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Impact

In research, Impact stands highest in Health Sciences (#633 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#581 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,496 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — General Health Professions is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,745
of 28,054 · #4,150 all time
Rank in Canada
#56
of 403
Research works
3.6k
▲ 174% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Impact 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
Health SciencesDomain #633 of 11,982 28.6%549 #1357
MedicineField #581 of 10,443 28.8%434 #1220
Social SciencesDomain #2,496 of 10,521 21.9%286 #2654
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #322 of 916 28.3%74 #788
Life SciencesDomain #3,055 of 7,800 21.9%87 #5498
Social SciencesField #2,794 of 6,365 18.2%126 #2898
Health ProfessionsField #881 of 1,928 28.1%101 #1408
Physical SciencesDomain #7,069 of 12,888 11.5%170 #5382

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Impact 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,357 #633
  2. Medicine#1,220 #581
  3. Social Sciences#2,654 #2,496
  4. General Health Professions#788 #322
  5. Life Sciences#5,498 #3,055
  6. Social Sciences#2,898 #2,794
  7. Health Professions#1,408 #881
  8. Physical Sciences#5,382 #7,069
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Impact specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 74.3 works4.9×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 54.6 works3.8×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 55 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.52× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 434 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.90× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Impact?

Ranked on the composite score, Victor L. Fulgoni, Cathy Gormley‐Heenan and C.H.G. Daatselaar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Impact.

  1. 1 Victor L. Fulgoni · #76,494 worldwide 297 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Cathy Gormley‐Heenan · #405,493 worldwide 4 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 C.H.G. Daatselaar · #528,683 worldwide 41 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Frédérique Angevin · #662,015 worldwide 67 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Theodora Ooms · #683,959 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 T.J. de Koeijer · #748,455 worldwide 17 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Lansana Gberie · #799,804 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 R. Hoste · #943,562 worldwide 8 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 M.P. Vijn · #1,218,712 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 H.A.B. van der Meulen · #1,450,341 worldwide 1 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Impact

Which keywords describe research at Impact?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Quality Assessment, Mental Health, Inflammation, COVID-19 and Publication Bias.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 2.1×120 topics
  2. Quality of Life49▲ 3.1×57 topics
  3. Public Health47▲ 2.9×49 topics
  4. Inflammation44▲ 1.96×67 topics
  5. Mental Health40▲ 2.5×37 topics
  6. COVID-1935▲ 2.4×28 topics
  7. Sustainability34▲ 1.28×69 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 2.5×36 topics
  9. Risk Factors30▲ 2.5×34 topics
  10. Pandemic28▲ 2.4×12 topics
  11. Depression25▲ 2.6×23 topics
  12. Qualitative Research25▲ 2.7×20 topics
  13. Treatment25▲ 1.86×44 topics
  14. Healthcare25▲ 2.0×24 topics
  15. Quality Assessment24▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis23▲ 3.6×19 topics
  17. Mortality23▲ 3.7×13 topics
  18. Obesity22▲ 2.7×24 topics
  19. Clinical Trials21▲ 2.9×19 topics
  20. Management20▲ 2.4×29 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 2.3×24 topics
  22. Primary Care20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  23. Social Support19▲ 3.2×18 topics
  24. Global Burden19▲ 3.2×12 topics
  25. Aging18▲ 3.1×13 topics
  26. Publication Bias18▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Anxiety17▲ 3.3×11 topics
  28. Complications17▲ 3.1×17 topics
  29. Research Methodology17▲ 27×4 topics
  30. Diagnostic Accuracy16▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Evidence-Based Practice16▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Elderly Patients16▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. Evidence Synthesis16▲ 59×1 topic
  34. PRISMA Statement16▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Mortality Risk15▲ 5.8×6 topics
  36. Behavior Change14▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Health Outcomes14▲ 4.6×7 topics
  38. Economic Evaluation13▲ 9.5×3 topics
  39. Cost-effectiveness Analysis12▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Health Utility Measures12▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Impact publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Health Policy Implementation Science and Environmental Sustainability and Education.

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 16 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 12 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…10Health Policy Implementation Science: 10 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…7Environmental Sustainability and Education: 7 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults6Frailty in Older Adults: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 5 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 5 fractional works
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 16 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 10 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  5. 5 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 5 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.2%domestic only48.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Impact's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 174% higher 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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