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Kingston General Hospital

In research, Kingston General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,628 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,998 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,420
of 28,054 · #7,418 all time
Rank in Canada
#255
of 403
Research works
1.7k
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
36.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Kingston 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 #4,628 of 10,443 12.9%67 #1765
Health SciencesDomain #5,998 of 11,982 13.1%72 #2046

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kingston 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).

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.90× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.35× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 3.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kingston General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Mortality and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 3.4×62 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 2.8×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis4▲ 5.5×20 topics
  4. Management4▲ 6.4×17 topics
  5. Quality of Life4▲ 3.5×20 topics
  6. Treatment4▲ 3.5×21 topics
  7. Guidelines3▲ 7.4×10 topics
  8. Mortality3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  9. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.8×13 topics
  10. Risk Factors3▲ 3.1×13 topics
  11. Depression3▲ 3.6×15 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 2.2×18 topics
  13. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.9×11 topics
  14. Rehabilitation3▲ 7.2×9 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.4×24 topics
  17. Medical Education2▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.6×12 topics
  19. Global Burden2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  20. Perioperative Care2▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Complications2▲ 4.5×12 topics
  22. Pain Management2▲ 9.4×7 topics
  23. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  24. Critical Care2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  25. Heart Failure2▲ 4.6×9 topics
  26. Surgical Management2▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Asthma2▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  29. Chronic Pain2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. Echocardiography2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Postoperative Complications2▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  33. Prognosis2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  34. Reflective Practice2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Quality Improvement2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  37. Cardiac Risk1▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Perioperative1▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment1▲ 7.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Kingston General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Innovations in Medical Education, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…1Innovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After Surgery: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…1Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 1 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available33.7%not open66.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kingston General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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 Kingston

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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.