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Nova Scotia Hospital

In research, Nova Scotia Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,457 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#13,652 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,072
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#578
of 896
Research works
400
▼ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Nova Scotia Hospital 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 #11,457 of 20,462 19.5%136
Life SciencesDomain #13,652 of 14,347 9.8%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nova Scotia 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).

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: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.78× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.66× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 3.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.85× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.13× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nova Scotia Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher G. Majka and Douglas C. Ferguson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nova Scotia Hospital.

  1. 1 Christopher G. Majka Canada · #1,246,168 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Douglas C. Ferguson Canada · #1,497,573 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Nova Scotia Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Nova Scotia Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Holocene, Patient Satisfaction, Invasive Species, Epidemiology, Resilience and Inflammation.

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

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 3.3×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.1×14 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 5.0×11 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 3.1×12 topics
  5. Holocene2▲ 44×2 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Invasive Species2▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Resilience1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  9. Clinical Practice1▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Healthcare1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  11. Public Health1▲ 2.2×8 topics
  12. Biodiversity1▲ 4.1×5 topics
  13. Complications1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  14. Depression1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  15. Maritime Archaeology1▲ 162×1 topic
  16. Mediterranean1▲ 33×1 topic
  17. Population Dynamics1▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Quality Improvement1▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Nova Scotia Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Empathy and Medical Education, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Maritime and Coastal Arc…1Maritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…1Empathy and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…1Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology1Lichen and fungal ecology: 1 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…1Marine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional worksMineralogy and Gemology Studies: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyPsychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiologySurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  2. 2 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  3. 3 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  10. 10 Mineralogy and Gemology Studies Geochemistry and Petrology 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nova Scotia Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% lower 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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