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Provincial Health Services Authority

In research, Provincial Health Services Authority stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,480 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,626
of 28,054 · #27,028 all time
Rank in Canada
#268
of 403
Research works
258
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Provincial Health Services 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,480 of 11,982 22.9%63 #10834

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Provincial Health Services 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).

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.78× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.72× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 2.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Provincial Health Services Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality, Quality of Life, Primary Care, Clinical Trials and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.3×42 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 5.0×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 3.6×18 topics
  4. COVID-194▲ 3.4×11 topics
  5. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.9×8 topics
  7. Mortality4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  8. Healthcare4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  9. Depression4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  10. Mental Health4▲ 2.5×12 topics
  11. Primary Care3▲ 9.4×8 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  13. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Risk Factors3▲ 2.9×16 topics
  16. Health Equity3▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Mortality Risk3▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  19. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  20. Chronic Pain Management2▲ 77×1 topic
  21. Healthcare Workers2▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Opioid Prescribing2▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Anxiety2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  25. Informed Consent2▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Digital Divide2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  27. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Cultural Competence2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  30. Quality Improvement2▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Telemedicine2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Ethical Guidelines2▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Research Participation2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Telehealth2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Virtual Care2▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  38. Elderly Patients2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. End-of-Life2▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Palliative Care2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Provincial Health Services Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Ethics in Clinical Research and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Opioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…2Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…2Ethics in Clinical Research: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…2Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCultural Competency in Health Care: 2 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Privacy: 1 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and …1Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 1 fractional worksNursing Education, Pract…1Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologySociology and Political ScienceToxicology3 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 2 works
  2. 2 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Cultural Competency in Health Care Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  10. 10 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 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 available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Provincial Health Services Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% 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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