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Island Health

In research, Island Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,778 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,982
of 22,385 · #16,071 all time
Rank in Canada
#247
of 305
Research works
480
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Island Health

What is Island Health 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 #4,778 of 9,902 11.9%66 #6339

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

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Island Health is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (15%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 75 fractional works · 73.3% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 56.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 15.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIsland Health102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences12%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5856.4%
    2. Health Professions1515.0%
    3. Nursing21.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences65.5%
    2. Psychology44.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.7%
    2. Neuroscience21.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Environmental Science32.9%
    2. Engineering21.8%
    3. Computer Science21.6%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.70× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 3.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.70×15 works
  2. Nursing3.06×2 works
  3. Medicine2.93×58 works
  4. Veterinary1.40×0 works
  5. Psychology1.35×4 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.04×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.59×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.43×6 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.34×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.20×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  19. Engineering0.12×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Island Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew M. W. Penn, John Mathieson and Christopher Mackie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Island Health.

  1. 1 Andrew M. W. Penn Canada · #1,226,882 worldwide 2.8k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 John Mathieson Canada · #2,213,116 worldwide 550 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Christopher Mackie Canada · #2,601,282 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Gordon N. Hoag Canada · #2,789,864 worldwide 1.1k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Alison Ross Canada · #2,963,937 worldwide 417 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Kenneth A Moselle Canada · #3,315,730 worldwide 253 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Richard S. Stanwick Canada · #3,556,196 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Maximilian B. Bibok Canada · #3,780,550 worldwide 253 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Donna Cohen Ross Canada · #3,920,602 worldwide 124 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Allen Hayashi Canada · #4,013,663 worldwide 1.6k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Island Health

What are the most cited papers from Island Health?

The most cited paper from Island Health is "Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline" (Sean Wharton et al., 2020), with 1,505 citations. Next come "Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke" (1,286) and "Initiation of Inappropriate Antimicrobial Therapy Results in a Fivefold Reduction of Survival in Human Septic Shock" (1,209).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline Sean Wharton et al. · Canadian Medical Association Journal Open access 3 Aug 2020 1,505
2 Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke David J. Gladstone et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Jun 2014 1,286
3 Initiation of Inappropriate Antimicrobial Therapy Results in a Fivefold Reduction of Survival in Human Septic Shock Anand Kumar, Anand Kumar, Paul Ellis et al. · CHEST Journal 20 Aug 2009 1,209
4 The Expanded Chronic Care Model: An Integration of Concepts and Strategies from Population Health Promotion and the Chronic Care Model Victoria J Barr, Sylvia Robinson, Brenda Marin-Link et al. · Healthcare Quarterly Open access 15 Nov 2003 689
5 The Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period Emily J. Fawcett, Nichole Fairbrother, Megan L. Cox et al. · The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Open access 22 Jul 2019 574
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Island Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Mortality, Resuscitation, Heart Failure, Public Health, Patient Satisfaction and Pain Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.7×59 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 3.2×22 topics
  3. Primary Care4▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Treatment4▲ 3.2×19 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.3×20 topics
  6. Inflammation4▲ 1.74×26 topics
  7. Mortality4▲ 6.6×10 topics
  8. Resuscitation4▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Mental Health3▲ 2.3×14 topics
  10. Heart Failure3▲ 7.1×9 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 9.3×6 topics
  12. Job Satisfaction3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  13. Pain Management3▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Risk Factors3▲ 2.5×22 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 14×4 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.4×5 topics
  17. Healthcare Workers2▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Hypothermia2▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Critical Care2▲ 9.4×8 topics
  21. Out-of-Hospital2▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  24. Health Equity2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  25. Health Policy2▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Digital Divide2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  27. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Quality Improvement2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  29. Chronic Pain2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Collaborative Practice2▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Health Workforce2▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Stroke2▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Vulnerability2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Botulinum Toxin2▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Long-Term Care2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Quality of Care2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Nursing2▲ 8.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Island Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Workplace Violence and Bullying and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…2Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksWorkplace Violence and Bullying: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Rela…1Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 1 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…1Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Island Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher 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 Island Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Island Health0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Island Health 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 counting5%10%15%Island Health11.6% 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 12.2% in 2022.

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