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Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

In research, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#596 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#628 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,556 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,302
of 22,385 · #1,063 all time
Rank in Canada
#57
of 305
Research works
2.3k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
120k
53.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

What is Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences 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 #596 of 9,902 16.2%283 #307
MedicineField #628 of 8,541 15.9%241 #325
Social SciencesDomain #4,556 of 9,585 13.1%63 #1790

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#307 #596
  2. Medicine#325 #628
  3. Social Sciences#1,790 #4,556
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 325 fractional works · 72.8% of its workMedicine: 276 fractional works · 61.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 43 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forClinical…447fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences16%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine27661.9%
    2. Health Professions439.6%
    3. Nursing51.2%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences235.2%
    2. Psychology235.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance163.7%
    4. Decision Sciences41.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology61.3%
    3. Neuroscience41.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Mathematics102.2%
    2. Computer Science51.2%
    3. Engineering30.7%
    4. Environmental Science30.6%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 26.0 works7.8×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.64× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 276 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.64×43 works
  2. Medicine3.22×276 works
  3. Nursing2.38×5 works
  4. Mathematics1.89×10 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.72×16 works
  6. Psychology1.68×23 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.31×6 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.24×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.04×4 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×15 works
  11. Neuroscience0.59×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.41×23 works
  13. Dentistry0.39×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×4 works
  15. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.15×5 works
  17. Environmental Science0.12×3 works
  18. Energy0.08×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  21. Engineering0.05×3 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Thérèse A. Stukel, Jack V. Tu and Craig C. Earle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

  1. 1 Thérèse A. Stukel Canada · #49,098 worldwide 36k citations · 392 works
  2. 2 Jack V. Tu Canada · #76,962 worldwide 43k citations · 686 works
  3. 3 Craig C. Earle Canada · #87,624 worldwide 30k citations · 601 works
  4. 4 Andreas Laupacis Canada · #95,014 worldwide 14k citations · 149 works
  5. 5 David A. Alter Canada · #188,364 worldwide 16k citations · 223 works
  6. 6 Andrew S. Wilton Canada · #241,071 worldwide 7.7k citations · 169 works
  7. 7 Janet E. Hux Canada · #262,630 worldwide 9k citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Ruth Hall Canada · #274,649 worldwide 2.8k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Alice S. Chong Canada · #426,283 worldwide 4.7k citations · 112 works
  10. 10 Michael J. Paterson Canada · #461,791 worldwide 9.4k citations · 224 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences?

The most cited paper from Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences is "An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies" (Peter C. Austin, 2011), with 12,403 citations. Next come "AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both" (10,915) and "Balance diagnostics for comparing the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in propensity‐score matched samples" (6,815).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies Peter C. Austin · Multivariate Behavioral Research Open access 31 May 2011 12,403
2 AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both Beverley Shea, Barnaby C Reeves, George A. Wells et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 21 Sep 2017 10,915
3 Balance diagnostics for comparing the distribution of baseline covariates between treatment groups in propensity‐score matched samples Peter C. Austin · Statistics in Medicine Open access 15 Sep 2009 6,815
4 Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies Siew C. Ng, Hai Yun Shi, Nima Hamidi et al. · The Lancet Review 16 Oct 2017 6,147
5 The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) Statement Eric I. Benchimol, Liam L Smeeth, Astrid Guttmann et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 6 Oct 2015 5,721
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Adolescents, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 3.3×100 topics
  2. Quality of Life24▲ 3.7×40 topics
  3. Risk Factors20▲ 4.2×31 topics
  4. Primary Care20▲ 12×13 topics
  5. Public Health19▲ 2.9×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.5×28 topics
  7. Inflammation18▲ 1.87×49 topics
  8. COVID-1918▲ 3.0×17 topics
  9. Pandemic16▲ 3.6×6 topics
  10. Depression16▲ 4.0×14 topics
  11. Mortality16▲ 6.2×11 topics
  12. Adolescents16▲ 9.5×7 topics
  13. Guidelines15▲ 7.3×12 topics
  14. Clinical Trials15▲ 4.9×16 topics
  15. Mental Health14▲ 2.2×27 topics
  16. Global Burden13▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Treatment13▲ 2.3×37 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life12▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Diagnosis12▲ 2.9×28 topics
  20. Mortality Risk12▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Management11▲ 3.1×23 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.0×18 topics
  23. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Anxiety10▲ 4.7×8 topics
  25. Health Disparities10▲ 8.6×6 topics
  26. Quality Improvement9▲ 11×8 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-29▲ 6.8×6 topics
  28. Health Care Utilization9▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Surgery9▲ 5.7×8 topics
  30. Chronic Conditions8▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Critical Care8▲ 7.5×8 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Elderly Patients8▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Psychosocial Outcomes8▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study8▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory8▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Pain Management7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  38. Pregnancy7▲ 7.6×9 topics
  39. Self-Management7▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Mental Health Services6▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare.

Childhood Cancer Survivo…8Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…6Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 5 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 5 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …4Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 4 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and EconometricsOncologySpeech and Hearing4 others

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

  1. 1 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 5 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences0.0017% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences 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 counting20%40%Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences14.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.6% in 2002.

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