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Capital District Health Authority

In research, Capital District Health Authority stands highest in Medicine (#3,321 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,049 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences — Health Sciences is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#14,843
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#319
of 896
Research works
570
▼ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
40.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Capital District Health Authority 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 #3,321 of 17,978 23.8%330
Health SciencesDomain #4,049 of 20,462 23.3%410

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Capital District Health Authority 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).

What does Capital District Health Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 27.8 works3.3×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 5.23× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 6.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Capital District Health Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality Improvement, Public Health, Depression, Patient Satisfaction, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Psychological Interventions.

▲ 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 17 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.4×31 topics
  2. Public Health2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  3. Depression2▲ 4.9×12 topics
  4. Risk Factors2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  6. Quality Improvement2▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Inflammation1▲ 1.89×14 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.9×11 topics
  9. Global Burden1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  10. Mental Health1▲ 2.2×7 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Treatment1▲ 2.7×10 topics
  13. Psychological Interventions1▲ 22×4 topics
  14. Qualitative Research1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  15. Clinical Governance1▲ 339×1 topic
  16. Healthcare Accreditation1▲ 339×1 topic
  17. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.0×11 topics

Which research topics does Capital District Health Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Quality and Management, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Ethics in medical practice.

Healthcare Quality and M…1Healthcare Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…1Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 0 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 0 fractional worksNursing education and management: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…0Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksFetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders: 0 fractional worksPediatric Pain Managemen…0Pediatric Pain Management Techniques: 0 fractional works
Health Information ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 1 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Capital District Health Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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