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Alberta Health

In research, Alberta Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,058 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,515 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,627
of 28,054 · #17,589 all time
Rank in Canada
#256
of 403
Research works
639
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Alberta Health 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 #7,058 of 11,982 21.8%115 #5551
MedicineField #6,515 of 10,443 21.7%89 #6487

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer 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: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.40× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.74× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Mortality, Primary Care, Anxiety, Critical Care, Patient Satisfaction and Clinical Outcomes.

▲ 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▲ 2.8×65 topics
  2. Depression8▲ 5.0×16 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 2.1×31 topics
  4. Public Health7▲ 3.0×23 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.0×23 topics
  6. COVID-197▲ 3.1×10 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.6×23 topics
  8. Mortality6▲ 6.6×11 topics
  9. Pandemic6▲ 3.3×5 topics
  10. Anxiety6▲ 7.2×8 topics
  11. Mental Health6▲ 2.4×21 topics
  12. Primary Care6▲ 8.9×9 topics
  13. Critical Care6▲ 14×7 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Risk Factors5▲ 2.8×20 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Health Care Utilization5▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  19. Management4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  20. Global Burden4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  21. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Behavior Change4▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 18×4 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.1×5 topics
  25. Elderly Patients4▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Quality Improvement4▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Guidelines4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Health Policy4▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Health Equity4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  32. Mortality Risk3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  33. Healthcare Interventions3▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Implementation Science3▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Patient Engagement3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Sepsis3▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 7.3×8 topics
  38. Emergency Department Crowding3▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Resuscitation3▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Triage Systems3▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Alberta Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Policy Implementation Science, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Health Policy Implementa…3Health Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…3Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…2Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEmergency MedicineHealthBusiness and International Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Health Policy Implementation ScienceGeneral Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care StudiesEmergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsHealth 2 works
  4. 4 Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness and International Management 2 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Patient InvolvementGeneral Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impactsOncology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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