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Island Health

In research, Island Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,630 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,970
of 28,054 · #21,929 all time
Rank in Canada
#288
of 403
Research works
480
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Island Health 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 #7,630 of 11,982 18.8%66 #7174

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.80× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Island Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Armour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Island Health.

  1. 1 Richard Armour Canada · #1,187,419 worldwide 7 citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Island Health

Which keywords describe research at Island Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Mortality, Public Health, Resuscitation, Patient Satisfaction, Chronic Disease Management and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.7×54 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 3.5×21 topics
  3. Primary Care4▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 1.86×26 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 3.2×18 topics
  6. Mortality3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.2×20 topics
  8. Mental Health3▲ 2.3×12 topics
  9. Resuscitation3▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 10×6 topics
  11. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Heart Failure3▲ 7.0×9 topics
  13. Job Satisfaction3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.8×5 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 2.5×21 topics
  16. Diagnosis2▲ 2.8×14 topics
  17. Healthcare Workers2▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Hypothermia2▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Pain Management2▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Out-of-Hospital2▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Health Policy2▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Critical Care2▲ 9.2×8 topics
  24. Digital Divide2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  25. Collaborative Practice2▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Health Workforce2▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Quality Improvement2▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Vaccine2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  30. Communication2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Health Equity2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Health Outcomes2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Coronavirus2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Patient Care2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Stroke2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  38. Harassment1▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Violence1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Island Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Workplace Violence and Bullying, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksWorkplace Violence and B…1Workplace Violence and Bullying: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Info…1Health Literacy and Information Accessibility: 1 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…1Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineSociology and Political ScienceInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health Professions3 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 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  8. 8 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Island Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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.

Other research institutions in Victoria

All research institutions in Victoria

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.