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McMaster University

In research, McMaster University stands highest in Health Sciences (#54 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#57 of 10,443 worldwide) and General Health Professions (#26 of 916 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty — Internal Medicine is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#292
of 28,054 · #161 all time
Rank in Canada
#8
of 403
Research works
82k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9M
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is McMaster University 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
Health SciencesDomain #54 of 11,982 20.3%3,948 #28
MedicineField #57 of 10,443 19.5%3,338 #30
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #26 of 916 25.5%354 #23
Health ProfessionsField #55 of 1,928 24.9%545 #29
Life SciencesDomain #261 of 7,800 21.7%1,064 #195
Social SciencesDomain #360 of 10,521 23.4%2,293 #169
Physical SciencesDomain #588 of 12,888 16.8%3,297 #251
SurgerySubfield #88 of 1,816 20.2%391 #55
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #46 of 828 23.1%297 #48
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #203 of 3,579 22.5%567 #203

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where McMaster University 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. Health Sciences#28 #54
  2. Medicine#30 #57
  3. General Health Professions#23 #26
  4. Health Professions#29 #55
  5. Life Sciences#195 #261
  6. Social Sciences#169 #360
  7. Physical Sciences#251 #588
  8. Surgery#55 #88
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#48 #46
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#203 #203
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 McMaster University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Internal Medicine takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Internal MedicineSubfield · 31.2 works4.8×
  2. GastroenterologySubfield · 47.5 works3.8×
  3. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 65.9 works3.7×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 72.9 works3.2×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 122 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 567 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 114 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 229 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 104 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 492 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 1,539 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 321 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 276 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.45× its world share, 181 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 224 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 545 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 3,338 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 48 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 206 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 187 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 128 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 228 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 541 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1,004 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at McMaster University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gordon Guyatt, Holger J. Schünemann and Salim Yusuf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McMaster University.

  1. 1 Gordon Guyatt Canada · #11 worldwide 6.8k citations · 254 works
  2. 2 Holger J. Schünemann Canada · #160 worldwide 3.9k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Salim Yusuf Canada · #996 worldwide 4.3k citations · 292 works
  4. 4 S. Haykin Canada · #1,076 worldwide 3.5k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 P.J. Devereaux Canada · #1,195 worldwide 4.8k citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey I. Weitz Canada · #1,478 worldwide 1.9k citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Elie A. Akl Canada · #1,891 worldwide 18k citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Sam Schulman Canada · #2,308 worldwide 1.2k citations · 112 works
  9. 9 R. Brian Haynes Canada · #2,959 worldwide 2.8k citations · 67 works
  10. 10 Robert G. Cooper Canada · #3,307 worldwide 1.1k citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at McMaster University

Which keywords describe research at McMaster University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Depression, Diagnosis, Risk Factors and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology674▲ 1.61×132 topics
  2. Inflammation345▲ 1.56×79 topics
  3. Quality of Life285▲ 1.87×56 topics
  4. Mental Health282▲ 1.81×39 topics
  5. Deep Learning252▼ 0.70×80 topics
  6. Machine Learning249▼ 0.72×79 topics
  7. Public Health215▲ 1.40×60 topics
  8. Treatment214▲ 1.66×50 topics
  9. Climate Change214▼ 0.75×87 topics
  10. Risk Factors214▲ 1.83×36 topics
  11. Diagnosis203▲ 2.1×41 topics
  12. Depression200▲ 2.1×24 topics
  13. Management179▲ 2.1×36 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease176▲ 1.50×37 topics
  15. Genetics146▲ 1.97×26 topics
  16. Guidelines124▲ 2.5×13 topics
  17. Primary Care122▲ 3.0×14 topics
  18. Biosensors118▲ 2.2×12 topics
  19. Clinical Trials118▲ 1.66×19 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome117▲ 1.35×24 topics
  21. Anxiety116▲ 2.3×12 topics
  22. Global Burden116▲ 2.0×12 topics
  23. Prevalence114▲ 2.6×14 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines110▲ 1.91×14 topics
  25. Social Support110▲ 1.86×17 topics
  26. Aging105▲ 1.85×16 topics
  27. Rehabilitation104▲ 2.5×12 topics
  28. Mortality104▲ 1.70×13 topics
  29. Adolescents94▲ 2.4×9 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction90▲ 2.7×9 topics
  31. Medical Education86▲ 3.2×11 topics
  32. Electric Vehicles84▲ 2.7×4 topics
  33. Health Disparities83▲ 3.0×9 topics
  34. Emotion Regulation83▲ 2.5×9 topics
  35. Health Equity82▲ 2.9×6 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life73▲ 2.9×6 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice72▲ 5.3×7 topics
  38. Reflective Practice71▲ 3.6×7 topics
  39. Quality Improvement70▲ 3.4×8 topics
  40. Quality Assessment68▲ 3.5×5 topics

Which research topics does McMaster University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Innovations in Medical Education and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Advanced Battery Technol…46Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 46 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…42Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 42 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 41 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 37 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 36 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 34 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 33 fractional worksMeta-analysis and system…33Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 33 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 33 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 31 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 46 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 42 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 41 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 37 works
  5. 5 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 36 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 34 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 33 works
  8. 8 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 33 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 33 works
  10. 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 31 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McMaster University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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