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Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

In research, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre stands highest in Medicine (#6,220 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,960 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,444
of 28,054 · #8,086 all time
Rank in Canada
#243
of 403
Research works
1.4k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
31.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre 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 #6,220 of 10,443 10.8%96 #1364
Health SciencesDomain #7,960 of 11,982 10.9%99 #1759

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Lori Wood, Daniel Rayson and Jafna L. Cox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.

  1. 1 Lori Wood Canada · #225,224 worldwide 113 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Daniel Rayson Canada · #235,826 worldwide 100 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Jafna L. Cox Canada · #299,567 worldwide 133 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Darrell White Canada · #494,129 worldwide 68 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Ratika Parkash Canada · #550,187 worldwide 105 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Karen J. Buth Canada · #759,595 worldwide 24 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Jean Gray Canada · #931,855 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 David MacDonald Canada · #991,522 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.7×62 topics
  2. Chemotherapy9▲ 11×20 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 5.0×21 topics
  4. Immunotherapy6▲ 7.4×12 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors6▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Catheter Ablation5▲ 35×2 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations5▲ 9.2×13 topics
  8. Guidelines5▲ 8.6×10 topics
  9. Arrhythmias4▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Diagnosis4▲ 3.7×23 topics
  11. Radiotherapy4▲ 8.9×9 topics
  12. Complications4▲ 6.6×12 topics
  13. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Heart Failure4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  16. Rituximab4▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  19. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  20. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Classification3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  24. Echocardiography3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  25. Electroanatomic Mapping3▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Lymphoma3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization3▲ 12×6 topics
  30. PET Imaging3▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy2▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator2▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Stroke Prevention2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Arthroplasty2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Neurobiology2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Comorbidity2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Risk Stratification2▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Thromboembolism2▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hypera…2Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…2Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksCNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthPathology and Forensic MedicineHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

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