.3×8 topics
  11. Mental Health7▲ 2.4×22 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 10×7 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. Critical Care6▲ 13×8 topics
  15. Primary Care6▲ 8.4×10 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Management5▲ 3.5×16 topics
  18. Global Burden5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  19. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.7×13 topics
  20. Health Care Utilization5▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  22. Intensive Care Unit5▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Health Policy4▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Quality Improvement4▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Behavior Change4▲ 14×3 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.1×5 topics
  29. Elderly Patients4▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Health Equity4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  31. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Mortality Risk4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  33. Healthcare Interventions4▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Implementation Science4▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Sepsis4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  36. Patient Engagement3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Healthcare Workers3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Resuscitation3▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Emergency Department Crowding3▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Triage Systems3▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Alberta Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health Policy Implementation Science, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

Health Policy Implementa…4Health Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…3Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…2Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEmergency MedicineHealthBusiness and International Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  6. 6 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available54.0%not open46.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher 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 Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Alberta Health0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alberta Health 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Alberta Health7.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.6% in 2015.

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