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Interior Health

In research, Interior Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,647 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,824
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#441
of 718
Research works
223
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Interior Health

What is Interior Health 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 #8,647 of 16,688 8.2%145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Interior Health 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 Interior Health work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Interior Health is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Health Professions (13%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 35 fractional works · 66.3% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 52.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKInterior Health53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences66%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. Medicine2852.7%
    2. Health Professions712.9%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Social Sciences35.7%
    2. Psychology35.6%
    3. Decision Sciences00.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Environmental Science47.5%
    2. Computer Science11.6%
    3. Engineering11.2%
    4. Mathematics00.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Neuroscience23.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.90× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.74× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.90×7 works
  2. Medicine2.74×28 works
  3. Neuroscience2.19×2 works
  4. Psychology1.83×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.50×4 works
  6. Nursing1.40×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.18×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.79×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.70×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.45×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Engineering0.08×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Interior Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Maja V. Karlsson, Peter H. Bryce and Paul Dagg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Interior Health.

  1. 1 Maja V. Karlsson Canada · #1,868,130 worldwide 1.7k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Peter H. Bryce Canada · #2,203,688 worldwide 43 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Paul Dagg Canada · #2,367,124 worldwide 649 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Silvina C. Mema Canada · #3,074,770 worldwide 725 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Deanne Taylor Canada · #3,246,759 worldwide 525 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Nicole Bruchet Canada · #3,664,406 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Andrew J. Stanley Canada · #3,679,558 worldwide 116 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jennifer Bolt Canada · #3,896,698 worldwide 300 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Sue Pollock Canada · #4,146,355 worldwide 634 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Barbara J. Catlin Canada · #4,284,203 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Interior Health

What are the most cited papers from Interior Health?

The most cited paper from Interior Health is "Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, inter-professional team’s experience with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework" (Helena ML Daudt, Catherine van Mossel, Samantha J. Scott, 2013), with 1,969 citations. Next come "Circulating Tumor DNA Genomics Correlate with Resistance to Abiraterone and Enzalutamide in Prostate Cancer" (531) and "Gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease: opportunities and challenges" (393).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, inter-professional team’s experience with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework Helena ML Daudt, Catherine van Mossel, Samantha J. Scott · BMC Medical Research Methodology Open access 23 Mar 2013 1,969
2 Circulating Tumor DNA Genomics Correlate with Resistance to Abiraterone and Enzalutamide in Prostate Cancer Matti Annala, Gillian Rae Vandekerkhove, Daniel Joseph Khalaf et al. · Cancer Discovery Open access 24 Jan 2018 531
3 Gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease: opportunities and challenges Negin Kazemian, Morteza Mahmoudi, Frank A. Halperin et al. · Microbiome Open access 13 Mar 2020 393
4 Best practices of formal new graduate nurse transition programs: An integrative review Kathy Lynn Rush, Monica Adamack, Jason Gordon et al. · International Journal of Nursing Studies Open access 12 Jul 2012 389
5 Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Acute Stroke Management: Prehospital, Emergency Department, and Acute Inpatient Stroke Care, 6th Edition, Update 2018 JM Boulanger et al. · International Journal of Stroke 18 Jul 2018 384
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Interior Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Depression, Infectious Diseases, Primary Care, Neuroprotection, Mortality and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.4×36 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 4.4×14 topics
  3. Climate Change2▲ 1.71×8 topics
  4. Depression2▲ 5.5×11 topics
  5. COVID-192▲ 3.0×10 topics
  6. Infectious Diseases2▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Primary Care2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.1×8 topics
  9. Mortality2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  10. Anxiety2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  11. Neuroprotection2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  12. Health Effects2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  13. Inflammation2▲ 1.38×12 topics
  14. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 2.8×14 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  17. Healthcare Workers2▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Management2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  19. Medical Education2▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Vulnerability2▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Mental Health1▲ 1.82×9 topics
  22. Biomarkers1▲ 3.5×7 topics
  23. Mortality Risk1▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Chronic Pain1▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.5×8 topics
  26. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.29×4 topics
  27. Global Burden1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  28. Heart Failure1▲ 5.1×6 topics
  29. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.34×4 topics
  30. Pandemic1▲ 2.3×5 topics
  31. Resilience1▲ 4.8×4 topics
  32. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Cancer Risk1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  34. Diabetes1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  35. Diagnosis1▲ 2.2×10 topics
  36. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Pain Management1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  38. Quality Improvement1▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Collaborative Practice1▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Physical Activity1▲ 3.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Interior Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate Change and Health Impacts, Radiation Dose and Imaging, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements.

Climate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging1Radiation Dose and Imaging: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health1COVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeriatrics and GerontologyRadiological and Ultrasound Technology6 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  4. 4 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Interior Health's research output changed?

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

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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 Interior Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Interior Health0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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