Public Health Ontario
In research, Public Health Ontario stands highest in Health Sciences (#317 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#371 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#966 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, General Health Professions and Infectious Diseases (Health is 9.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #796 of 22,385 · #790 all time
- Rank in Canada
- #25 of 305
- Research works
- 3.6k ▲ 19% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 110k 30.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 15.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.38× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 66% world 40%
- International
- 38% world 18%
What is Public Health Ontario known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #317 of 9,902 | 16.0% | 678 | #354 | |
| MedicineField | #371 of 8,541 | 15.5% | 494 | #415 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #966 of 9,585 | 16.4% | 287 | #776 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #216 of 1,895 | 17.2% | 169 | #160 | |
| General Health ProfessionsSubfield | #139 of 944 | 17.5% | 125 | #113 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,132 of 6,403 | 13.0% | 105 | #1045 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,245 of 5,988 | 17.1% | 130 | #940 | |
| PsychologyField | #528 of 2,121 | 14.8% | 94 | #522 | |
| EpidemiologySubfield | #251 of 927 | 15.6% | 75 | #227 | |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield | #248 of 858 | 14.3% | 72 | #209 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health Ontario 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#354 #317
- Medicine#415 #371
- Social Sciences#776 #966
- Health Professions#160 #216
- General Health Professions#113 #139
- Life Sciences#1,045 #1,132
- Social Sciences#940 #1,245
- Psychology#522 #528
- Epidemiology#227 #251
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#209 #248
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Public Health Ontario work in?
In 2022-now, 58% of research at Public Health Ontario is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Health Professions (14%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences77758.3%
- Medicine57142.9%
- Health Professions18814.1%
- Nursing100.8%
- Dentistry70.5%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Social Sciences32224.2%
- Social Sciences14510.9%
- Psychology1057.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance362.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting161.2%
- Decision Sciences120.9%
- Arts and Humanities70.6%
- Life Sciences1219.1%
- Physical Sciences1138.5%
- Environmental Science352.7%
- Computer Science282.1%
- Mathematics272.0%
- Engineering151.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
- Physics and Astronomy20.1%
- Chemistry20.1%
- Materials Science10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Energy00.0%
What does Public Health Ontario specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- HealthSubfield · 38.8 works9.8×
- General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 139.1 works7.6×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 51.0 works5.6×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions5.35×188 works
- Psychology2.60×105 works
- Medicine2.23×571 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.94×26 works
- Mathematics1.71×27 works
- Nursing1.54×10 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.35×6 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×36 works
- Dentistry1.11×7 works
- Decision Sciences0.94×12 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×61 works
- Social Sciences0.86×145 works
- Neuroscience0.75×16 works
- Environmental Science0.54×36 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.38×16 works
- Computer Science0.27×28 works
- Arts and Humanities0.19×7 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×11 works
- Veterinary0.15×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×2 works
- Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
- Engineering0.08×15 works
- Chemistry0.07×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.06×2 works
- Materials Science0.02×1 works
- Energy0.01×0 works
- Health Professions 5.3×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Medicine 2.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.9×
- Mathematics 1.7×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.4×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.3×
- Dentistry 1.1×
- Decision Sciences 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
- Energy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Public Health Ontario?
Ranked on the quality score, Hong Chen, Ray Copes and Kevin Antoine Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health Ontario.
- 1
Hong Chen
Canada · #27,260 worldwide 11k citations · 164 works
- 2
Ray Copes
Canada · #99,030 worldwide 6.6k citations · 128 works
- 3
Kevin Antoine Brown
Canada · #181,067 worldwide 7.6k citations · 269 works
- 4
Sarah A. Buchan
Canada · #189,557 worldwide 5.4k citations · 211 works
- 5
Kevin L. Schwartz
Canada · #201,495 worldwide 8k citations · 228 works
- 6
Jonathan B. Gubbay
Canada · #266,590 worldwide 12k citations · 257 works
- 7
Bradley J. Langford
Canada · #404,363 worldwide 5.5k citations · 157 works
- 8
Sarah E. Wilson
Canada · #407,917 worldwide 3.8k citations · 125 works
- 9
Lindsay R. Friedman
Canada · #438,625 worldwide 579 citations · 39 works
- 10
Natasha Sarah Crowcroft
Canada · #475,689 worldwide 15k citations · 360 works
Which keywords describe research at Public Health Ontario?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Primary Care, Health Disparities, Depression, COVID-19 and Health Equity.
- Behavioral Interventions
- Mortality Rates
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Behavior Change
- Substance Abuse
- Cancer Risk
- Health Outcomes
- Prevalence
- Chronic Disease Management
- Infectious Diseases
- SARS-CoV-2
- Global Burden of Disease
- Anxiety
- Mortality Risk
- Health Equity
- Health Disparities
- Risk Factors
- Depression
- COVID-19
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Quality of Life
- Pandemic
- Primary Care
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Social Support
- Healthcare
- Mortality
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Substance Use Disorders
- Vaccine
- Quality Improvement
- Psychological Impact
- Adolescents
- Stigma
- Social Determinants of Health
- Health Care Utilization
- Healthcare Workers
- Impulsivity
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
- Epidemiology172▲ 3.2×123 topics
- Public Health100▲ 5.1×56 topics
- Mental Health86▲ 4.5×36 topics
- COVID-1959▲ 3.4×23 topics
- Quality of Life56▲ 2.9×50 topics
- Depression52▲ 4.5×21 topics
- Pandemic47▲ 3.6×8 topics
- Risk Factors46▲ 3.1×35 topics
- Primary Care43▲ 8.6×14 topics
- Health Disparities42▲ 12×8 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 2.6×33 topics
- Health Equity36▲ 9.2×6 topics
- Social Support35▲ 4.9×15 topics
- Mortality Risk35▲ 11×6 topics
- Healthcare34▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Anxiety34▲ 5.3×12 topics
- Mortality31▲ 4.1×12 topics
- Global Burden of Disease31▲ 9.3×4 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders30▲ 17×4 topics
- SARS-CoV-230▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Substance Use Disorders30▲ 29×2 topics
- Infectious Diseases29▲ 6.7×9 topics
- Vaccine29▲ 5.5×10 topics
- Chronic Disease Management28▲ 11×5 topics
- Quality Improvement26▲ 10×8 topics
- Prevalence26▲ 4.8×15 topics
- Psychological Impact26▲ 6.2×10 topics
- Health Outcomes25▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Adolescents25▲ 5.1×8 topics
- Cancer Risk24▲ 7.9×10 topics
- Stigma24▲ 13×5 topics
- Substance Abuse23▲ 26×2 topics
- Social Determinants of Health23▲ 8.0×6 topics
- Behavior Change22▲ 11×4 topics
- Health Care Utilization22▲ 15×3 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice21▲ 12×6 topics
- Healthcare Workers20▲ 6.4×6 topics
- Mortality Rates19▲ 15×2 topics
- Impulsivity19▲ 26×2 topics
- Behavioral Interventions18▲ 17×3 topics
Which research topics does Public Health Ontario publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Health Policy Implementation Science, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 18 works
- 2 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 14 works
- 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
- 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 13 works
- 5 Health disparities and outcomes Health 12 works
- 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 12 works
- 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 12 works
- 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 12 works
- 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 12 works
- 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Public Health Ontario's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Public Health Ontario as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0052% in 2024.
Fractional works of Public Health Ontario 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.1% in 2009.
Other research institutions in Toronto
- University of Toronto
- York University
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- Toronto General Hospital
- SickKids Foundation
- Toronto Western Hospital
- Toronto Public Health
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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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