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B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre

In research, B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre stands highest in Medicine (#7,480 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,904 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,581
of 28,054 · #23,052 all time
Rank in Canada
#358
of 403
Research works
421
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,480 of 17,978 20.7%296
Health SciencesDomain #8,904 of 20,462 20.3%332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Melanie Basso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre.

  1. 1 Melanie Basso Canada · #1,541,541 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Which keywords describe research at B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Pregnancy, Management, Infertility, Pain Management and Preterm Birth.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.3×43 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality4▲ 27×5 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 30×5 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  5. Management4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  6. Pregnancy4▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 2.7×7 topics
  8. Risk Factors3▲ 3.5×13 topics
  9. Infertility3▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Pain Management3▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Preterm Birth3▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.3×10 topics
  14. Preterm Infants3▲ 30×4 topics
  15. Critical Care3▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Psychological Interventions3▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Chronic Pain2▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Diagnosis2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  19. Pathophysiology2▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 22×5 topics
  21. Cognitive Function2▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Stem Cells2▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Perioperative Care2▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Surgical Treatment2▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Child Development2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Immunobiology2▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Pain Symptoms2▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Postoperative Pain2▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Family-Centered Care2▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Infant Mortality2▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Preeclampsia2▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Analgesia2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. HIV Transmission2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Hypertensive Disorders2▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Placental Development2▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Regional Anesthesia2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Mortality Rates2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Viral Load2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Endometriosis Research and Treatment, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Endometriosis Research a…2Endometriosis Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and P…2Infant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…1Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksPreterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksPregnancy-related medical research: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional works
Reproductive MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pregnancy-related medical research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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