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McGill University Health Centre

In research, McGill University Health Centre stands highest in Medicine (#189 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#256 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#324 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology — Reproductive Medicine is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#876
of 28,054 · #1,149 all time
Rank in Canada
#23
of 403
Research works
11k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
360k
31.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is McGill University Health 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 #189 of 10,443 20.5%1,748 #305
Health SciencesDomain #256 of 11,982 20.7%1,905 #327
Life SciencesDomain #324 of 7,800 22.7%544 #481
SurgerySubfield #222 of 1,816 20.8%217 #215
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #447 of 3,579 22.3%333 #690
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #246 of 1,144 18.5%176 #291
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #171 of 738 21.6%102 #311
Social SciencesDomain #2,707 of 10,521 26.5%222 #2466
EpidemiologySubfield #252 of 976 20.1%133 #311
Molecular BiologySubfield #588 of 2,175 23.1%165 #588

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

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#305 #189
  2. Health Sciences#327 #256
  3. Life Sciences#481 #324
  4. Surgery#215 #222
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#690 #447
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#291 #246
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#311 #171
  8. Social Sciences#2,466 #2,707
  9. Epidemiology#311 #252
  10. Molecular Biology#588 #588
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 McGill University Health Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Reproductive Medicine takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 34.5 works5.4×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 43.5 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: 0.11× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.21× its world share, 333 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.35× its world share, 95 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 127 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.21× its world share, 1,748 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 90 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at McGill University Health Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Nicolò Piazza, Alain Bitton and Louise Pilote lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McGill University Health Centre.

  1. 1 Nicolò Piazza Canada · #9,831 worldwide 881 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Alain Bitton Canada · #12,765 worldwide 622 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Louise Pilote Canada · #13,440 worldwide 708 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Jean Bourbeau Canada · #16,964 worldwide 549 citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Dan Poenaru Canada · #19,437 worldwide 822 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Nadia Giannetti Canada · #35,415 worldwide 653 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Caroline Reinhold Canada · #61,321 worldwide 168 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Andrea Benedetti Canada · #94,169 worldwide 260 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Chaim Shustik Canada · #112,764 worldwide 584 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Andrey V. Cybulsky Canada · #118,730 worldwide 365 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at McGill University Health Centre

Which keywords describe research at McGill University Health Centre?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology330▲ 3.0×130 topics
  2. Inflammation166▲ 2.8×81 topics
  3. Treatment118▲ 3.5×48 topics
  4. Diagnosis111▲ 4.2×41 topics
  5. Quality of Life105▲ 2.6×53 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease104▲ 3.3×38 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress102▲ 2.2×55 topics
  8. Cancer100▲ 2.6×47 topics
  9. Chemotherapy77▲ 3.9×24 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome76▲ 3.3×23 topics
  11. Management76▲ 3.4×29 topics
  12. Public Health70▲ 1.69×52 topics
  13. Genetics65▲ 3.3×22 topics
  14. Biomarkers64▲ 3.3×18 topics
  15. Risk Factors63▲ 2.0×35 topics
  16. Immunotherapy63▲ 3.1×19 topics
  17. Clinical Trials62▲ 3.3×19 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines62▲ 4.0×14 topics
  19. Mortality59▲ 3.6×13 topics
  20. Aging57▲ 3.8×17 topics
  21. Depression55▲ 2.2×21 topics
  22. Immune Response55▲ 3.5×20 topics
  23. Obesity54▲ 2.5×22 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance52▲ 4.0×9 topics
  25. Guidelines52▲ 3.9×13 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders51▲ 3.2×19 topics
  27. Radiotherapy50▲ 4.5×13 topics
  28. Complications48▲ 3.4×17 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations47▲ 3.8×23 topics
  30. Global Burden46▲ 3.0×12 topics
  31. Medical Education41▲ 5.7×12 topics
  32. Heart Failure41▲ 3.3×13 topics
  33. Immunity39▲ 3.5×11 topics
  34. Surgery39▲ 3.9×11 topics
  35. Antiretroviral Therapy36▲ 7.8×6 topics
  36. Drug Resistance35▲ 4.3×7 topics
  37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease34▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy33▲ 4.9×5 topics
  39. Infertility28▲ 7.0×4 topics
  40. Immunology28▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does McGill University Health Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Innovations in Medical Education and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease16Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 16 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…15Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 15 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 14 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 13 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 13 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 12 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 12 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…12Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 12 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 12 fractional works
GeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 16 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 13 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 12 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 12 works
  8. 8 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 12 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 12 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 12 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McGill University Health Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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