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Heart and Stroke Foundation

In research, Heart and Stroke Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,998 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,031 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,081
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#165
of 718
Research works
407
▼ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
52.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.38×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Heart and Stroke Foundation

What is Heart and Stroke Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #1,998 of 16,688 18.2%260
MedicineField #2,031 of 14,558 19.3%229

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Heart and Stroke Foundation 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 Heart and Stroke Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Heart and Stroke Foundation is in Health Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Neuroscience (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 16 fractional works · 67.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 61.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 23.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 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 workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeart and StrokeFoundation24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences4%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1561.5%
    2. Health Professions14.5%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology313.9%
    2. Neuroscience29.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering01.9%
    2. Computer Science01.6%
    3. Environmental Science01.5%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Psychology01.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    3. Social Sciences00.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Decision 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.60× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience5.62×2 works
  2. Medicine3.20×15 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.60×3 works
  4. Veterinary2.52×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.69×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.18×0 works
  7. Nursing0.92×0 works
  8. Psychology0.61×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.30×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.20×0 works
  14. Engineering0.12×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Heart and Stroke Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrice Lindsay, M. Patrice Lindsay and Elinor Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heart and Stroke Foundation.

  1. 1 Patrice Lindsay Canada · #98,106 worldwide 11k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 M. Patrice Lindsay Canada · #113,499 worldwide 24k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Elinor Wilson Canada · #2,174,156 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Corinne S. Hodgson Canada · #2,423,687 worldwide 826 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Manuel Arango Canada · #2,769,654 worldwide 535 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Heart and Stroke Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Heart and Stroke Foundation?

The most cited paper from Heart and Stroke Foundation is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558) and "World Stroke Organization (WSO): Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022" (3,034).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
2 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
3 World Stroke Organization (WSO): Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022 Valery L. Feigin, Michael Brainin, Bo Norrving et al. · International Journal of Stroke 2022 3,034
4 HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Inherited Primary Arrhythmia Syndromes Silvia Giuliana Priori, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Minoru Horie et al. · Heart Rhythm Open access 30 Aug 2013 1,947
5 Soluble endoglin contributes to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia Shivalingappa Venkatesha, Mourad Toporsian, Chun Sing Lam et al. · Nature Medicine Jun 2006 1,865
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Heart and Stroke Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Neuroimaging, Guidelines, Neural Plasticity, Inflammation and Neurological Disorders.

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

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 8.0×14 topics
  2. Heart Failure2▲ 19×9 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 3.4×18 topics
  4. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 27×5 topics
  5. Neuroimaging2▲ 23×7 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.8×13 topics
  7. Epidemiology1▲ 1.44×15 topics
  8. Guidelines1▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Neural Plasticity1▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders1▲ 8.5×7 topics
  11. Risk Factors1▲ 4.3×6 topics
  12. Biomarkers1▲ 6.5×8 topics
  13. Genetics1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  14. Public Health1▲ 3.1×9 topics
  15. Treatment1▲ 3.7×5 topics

Which research topics does Heart and Stroke Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment and Congenital heart defects research.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…1Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…1Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Tre…1Bipolar Disorder and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCongenital heart defects…1Congenital heart defects research: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 0 fractional worksSex and Gender in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…0Diabetes Treatment and Management: 0 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…0Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…0Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …0Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 0 fractional works
RehabilitationEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  4. 4 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heart and Stroke Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% 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 Heart and Stroke Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000085% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Heart and Stroke Foundation0.000054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Heart and Stroke Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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