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Health Sciences North

In research, Health Sciences North stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,412 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,134 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,912
of 22,385 · #13,177 all time
Rank in Canada
#199
of 305
Research works
370
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Health Sciences North

What is Health Sciences North known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,412 of 9,902 12.4%78 #3606
MedicineField #3,134 of 8,541 13.3%67 #3398

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health Sciences North 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Health Sciences North work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Health Sciences North is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Health Professions (9%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 87 fractional works · 69.7% of its workMedicine: 75 fractional works · 60.0% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHealth SciencesNorth124fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences13%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7560.0%
    2. Health Professions118.9%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Psychology96.9%
    2. Social Sciences54.2%
    3. Decision Sciences10.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Engineering43.3%
    2. Computer Science21.3%
    3. Environmental Science11.2%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.38× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.12× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.27× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.38×11 works
  2. Medicine3.12×75 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.62×3 works
  4. Psychology2.27×9 works
  5. Nursing1.31×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.09×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×7 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.62×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.47×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.33×5 works
  12. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.23×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  15. Engineering0.22×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.17×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Health Sciences North?

Ranked on the quality score, Deborah Saunders, Janet E. McElhaney and Jon‐Émile S. Kenny lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Sciences North.

  1. 1 Deborah Saunders Canada · #110,531 worldwide 7.2k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Janet E. McElhaney Canada · #123,432 worldwide 16k citations · 260 works
  3. 3 Jon‐Émile S. Kenny Canada · #433,617 worldwide 1.3k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Stacey A. Santi Canada · #801,376 worldwide 764 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Rony Atoui Canada · #1,259,888 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Bindu Bittira Canada · #1,376,362 worldwide 908 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Chelsea E. Munding Canada · #1,882,477 worldwide 294 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Michael Conlon Canada · #2,022,933 worldwide 622 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Venkadesan Rajendran Canada · #2,263,270 worldwide 295 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Gustavo Ybazeta Canada · #3,318,227 worldwide 525 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Health Sciences North

What are the most cited papers from Health Sciences North?

The most cited paper from Health Sciences North is "MASCC/ISOO clinical practice guidelines for the management of mucositis secondary to cancer therapy" (Sharon Elad, Karis Kin Fong Cheng, Rajesh V. Lalla et al., 2020), with 1,337 citations. Next come "Aging in COVID-19: Vulnerability, immunity and intervention" (1,070) and "Efficacy of the Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Adults 70 Years of Age or Older" (1,067).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MASCC/ISOO clinical practice guidelines for the management of mucositis secondary to cancer therapy Sharon Elad, Karis Kin Fong Cheng, Rajesh V. Lalla et al. · Cancer Open access 28 Jul 2020 1,337
2 Aging in COVID-19: Vulnerability, immunity and intervention Yiyin Chen, Sabra L. Klein, Brian Thomas Garibaldi et al. · Ageing Research Reviews ReviewOpen access 31 Oct 2020 1,070
3 Efficacy of the Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Adults 70 Years of Age or Older Anthony Lawrence Cunningham et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Sep 2016 1,067
4 Common oral complications of head and neck cancer radiation therapy: mucositis, infections, saliva change, fibrosis, sensory dysfunctions, dental caries, periodontal disease, and osteoradionecrosis Hervé Sroussi, Joel Brian Epstein, René‐Jean Bensadoun et al. · Cancer Medicine Open access 25 Oct 2017 804
5 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Health Sciences North?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Perioperative Care, Fluid Responsiveness, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Mortality Risk, Substance Use Disorders, Radiotherapy and Prognosis.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.6×62 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 2.6×18 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×23 topics
  4. Mental Health4▲ 2.4×17 topics
  5. Perioperative Care4▲ 28×2 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 3.1×19 topics
  7. Fluid Responsiveness4▲ 103×1 topic
  8. Hemodynamic Monitoring4▲ 103×1 topic
  9. Diagnosis4▲ 3.3×20 topics
  10. Management4▲ 3.8×15 topics
  11. Mortality Risk4▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Treatment4▲ 2.5×20 topics
  13. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 39×2 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  15. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.4×10 topics
  16. Prognosis4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  17. Primary Care3▲ 7.4×10 topics
  18. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.4×13 topics
  19. Hypertension3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  20. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Substance Abuse3▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Critical Care3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  23. Echocardiography3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  24. Heart Failure3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  25. Stroke Prevention3▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Events2▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Resuscitation2▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Medical Education2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  30. Catheter Ablation2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  32. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Collaborative Practice2▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Arterial Stiffness2▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Chronic Pain Management2▲ 46×1 topic
  37. HIV2▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Health Workforce2▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Opioid Prescribing2▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Risk Stratification2▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Health Sciences North publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Hemodynamic Monitoring a…4Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 1 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.5%domestic only55.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Health Sciences North's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Health Sciences North as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Health Sciences North0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Health Sciences North15.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 2020.

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