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Princess Margaret Hospital

In research, Princess Margaret Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,775 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#2,970 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,079 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#7,604
of 42,892
Rank in New Zealand
#22
of 117
Research works
1.2k
▼ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Princess Margaret 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 #2,775 of 20,462 18.9%906
MedicineField #2,970 of 17,978 18.6%845
Life SciencesDomain #6,079 of 14,347 17.7%158

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Princess Margaret 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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 25 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy G. Yandle, Hamid Ikram and Eric A. Espiner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Princess Margaret Hospital.

  1. 1 Timothy G. Yandle New Zealand · #135,896 worldwide 273 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Hamid Ikram New Zealand · #156,719 worldwide 176 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Eric A. Espiner New Zealand · #159,102 worldwide 201 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 M. Gary Nicholls New Zealand · #211,030 worldwide 98 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Nigel Gilchrist New Zealand · #254,125 worldwide 151 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 R. A. DONALD New Zealand · #310,790 worldwide 92 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 R Sainsbury New Zealand · #523,323 worldwide 86 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 James Livesey New Zealand · #639,102 worldwide 57 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Mary G. Metcalf New Zealand · #720,544 worldwide 83 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Princess Margaret Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Surgical Management, Prognosis, Quality of Life, Management and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 3.1×29 topics
  2. Chemotherapy3▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Radiotherapy2▲ 19×11 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  5. Management1▲ 5.1×7 topics
  6. Pandemic1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  7. Surgical Management1▲ 9.6×8 topics
  8. Cancer1▲ 2.7×9 topics
  9. Depression1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  10. Prognosis1▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.9×8 topics
  12. Squamous Cell Carcinoma1▲ 36×3 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.6×8 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Princess Margaret Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Cancer survivorship and care, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation.

  1. 1 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Family Support in Illness Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 0 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Princess Margaret Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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