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Nova Scotia Health Authority

In research, Nova Scotia Health Authority stands highest in Medicine (#2,663 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,116 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,394
of 28,054 · #11,857 all time
Rank in Canada
#158
of 403
Research works
1.2k
▲ 141% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Nova Scotia Health Authority 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 #2,663 of 10,443 16.2%230 #3052
Health SciencesDomain #3,116 of 11,982 16.1%287 #3430

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nova Scotia Health Authority 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 Nova Scotia Health Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 31.6 works5.7×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.84× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 230 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Nova Scotia Health Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Inflammation, Public Health, Quality of Life, Aging, Chronic Disease Management 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 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. Epidemiology46▲ 2.9×86 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.8×43 topics
  3. Public Health21▲ 3.5×29 topics
  4. Quality of Life20▲ 3.4×37 topics
  5. Primary Care19▲ 13×11 topics
  6. Depression16▲ 4.4×15 topics
  7. Mental Health15▲ 2.6×27 topics
  8. Aging14▲ 6.6×9 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.9×26 topics
  10. Risk Factors13▲ 2.9×27 topics
  11. Chronic Disease Management12▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Health Policy12▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Physical Activity11▲ 5.8×8 topics
  14. Elderly Patients11▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Mortality Risk11▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Mortality11▲ 4.7×11 topics
  17. Quality Improvement11▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Anxiety11▲ 5.6×10 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations10▲ 7.3×12 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 7.6×8 topics
  21. Health Workforce10▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Physical Performance8▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Complications8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  24. Prevalence8▲ 4.9×11 topics
  25. Frailty8▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Geriatric Assessment8▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Global Health8▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Global Burden8▲ 3.5×12 topics
  29. Adolescents7▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. Guidelines7▲ 4.0×12 topics
  31. Health System Reform7▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 7.8×5 topics
  33. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Continuity of Care7▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Patient-Centered Medical Home7▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Pay for Performance7▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Physician Migration7▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Rural Health7▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Neuroimaging6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  40. Health Care Utilization5▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Nova Scotia Health Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Frailty in Older Adults, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Global Health Workforce Issues and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques.

Frailty in Older Adults: 8 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 7 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …7Global Health Workforce Issues: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…4Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 4 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 4 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …3Cancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…3Respiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …3Nutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency Medical ServicesRadiation5 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 8 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 7 works
  3. 3 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 4 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 3 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nova Scotia Health Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 141% 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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