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Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital

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World rank, all time
#32,978
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#680
of 718
Research works
123
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital

Which fields of science does Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Psychology (26%), Neuroscience (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 60 fractional works · 48.4% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 37.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 18.1% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 38.0% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 26.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.7% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHamiltonPsychiatric…123fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4637.3%
    2. Health Professions118.5%
    3. Nursing32.5%
    1. Psychology3226.3%
    2. Social Sciences64.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities64.6%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    1. Neuroscience129.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science10.7%
    2. Chemistry10.4%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 36.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 22.2 works36×
  2. PsychologyField · 32.3 works9.9×
← 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Harriet Woodside lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital.

  1. 1 Harriet Woodside Canada · #3,775,961 worldwide 445 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital?

The most cited paper from Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital is "Application of the Person-Environment-Occupation Model: A practical Tool" (Susan Strong, Patty Rigby, Debra Stewart et al., 1999), with 330 citations. Next come "Double-Blind Comparison of Addition of a Second Mood Stabilizer Versus an Antidepressant to an Initial Mood Stabilizer for Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression" (211) and "Biochemical markers in suicidal patientsInvestigations with cerebrospinal fluid amine metabolites and neuroendocrine tests" (186).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Application of the Person-Environment-Occupation Model: A practical Tool Susan Strong, Patty Rigby, Debra Stewart et al. · Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy Jun 1999 330
2 Double-Blind Comparison of Addition of a Second Mood Stabilizer Versus an Antidepressant to an Initial Mood Stabilizer for Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression L. Trevor Young, Russell T. Joffe, Janine C. Robb et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry 2000 211
3 Biochemical markers in suicidal patientsInvestigations with cerebrospinal fluid amine metabolites and neuroendocrine tests C. Banki, M. Arató, Zoltán Lajos Papp et al. · Journal of Affective Disorders Jun 1984 186
4 Lithium response and genetics of affective disorders Paul Grof, Martin Alda, Eva Gror et al. · Journal of Affective Disorders Oct 1994 162
5 Selective attention and clinical depression: Performance on a deployment-of-attention task. S. McCabe, Ian H. Gotlib · Journal of Abnormal Psychology Feb 1995 162
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Neurobiology, Prevalence, Genetics, Neuroimaging, Cognitive Function, Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Depression14▲ 15×10 topics
  2. Neurobiology11▲ 27×6 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 3.7×7 topics
  4. Prevalence10▲ 21×6 topics
  5. Genetics10▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Neuroimaging9▲ 26×4 topics
  7. Cognitive Function8▲ 34×4 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 7.3×3 topics
  9. Bipolar Spectrum Disorder7▲ 216×1 topic
  10. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Social Cognition7▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Treatment Guidelines7▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Antipsychotic Drugs7▲ 110×1 topic
  14. Neurocognitive Deficits7▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Psychopathology6▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Synaptic Plasticity6▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis6▲ 9.2×8 topics
  19. Emotion Regulation6▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Neurobiological Mechanisms6▲ 101×2 topics
  21. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Treatment-Resistant Depression6▲ 66×2 topics
  23. Antidepressant6▲ 165×1 topic
  24. Ketamine6▲ 165×1 topic
  25. Mental Health6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  26. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 26×4 topics
  27. Psychiatric Disorders5▲ 28×4 topics
  28. Psychological Interventions4▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Integrated Care4▲ 70×2 topics
  30. Mental Disorders4▲ 35×3 topics
  31. Neuroscience4▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Crisis Resolution4▲ 140×1 topic
  33. Home Treatment4▲ 140×1 topic
  34. Phenomenology4▲ 27×2 topics
  35. DSM4▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Self-Experience4▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Neurobiological Correlates4▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Personality Traits4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Psychotherapy Outcome4▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Therapeutic Alliance4▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Patient Dignity and Privacy, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Ethics in medical practice.

Patient Dignity and Priv…0Patient Dignity and Privacy: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…0Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksEthics in medical practice0Ethics in medical practice: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions

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

  1. 1 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 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 available7.1%not open92.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher 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 Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000064% in 2021.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital0.0000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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