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Providence Health Care

In research, Providence Health Care stands highest in Medicine (#4,122 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,372 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,300
of 28,054 · #13,128 all time
Rank in Canada
#212
of 403
Research works
748
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Providence Health Care 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 #4,122 of 10,443 16.8%106 #4164
Health SciencesDomain #5,372 of 11,982 17.2%125 #4798

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 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.00× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Providence Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Mortality Risk, Quality of Life, Substance Use Disorders, Public Health, Inflammation and 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 2022–2025 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▲ 2.8×63 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 3.8×25 topics
  3. Depression9▲ 5.8×15 topics
  4. Public Health9▲ 3.5×21 topics
  5. Inflammation9▲ 2.4×33 topics
  6. Mortality Risk7▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Substance Use Disorders7▲ 53×2 topics
  8. Mental Health6▲ 2.3×20 topics
  9. Treatment6▲ 2.5×22 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.6×24 topics
  11. Mortality5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  12. Anxiety5▲ 5.8×9 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Aging5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  15. Chronic Pain Management5▲ 77×1 topic
  16. Opioid Prescribing5▲ 77×1 topic
  17. Pain Management5▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Social Support4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  19. Global Burden4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  21. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  22. Substance Abuse4▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Elderly Patients4▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Primary Care4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  25. Prognosis4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Neuroimaging3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  28. Neuropathic Pain3▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  30. Psychological Impact3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  32. Postoperative Pain3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  36. HIV3▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Neural Plasticity2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  39. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome2▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Providence Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…2Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental health3 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 2 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Providence Health Care's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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