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Covenant Health

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World rank, all time
#27,508
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#561
of 718
Research works
151
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Covenant Health

Which fields of science does Covenant Health work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Covenant Health is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Health Professions (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 69.1% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 54.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 12.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCovenant Health39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2154.5%
    2. Health Professions512.8%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Social Sciences24.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    3. Decision Sciences12.5%
    4. Psychology12.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.6%
    2. Neuroscience13.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy00.9%
    2. Engineering00.7%
    3. Chemistry00.6%
    4. Environmental Science00.5%
    5. Computer Science00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.87× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.87×5 works
  2. Medicine2.83×21 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.63×1 works
  4. Nursing2.30×0 works
  5. Veterinary2.28×0 works
  6. Neuroscience2.26×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.65×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×1 works
  11. Psychology0.79×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.73×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.41×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.40×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.32×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  23. Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Covenant Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Mary-Ann Shantz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Covenant Health.

  1. 1 Mary-Ann Shantz Canada · #3,483,069 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Covenant Health

What are the most cited papers from Covenant Health?

The most cited paper from Covenant Health is "Hypertension Canada’s 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children" (Doreen M. Rabi et al., 2020), with 598 citations. Next come "Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children" (587) and "CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, EFFICACY, AND PERFORMANCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL TEAMS" (472).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hypertension Canada’s 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children Doreen M. Rabi et al. · Canadian Journal of Cardiology May 2020 598
2 Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children Kara A. Nerenberg et al. · Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open access Mar 2018 587
3 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, EFFICACY, AND PERFORMANCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL TEAMS Steve Alper, Dean Tjosvold, Kenneth S. Law · Personnel Psychology Sep 2000 472
4 Measuring Advance Care Planning: Optimizing the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey Rebecca L. Sudore, Daren Keith Heyland, Deborah E. Barnes et al. · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Open access 29 Dec 2016 251
5 A Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression Derek Richard Hopko, Carl W. Lejuez, James P. LePage et al. · Behavior Modification Sep 2003 242
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Which keywords describe research at Covenant Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Management, Palliative Care, Diagnosis, End-of-Life, Health Care Costs, Global Burden and Epidemiology.

▲ 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-now 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×26 topics
  2. Ethical Considerations3▲ 22×3 topics
  3. Management3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  4. Diagnosis3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  5. Palliative Care3▲ 44×3 topics
  6. End-of-Life2▲ 73×2 topics
  7. Advance Care Planning2▲ 104×1 topic
  8. Family Perspectives2▲ 104×1 topic
  9. Global Burden2▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Health Care Costs2▲ 78×2 topics
  11. COPD2▲ 80×1 topic
  12. spirometry2▲ 80×1 topic
  13. Inflammation2▲ 2.4×13 topics
  14. Quality of Life2▲ 3.4×14 topics
  15. Heart Failure2▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Public Health2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  17. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  19. Treatment2▲ 3.1×8 topics
  20. Elderly Patients1▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Rehabilitation1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  22. Delirium1▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Mechanically Ventilated Patients1▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Vascular Function1▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  27. Cardiorespiratory Fitness1▲ 59×1 topic
  28. Crowdfunding1▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Deep Learning1▼ 0.77×5 topics
  30. Exercise Capacity1▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Fintech1▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Mental Health1▲ 1.83×9 topics
  33. Social Capital1▲ 5.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Covenant Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance.

Palliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksRetinoids in leukemia and cellular processes: 1 fractional worksAcne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects: 1 fractional worksDermatological diseases and infestations: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects Dermatology 1 works
  10. 10 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Covenant Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Covenant Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Covenant Health0.00010% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Covenant Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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