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Montreal General Hospital

In research, Montreal General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,060 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,172 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,431
of 28,054 · #2,498 all time
Rank in Canada
#160
of 403
Research works
3.8k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
168k
43.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Montreal General Hospital 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 #4,060 of 10,443 17.5%102 #912
Health SciencesDomain #5,172 of 11,982 17.9%107 #1169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Montreal General Hospital 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).

What does Montreal General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.6 works9.7×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.35× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Montreal General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald B. Postuma, J. H. Quastel and Michael Kaye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Montreal General Hospital.

  1. 1 Ronald B. Postuma Canada · #8,784 worldwide 903 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 J. H. Quastel Canada · #26,269 worldwide 614 citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Michael Kaye Canada · #103,573 worldwide 183 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Léonard Rosenthall Canada · #125,114 worldwide 170 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Steven A. Grover Canada · #134,603 worldwide 214 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Amélie Pelletier Canada · #200,819 worldwide 223 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Joyce Rauch Canada · #225,957 worldwide 215 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Adel Giaid Canada · #249,085 worldwide 103 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Renaldo N. Battista Canada · #276,538 worldwide 356 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 P. G. Scholefield Canada · #279,573 worldwide 94 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Montreal General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Montreal General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Endoscopic Resection, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Surgery, Mortality and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.6×67 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.7×34 topics
  3. Complications8▲ 11×15 topics
  4. Endoscopic Resection8▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.5×31 topics
  6. Chemotherapy7▲ 6.9×13 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 8.3×11 topics
  8. Surgery6▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Mortality6▲ 7.2×11 topics
  10. Diagnosis6▲ 4.2×22 topics
  11. Meta-Analysis5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  12. Treatment5▲ 3.0×28 topics
  13. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Survival Analysis5▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders5▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Gastric Cancer5▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Low Back Pain5▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Management5▲ 4.2×19 topics
  19. Molecular Characterization5▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Guidelines4▲ 6.3×10 topics
  23. Chronic Pain4▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy4▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Lymph Node Dissection4▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Metastatic Gastric Cancer4▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Chemoradiation4▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 22×4 topics
  30. Barrett's Esophagus4▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Esophageal Carcinoma4▲ 63×1 topic
  32. Pain Management4▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Surgical Management4▲ 6.2×10 topics
  34. Medical Education4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  35. Spinal Fusion4▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Revision Surgery3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Surgical Treatment3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Montreal General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…4Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…3Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Montreal General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower 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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