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Jewish General Hospital

In research, Jewish General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#691 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#877 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,348 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Oncology is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,141
of 28,054 · #2,052 all time
Rank in Canada
#62
of 403
Research works
6.1k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
249k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Jewish General Hospital 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
MedicineField #691 of 10,443 20.3%474 #506
Health SciencesDomain #877 of 11,982 20.8%510 #594
Life SciencesDomain #2,348 of 7,800 22.6%131 #998
Social SciencesDomain #5,059 of 10,521 28.4%65 #3877
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,512 of 3,579 24.0%91 #1632

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jewish General Hospital 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. Medicine#506 #691
  2. Health Sciences#594 #877
  3. Life Sciences#998 #2,348
  4. Social Sciences#3,877 #5,059
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,632 #2,512
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 Jewish General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 47.8 works5.6×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 22.1 works5.4×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.25× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.87× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 474 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jewish General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan Afilalo, Alex Ferenczy and David Langleben lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jewish General Hospital.

  1. 1 Jonathan Afilalo Canada · #6,049 worldwide 2.3k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Alex Ferenczy Canada · #7,311 worldwide 589 citations · 86 works
  3. 3 David Langleben Canada · #17,671 worldwide 487 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Wilson H. Miller Canada · #30,941 worldwide 565 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Kristian B. Filion Canada · #33,980 worldwide 432 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Murray Baron Canada · #39,196 worldwide 232 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Philip H. Gordon Canada · #59,633 worldwide 180 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Nathalie A. Johnson Canada · #100,905 worldwide 213 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Ian Shrier Canada · #104,641 worldwide 294 citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Moulay A. Alaoui‐Jamali Canada · #131,686 worldwide 316 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Jewish General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Jewish General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 2.4×105 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 3.2×69 topics
  3. Treatment32▲ 3.5×40 topics
  4. Quality of Life30▲ 2.8×47 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 3.4×31 topics
  6. Cancer28▲ 2.8×44 topics
  7. Risk Factors26▲ 3.1×29 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 6.2×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis25▲ 3.5×34 topics
  10. Chemotherapy25▲ 4.7×24 topics
  11. Depression23▲ 3.5×18 topics
  12. Immunotherapy23▲ 4.3×18 topics
  13. Biomarkers21▲ 4.0×15 topics
  14. Clinical Trials20▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Management19▲ 3.3×26 topics
  16. Radiotherapy18▲ 6.3×12 topics
  17. Survival Analysis18▲ 8.5×7 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines17▲ 7.8×9 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 5.1×8 topics
  20. Guidelines17▲ 4.8×12 topics
  21. Cancer Risk17▲ 9.9×8 topics
  22. Immune Response16▲ 3.8×18 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 2.7×20 topics
  24. Global Burden16▲ 3.9×12 topics
  25. Breast Cancer15▲ 8.4×11 topics
  26. Precision Medicine15▲ 4.3×7 topics
  27. Anxiety15▲ 4.1×10 topics
  28. Heart Failure14▲ 4.4×13 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis14▲ 6.5×8 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction13▲ 7.4×7 topics
  31. Hypertension13▲ 5.8×12 topics
  32. Autoantibodies13▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Targeted Therapy12▲ 7.4×5 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Radiation Therapy11▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Elderly Patients11▲ 8.6×4 topics
  37. Cervical Cancer10▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Robotic Surgery10▲ 9.5×5 topics
  39. Molecular Classification10▲ 8.6×4 topics
  40. Lymphoma10▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Jewish General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Endometrial and Cervical…7Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 7 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…6Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 6 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases: 5 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…5Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 5 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyOncologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPathology and Forensic Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  7. 7 Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases Immunology 5 works
  8. 8 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 5 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jewish General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

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