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Kingston Health Sciences Centre

In research, Kingston Health Sciences Centre stands highest in Medicine (#2,305 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,949 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,351
of 28,054 · #13,989 all time
Rank in Canada
#157
of 403
Research works
1.2k
▲ 300% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Kingston Health Sciences Centre 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 #2,305 of 10,443 14.2%225 #4649
Health SciencesDomain #2,949 of 11,982 14.7%251 #5821

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kingston Health Sciences Centre 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.34× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.45× its world share, 225 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Armstrong, M. Matangi and D. Brouillard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kingston Health Sciences Centre.

  1. 1 D. Armstrong Canada · #312,071 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 M. Matangi Canada · #466,382 worldwide 38 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 D. Brouillard Canada · #989,648 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 F. L. Lawton Canada · #1,354,820 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Which keywords describe research at Kingston Health Sciences Centre?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.1×91 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 2.7×48 topics
  3. Quality of Life16▲ 3.3×34 topics
  4. Diagnosis14▲ 4.5×22 topics
  5. Treatment14▲ 3.5×30 topics
  6. Management13▲ 5.0×19 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.8×26 topics
  8. Risk Factors10▲ 2.7×24 topics
  9. Public Health10▲ 2.0×29 topics
  10. Depression9▲ 3.1×17 topics
  11. Guidelines9▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Critical Care9▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Mental Health8▲ 1.69×22 topics
  14. Mortality8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  15. Complications8▲ 4.5×15 topics
  16. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.2×19 topics
  17. Asthma7▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Global Burden7▲ 3.8×12 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 2.5×17 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 8.0×8 topics
  21. Heart Failure6▲ 4.4×11 topics
  22. Echocardiography6▲ 6.7×7 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  24. Children6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  25. Anxiety6▲ 3.6×9 topics
  26. Medical Education5▲ 6.2×9 topics
  27. Sepsis5▲ 9.2×5 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  29. Quality Improvement5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  31. Resuscitation5▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Chronic Pain4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  33. Immunology4▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Hemorrhage4▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Respiratory4▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  37. Allergic Diseases4▲ 19×1 topic
  38. COPD4▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Eosinophils4▲ 19×1 topic
  40. spirometry4▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Kingston Health Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…4Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…4Asthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Se…3Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …3Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyImmunology and AllergyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  3. 3 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 3 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kingston Health Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 300% higher 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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