Question 1

What is Alberta Health Services known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Alberta Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#790 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#747 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Professions (#724 of 1,895 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine is 8.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Alberta Health Services rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Alberta Health Services ranks #2,406 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,227 all time), and #58 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Alberta Health Services?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Kelly Mrklas, Christine M. Friedenreich and Lin Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta Health Services.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Alberta Health Services?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Alberta Health Services is "World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour" (Fiona Bull et al., 2020), with 11,799 citations. Next come "An overview of clinical decision support systems: benefits, risks, and strategies for success" (3,082) and "The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS): A Simple Method for the Assessment of Palliative Care Patients" (2,729).

Question 5

Which research topics does Alberta Health Services publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Health Policy Implementation Science, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Health Services?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Primary Care, Depression and Mortality.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Alberta Health Services work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Alberta Health Services is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Health Professions (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is Alberta Health Services's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.