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Calgary General Hospital

In research, Calgary General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,462 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,147 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#16,822
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#338
of 718
Research works
446
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Calgary General Hospital

What is Calgary General Hospital 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 #4,462 of 14,558 9.1%282
Health SciencesDomain #5,147 of 16,688 9.0%315

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Calgary General Hospital 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 Calgary General Hospital work in?

In all years, 71% of research at Calgary General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Psychology (11%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 315 fractional works · 70.6% of its workMedicine: 282 fractional works · 63.3% of its workSurgery: 52 fractional works · 11.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPsychology: 48 fractional works · 10.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 31 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCalgary GeneralHospital446fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine28263.3%
    2. Health Professions255.6%
    3. Nursing41.0%
    4. Veterinary20.5%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Psychology4810.7%
    2. Social Sciences153.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    5. Decision Sciences20.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology255.5%
    2. Neuroscience102.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering51.2%
    2. Environmental Science30.8%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 3.90× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 17.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary17.42×0 works
  2. Dentistry3.90×0 works
  3. Medicine3.69×12 works
  4. Nursing2.58×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.81×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.79×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.56×0 works
  8. Psychology0.86×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.85×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.36×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×0 works
  14. Engineering0.15×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Calgary General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, G. B. Elliott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Calgary General Hospital.

  1. 1 G. B. Elliott Canada · #4,972,176 worldwide 767 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at Calgary General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Calgary General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Calgary General Hospital is "A depression rating scale for schizophrenics" (Donald Emile Addington, Jean Addington, Bernard Schıssel, 1990), with 1,284 citations. Next come "Metalloproteinases in biology and pathology of the nervous system" (1,066) and "The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: biosynthesis of a novel quorum‐sensing signal molecule" (1,042).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A depression rating scale for schizophrenics Donald Emile Addington, Jean Addington, Bernard Schıssel · Schizophrenia Research Jul 1990 1,284
2 Metalloproteinases in biology and pathology of the nervous system Voon Wee Yong, Christopher Power, Peter A. Forsyth et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience ReviewOpen access Jul 2001 1,066
3 The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: biosynthesis of a novel quorum‐sensing signal molecule Stephan Schauder, Kevan M. Shokat, Michael Gordon Surette et al. · Molecular Microbiology Open access Jul 2001 1,042
4 A Canadian Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Study of Fixed Doses of Risperidone and Haloperidol in the Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients Guy Chouinard, BARRY D. JONES, Gary J. Remington et al. · Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology Feb 1993 881
5 Intermittent Etidronate Therapy to Prevent Corticosteroid-Induced Osteoporosis Jonathan Derrick Adachi, W. Bensen, Jacques P. Brown et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Aug 1997 694
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Calgary General Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Meta-Analysis, Mortality, Risk Factors and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology47▲ 2.6×96 topics
  2. Treatment23▲ 3.9×40 topics
  3. Diagnosis19▲ 4.2×36 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 1.78×43 topics
  5. Risk Factors16▲ 3.5×23 topics
  6. Guidelines15▲ 6.9×13 topics
  7. Quality of Life14▲ 2.4×30 topics
  8. Meta-Analysis14▲ 5.7×13 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.3×13 topics
  10. Mortality13▲ 5.8×12 topics
  11. Complications12▲ 5.4×14 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 2.8×15 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation10▲ 7.1×6 topics
  14. Depression10▲ 3.1×16 topics
  15. Surgical Management10▲ 5.0×18 topics
  16. Mental Disorders10▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Evidence-Based Practice9▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Psychological Interventions8▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations8▲ 5.6×8 topics
  21. Pain Management8▲ 7.4×7 topics
  22. Echocardiography7▲ 5.9×7 topics
  23. Arrhythmias7▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation7▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Prophylaxis7▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Psychotherapy Outcome7▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Surgery7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  28. Therapeutic Alliance7▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Psychopathology6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Antithrombotic Therapy6▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Postoperative Complications6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  32. Social Cognition6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Antipsychotic Drugs6▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Deep Vein Thrombosis6▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Neurocognitive Deficits6▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Criminal Behavior5▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Emotion Recognition5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Informed Consent5▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Calgary General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment and Hip and Femur Fractures.

Bone fractures and treat…1Bone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 0 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…0Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 0 fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 0 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 0 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 0 fractional worksFacial Trauma and Fracture Management: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryRehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 1 works
  4. 4 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Helminth infection and control Small Animals 0 works
  8. 8 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Facial Trauma and Fracture Management Surgery 0 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Calgary General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Calgary General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000037% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Calgary General Hospital0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Calgary General Hospital 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 1996Calgary General Hospital7.6% in 1996

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 1993.

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