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Providence Health Care

In research, Providence Health Care stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,117 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,847 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,229
of 22,385 · #8,816 all time
Rank in Canada
#166
of 305
Research works
748
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Providence Health Care

What is Providence Health Care known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,117 of 9,902 11.7%125 #3020
MedicineField #2,847 of 8,541 11.4%106 #2888

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Providence Health Care 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Providence Health Care work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Providence Health Care is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Health Professions (10%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 145 fractional works · 69.5% of its workMedicine: 123 fractional works · 58.7% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKProvidence HealthCare209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12358.7%
    2. Health Professions2210.3%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Psychology157.0%
    2. Social Sciences104.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.9%
    2. Neuroscience73.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology52.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Engineering62.7%
    2. Environmental Science31.3%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.39× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.92× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.92×22 works
  2. Medicine3.06×123 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.39×5 works
  4. Psychology2.29×15 works
  5. Neuroscience1.98×7 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×10 works
  8. Nursing0.74×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.37×10 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.32×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.25×3 works
  14. Chemistry0.22×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×1 works
  16. Engineering0.18×6 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Providence Health Care?

Ranked on the quality score, Elizabeth J. Dogherty, Jane McCall and Agnes Black lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence Health Care.

  1. 1 Elizabeth J. Dogherty Canada · #978,697 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Jane McCall Canada · #1,448,498 worldwide 901 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Agnes Black Canada · #1,459,145 worldwide 658 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Vishal P. Varshney Canada · #1,703,668 worldwide 452 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Romayne E. Gallagher Canada · #4,446,883 worldwide 1.4k citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Providence Health Care

What are the most cited papers from Providence Health Care?

The most cited paper from Providence Health Care is "Prevalence of abnormal serum vitamin D, PTH, calcium, and phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease: Results of the study to evaluate early kidney disease" (Adeera Levin, George L. Bakris, Mark E. Molitch et al., 2006), with 1,522 citations. Next come "Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline" (1,505) and "Markets, Religion, Community Size, and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment" (1,435).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of abnormal serum vitamin D, PTH, calcium, and phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease: Results of the study to evaluate early kidney disease Adeera Levin, George L. Bakris, Mark E. Molitch et al. · Kidney International Open access 8 Nov 2006 1,522
2 Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline Sean Wharton et al. · Canadian Medical Association Journal Open access 3 Aug 2020 1,505
3 Markets, Religion, Community Size, and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment Joseph Henrich, Jean Ensminger, Richard L. McElreath et al. · Science 18 Mar 2010 1,435
4 The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study Scott Alexander Lear et al. · The Lancet Open access 22 Sep 2017 1,390
5 SCCT guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT angiography: A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines Committee Jonathon A Leipsic, Suhny Abbara, Stephan S. Achenbach et al. · Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 23 Jul 2014 1,091
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Which keywords describe research at Providence Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Quality of Life, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, Public Health, Pain Management and Chronic Pain Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.8×68 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 3.8×27 topics
  3. Depression11▲ 6.0×15 topics
  4. Public Health11▲ 3.5×24 topics
  5. Inflammation10▲ 2.2×36 topics
  6. Substance Use Disorders8▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Mortality Risk8▲ 16×5 topics
  8. Mental Health7▲ 2.3×20 topics
  9. Treatment6▲ 2.5×24 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.5×25 topics
  11. Mortality6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  12. Anxiety6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  13. Pain Management6▲ 12×7 topics
  14. Risk Factors6▲ 2.4×21 topics
  15. Chronic Pain Management5▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Global Burden5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  17. Opioid Prescribing5▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Aging5▲ 4.5×7 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  21. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  22. Elderly Patients4▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Social Support4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  24. Primary Care4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  25. Neuropathic Pain4▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Substance Abuse4▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  28. Chronic Pain4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  29. Neuroimaging4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Prognosis4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  31. Neuroinflammation4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  32. Postoperative Pain3▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 11×6 topics
  36. HIV3▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Behavioral Interventions3▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Patient Engagement3▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Alcohol Dependence3▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Motivational Interviewing3▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Providence Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Pain Management and Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

Opioid Use Disorder Trea…5Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 5 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…3Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…2Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …2Mental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …2Homelessness and Social Issues: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineEpidemiologyGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Providence Health Care's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Providence Health Care as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Providence Health Care0.00095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Providence Health Care over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Providence Health Care9.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2014.

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