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Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia

In research, Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,255 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#5,141 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,460 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,081
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#295
of 896
Research works
619
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
37.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,255 of 20,462 22.5%430
MedicineField #5,141 of 17,978 22.7%380
Life SciencesDomain #7,460 of 14,347 20.5%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.06× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.98× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian Sheppard and Mary H. H. Ensom lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia.

  1. 1 Ian Sheppard Canada · #274,021 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Mary H. H. Ensom Canada · #699,088 worldwide 35 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia

Which keywords describe research at Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, SARS-CoV-2, Epidemiology, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy, Endothelial Dysfunction, Placental Development and Preeclampsia.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Maternal Mortality5▲ 52×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology5▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-23▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Pregnancy Complications3▲ 76×2 topics
  6. Pregnancy2▲ 27×4 topics
  7. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 22×2 topics
  8. COVID-192▲ 3.5×8 topics
  9. Placental Development2▲ 78×1 topic
  10. Preeclampsia2▲ 65×1 topic
  11. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  12. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 49×2 topics
  13. Perinatal Outcomes2▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Immunosuppressive Drugs2▲ 59×2 topics
  15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Fertility1▲ 36×3 topics
  18. Hyperglycemia1▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Pandemic1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  20. Teratogenicity1▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Medication Use1▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Placenta Accreta1▲ 86×1 topic
  23. Postpartum Hemorrhage1▲ 86×1 topic
  24. Rheumatoid Arthritis1▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Fetal Development1▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations1▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. Pregnancy Outcomes1▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Maternal Obesity1▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Public Health1▲ 1.56×8 topics

Which research topics does Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Pregnancy and Medication Impact, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management.

Pregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and Medication Impact: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…1Maternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…1Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 1 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Te…1Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…1Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …1Birth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthImmunology

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and Medication Impact Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  6. 6 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Birth, Development, and Health 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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