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Foothills Medical Centre

In research, Foothills Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#4,180 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,356 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,827
of 28,054 · #7,138 all time
Rank in Canada
#181
of 403
Research works
1.9k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Foothills Medical Centre 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
MedicineField #4,180 of 10,443 16.2%112 #1289
Health SciencesDomain #5,356 of 11,982 17.3%121 #1538

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foothills Medical Centre 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.99× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Foothills Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick and Richard Buckley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foothills Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Andrew W. Kirkpatrick Canada · #16,132 worldwide 534 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Richard Buckley Canada · #845,873 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Foothills Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at Foothills Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Neuroprotection, Clinical Outcomes, Global Burden, Revascularization, Prevention Guidelines and Ischemic Stroke.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.1×65 topics
  2. Risk Factors14▲ 8.5×22 topics
  3. Neuroprotection9▲ 16×6 topics
  4. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Global Burden8▲ 9.3×8 topics
  6. Revascularization8▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Prevention Guidelines7▲ 46×2 topics
  8. Ischemic Stroke7▲ 29×3 topics
  9. Endovascular Therapy6▲ 65×1 topic
  10. Thrombolysis6▲ 65×1 topic
  11. Treatment6▲ 3.3×23 topics
  12. Inflammation6▲ 1.89×37 topics
  13. Mortality6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.0×13 topics
  15. Guidelines6▲ 8.0×11 topics
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Diagnosis6▲ 4.0×19 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.0×18 topics
  19. Management5▲ 4.0×18 topics
  20. Quality of Life5▲ 2.2×26 topics
  21. Complications5▲ 6.1×12 topics
  22. Pathophysiology4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  23. Stroke Prevention4▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Functional Recovery4▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.1×12 topics
  27. Hypertension3▲ 7.7×10 topics
  28. Carotid Artery Stenosis3▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Endarterectomy3▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Prognosis3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  31. Surgery3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  32. Biomechanics3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Surgical Management3▲ 4.8×13 topics
  34. Critical Care3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 15×5 topics
  37. Medical Education3▲ 6.7×10 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  39. Infection Prevention2▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Internal Fixation2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Foothills Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…6Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…3Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…2Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRehabilitationPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  4. 4 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 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-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foothills Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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