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Michael Smith Health Research BC

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Research works
91
▲ 109% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
38.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
46.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Michael Smith Health Research BC is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.75× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 10.73× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Michael Smith Health Research BC?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Patient Engagement, Behavior Change, Evidence-Based Practice, Implementation Science, Public Involvement, Recovery Model and Depression.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care2▲ 23×9 topics
  2. Behavior Change2▲ 45×3 topics
  3. Patient Engagement2▲ 51×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.45×12 topics
  5. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Depression1▲ 6.0×7 topics
  7. Implementation Science1▲ 155×1 topic
  8. Qualitative Research1▲ 6.1×1 topic
  9. Quality of Life1▲ 3.6×7 topics
  10. Public Involvement1▲ 179×1 topic
  11. Recovery Model1▲ 179×1 topic
  12. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Medication Errors1▲ 86×2 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Michael Smith Health Research BC publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Policy Implementation Science, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Electronic Health Records Systems.

Health Policy Implementa…1Health Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medic…0Patient Safety and Medication Errors: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 0 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsApplied PsychologyHealth Information ManagementEmergency Medical Services2 others

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

  1. 1 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.2%domestic only65.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Michael Smith Health Research BC's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 109% higher than in 2013–2017.

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