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College of Family Physicians of Canada

In research, College of Family Physicians of Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,224 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 16.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,820
of 28,054 · #22,003 all time
Rank in Canada
#287
of 403
Research works
487
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is College of Family Physicians of Canada known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #9,224 of 11,982 10.9%69 #9419

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where College of Family Physicians of Canada 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 College of Family Physicians of Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 16.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 24.7 works17×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 27.8 works10.0×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.96× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.99× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at College of Family Physicians of Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Ivy Oandasan, Nicholas Pimlott and Caplan Rm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is College of Family Physicians of Canada.

  1. 1 Ivy Oandasan Canada · #449,758 worldwide 55 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Nicholas Pimlott Canada · #473,362 worldwide 11 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Caplan Rm Canada · #744,136 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Danielle Perry Canada · #1,212,426 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at College of Family Physicians of Canada

Which keywords describe research at College of Family Physicians of Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management, Health System Reform, Continuity of Care, Patient-Centered Medical Home, Pay for Performance and Clinical 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 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. Primary Care19▲ 47×11 topics
  2. Quality Improvement15▲ 71×7 topics
  3. Chronic Disease Management12▲ 60×3 topics
  4. Health System Reform12▲ 160×2 topics
  5. Continuity of Care12▲ 231×2 topics
  6. Patient-Centered Medical Home12▲ 311×1 topic
  7. Pay for Performance12▲ 311×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology9▲ 2.2×38 topics
  9. Public Health8▲ 4.8×17 topics
  10. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 4.0×17 topics
  12. Quality Assessment6▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Medical Education5▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Patient Outcomes5▲ 79×2 topics
  15. Guideline Development5▲ 216×1 topic
  16. Practice Recommendations5▲ 216×1 topic
  17. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Mental Health4▲ 2.3×13 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.9×15 topics
  20. Academic Medicine3▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Depression3▲ 3.4×11 topics
  22. Patient Engagement3▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Health Care Costs3▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 8.5×7 topics
  25. Choosing Wisely3▲ 111×1 topic
  26. Low-Value Care3▲ 111×1 topic
  27. Barriers and Facilitators2▲ 110×1 topic
  28. Health Equity2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  29. Healthcare Professionals2▲ 110×1 topic
  30. Community Health2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Healthcare Workers2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  32. Reflective Practice2▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Medical Research2▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Physician-Scientist2▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Competency-Based Education2▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Global Health2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Healthcare Systems2▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Social Isolation2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Health Care Utilization2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does College of Family Physicians of Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Healthcare cost, quality, practices and Health Sciences Research and Education.

Primary Care and Health …12Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 12 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 5 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 3 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research and Education: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender StudiesEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 12 works
  2. 2 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 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 available63.4%not open36.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has College of Family Physicians of Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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