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Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

In research, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta stands highest in Medicine (#2,902 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,906 of 11,982 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#431 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 27.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,058
of 28,054 · #10,478 all time
Rank in Canada
#170
of 403
Research works
964
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta 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 #2,902 of 10,443 20.8%208 #2336
Health SciencesDomain #3,906 of 11,982 20.8%218 #3124
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #431 of 738 18.8%76 #422

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta 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#2,336 #2,902
  2. Health Sciences#3,124 #3,906
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#422 #431
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 Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 27.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 76.3 works27×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 26.2 works4.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 208 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan G. Howlett, George B. Handley and William Kent lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta.

  1. 1 Jonathan G. Howlett Canada · #96,131 worldwide 258 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 George B. Handley Canada · #486,768 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 William Kent Canada · #563,592 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Katherine M. Kavanagh Canada · #739,797 worldwide 37 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ciorsti MacIntyre Canada · #1,195,276 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Ali Fatehi Hassanabad Canada · #1,267,955 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Derek S. Chew Canada · #1,357,804 worldwide 12 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Which keywords describe research at Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Myocardial Infarction, Prognosis, Diagnosis and Obesity.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 11×26 topics
  2. Heart Failure26▲ 23×12 topics
  3. Echocardiography23▲ 32×8 topics
  4. Epidemiology22▲ 2.1×49 topics
  5. Guidelines17▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Inflammation17▲ 3.0×39 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction16▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Diagnosis14▲ 5.8×14 topics
  9. Prognosis14▲ 16×9 topics
  10. Treatment14▲ 4.2×16 topics
  11. Obesity14▲ 6.6×14 topics
  12. Endovascular Repair11▲ 49×3 topics
  13. Catheter Ablation11▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Risk Factors11▲ 3.7×19 topics
  15. Arrhythmias10▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Mortality9▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement9▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement9▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Sudden Cardiac Death9▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Cardiac Imaging9▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Coronary Artery Disease9▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 10×7 topics
  23. Hypertension8▲ 11×10 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 13×8 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Atrial Fibrillation8▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  28. Heart Rate Variability8▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis8▲ 10×10 topics
  30. Chamber Quantification8▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Diastolic Function8▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Autonomic Nervous System7▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Physiological Time Series7▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Aortic Aneurysm7▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Ion Channels7▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Aortic Dissection7▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Bicuspid Aortic Valve7▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Stroke Prevention7▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Radiation Exposure6▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…9Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …8Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 8 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 7 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…7Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Syncope a…6Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …5Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 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 available56.9%not open43.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.7%domestic only64.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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