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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,162 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,774
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#442
of 896
Research works
297
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #8,162 of 20,462 21.0%178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health 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: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 7.58× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.14× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, Quality Improvement, Collaborative Practice, Communication, Healthcare Outcomes and Vaccine.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 4.0×36 topics
  2. Primary Care3▲ 29×7 topics
  3. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 32×4 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 3.8×17 topics
  5. Collaborative Practice2▲ 124×2 topics
  6. Quality Improvement2▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Communication2▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Healthcare Outcomes1▲ 87×2 topics
  9. Continuity of Care1▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Interprofessional Education1▲ 156×1 topic
  11. Patient-Centered Medical Home1▲ 125×1 topic
  12. Teamwork1▲ 156×1 topic
  13. Vaccine1▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Climate Change1▲ 1.47×11 topics
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 2.7×7 topics
  16. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Pandemic1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  18. Mental Health1▲ 2.3×9 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-21▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 0 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEconomics and EconometricsInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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