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Canterbury Health Laboratories

In research, Canterbury Health Laboratories stands highest in Medicine (#11,078 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,789 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,051
of 28,054 · #22,752 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#68
of 71
Research works
489
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Canterbury Health Laboratories 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 #11,078 of 17,978 15.3%309
Health SciencesDomain #13,789 of 20,462 15.2%329

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canterbury Health Laboratories 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.01× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.39× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 4.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Canterbury Health Laboratories?

Ranked on the composite score, Lance Jennings, Peter M. George and Christopher M Florkowski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canterbury Health Laboratories.

  1. 1 Lance Jennings New Zealand · #295,016 worldwide 156 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Peter M. George New Zealand · #315,634 worldwide 167 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Christopher M Florkowski New Zealand · #339,705 worldwide 130 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 John G. Lewis New Zealand · #345,702 worldwide 100 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Stephen O. Brennan New Zealand · #457,945 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Chris Florkowski New Zealand · #1,514,667 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Canterbury Health Laboratories

Which keywords describe research at Canterbury Health Laboratories?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Genetic Variants, Inflammation, Cancer Risk and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.0×42 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 2.7×24 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 4.2×15 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.5×18 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.6×13 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.6×12 topics
  8. Genetic Variants2▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Diagnosis2▲ 3.5×12 topics
  10. Cancer Risk2▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Clinical Management2▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.5×9 topics
  14. Virulence Factors2▲ 19×5 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Biomarkers2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  17. Genetics2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  18. Mortality2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  19. Molecular Classification2▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Autoantibodies2▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  22. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  25. Surgical Management1▲ 5.1×6 topics
  26. Heart Failure1▲ 4.6×5 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance1▲ 4.4×6 topics
  28. Interstitial Lung Disease1▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Newborn Screening1▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Nutrition1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  31. Healthcare-Associated Infections1▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Immune Function1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Monoclonal Antibodies1▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Immune Dysregulation1▲ 22×1 topic
  36. MRSA1▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Primary Immunodeficiency1▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Staphylococcus aureus1▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Tandem Mass Spectrometry1▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Rituximab1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Canterbury Health Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, Mineral Processing and Grinding and Trace Elements in Health.

Antimicrobial Resistance…1Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 1 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Aut…1Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 1 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 1 fractional worksTrace Elements in Health1Trace Elements in Health: 1 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 1 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis: 1 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…1Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesImmunologyMechanical EngineeringNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 1 works
  3. 3 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Trace Elements in Health Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 1 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canterbury Health Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower 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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