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Alberta Health Services

In research, Alberta Health Services stands highest in Medicine (#1,067 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,266 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,026 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine and General Health Professions — Emergency Medicine is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,077
of 28,054 · #6,054 all time
Rank in Canada
#88
of 403
Research works
3.2k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Alberta Health Services 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
MedicineField #1,067 of 10,443 19.0%489 #1600
Health SciencesDomain #1,266 of 11,982 19.2%598 #1261
Social SciencesDomain #5,026 of 10,521 23.9%96 #5468
Health ProfessionsField #1,073 of 1,928 20.8%100 #904
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #521 of 916 21.0%65 #633

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alberta Health Services 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,600 #1,067
  2. Health Sciences#1,261 #1,266
  3. Social Sciences#5,468 #5,026
  4. Health Professions#904 #1,073
  5. General Health Professions#633 #521
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Alberta Health Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.3 works12×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 65.4 works6.1×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.84× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 490 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alberta Health Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Lin Yang, Christine M. Friedenreich and Paula J. Robson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta Health Services.

  1. 1 Lin Yang Canada · #9,587 worldwide 786 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Christine M. Friedenreich Canada · #17,178 worldwide 593 citations · 100 works
  3. 3 Paula J. Robson Canada · #393,498 worldwide 120 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Esther Suter Canada · #410,752 worldwide 77 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth Holmes Canada · #663,064 worldwide 45 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 kim soon young Canada · #733,046 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sara Mallinson Canada · #776,229 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Barbara Sibbald Canada · #935,810 worldwide 30 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Abbey E. Poirier Canada · #949,779 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Calvin W. Booker Canada · #1,029,457 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Alberta Health Services

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Quality of Life, Primary Care, Mortality, Public Health, Anxiety and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 3.0×106 topics
  2. Quality of Life42▲ 3.8×41 topics
  3. Inflammation41▲ 2.5×52 topics
  4. Public Health38▲ 3.4×36 topics
  5. Depression36▲ 5.3×18 topics
  6. Risk Factors33▲ 3.9×31 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 3.4×30 topics
  8. Mental Health29▲ 2.5×27 topics
  9. COVID-1929▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. Mortality29▲ 6.3×12 topics
  11. Anxiety27▲ 7.2×10 topics
  12. Primary Care26▲ 9.0×10 topics
  13. Physical Activity21▲ 5.4×7 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction21▲ 8.4×9 topics
  15. Clinical Trials20▲ 3.9×17 topics
  16. Chemotherapy20▲ 3.7×24 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life20▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Critical Care19▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Management19▲ 3.0×23 topics
  20. Biomarkers18▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 4.1×14 topics
  22. Global Burden17▲ 4.1×12 topics
  23. Guidelines17▲ 4.7×12 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management17▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Medical Education16▲ 7.7×11 topics
  26. Quality Improvement15▲ 10×8 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes15▲ 8.8×6 topics
  28. Intensive Care Unit14▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations14▲ 5.4×12 topics
  30. Health Disparities14▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Health Care Utilization14▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Prognosis14▲ 5.5×8 topics
  33. Elderly Patients14▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Mortality Risk14▲ 7.2×6 topics
  35. Behavior Change13▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Evidence-Based Practice13▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Health Outcomes13▲ 6.2×7 topics
  38. Health Policy12▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Cancer Survivorship12▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Fatigue12▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Alberta Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer survivorship and care, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Health Policy Implementation Science and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Cancer survivorship and …11Cancer survivorship and care: 11 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…10Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 10 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 10 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …8Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 8 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…8Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 7 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 6 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…6Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional works
OncologyEmergency MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsGeriatrics and Gerontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 11 works
  2. 2 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 10 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 8 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 8 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 7 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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