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Royal Alexandra Hospital

In research, Royal Alexandra Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,887 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,595 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,343
of 28,054 · #17,202 all time
Rank in Canada
#338
of 403
Research works
636
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Royal Alexandra Hospital 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 #6,887 of 10,443 21.2%63 #4593
Health SciencesDomain #8,595 of 11,982 20.9%69 #5129

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Alexandra Hospital 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 63 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Alexandra Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Neil N. Finer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Alexandra Hospital.

  1. 1 Neil N. Finer Canada · #72,061 worldwide 240 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Alexandra Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Alexandra Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Preterm Infants, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Lung Stem Cells, Surfactant Proteins, Obesity, Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest.

▲ 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. Preterm Infants10▲ 108×4 topics
  2. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia8▲ 159×2 topics
  3. Lung Stem Cells8▲ 168×1 topic
  4. Respiratory Distress Syndrome8▲ 119×2 topics
  5. Surfactant Proteins8▲ 168×1 topic
  6. Obesity6▲ 10×7 topics
  7. Epidemiology6▲ 1.94×37 topics
  8. Resuscitation6▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Cardiac Arrest5▲ 115×1 topic
  10. Hypothermia5▲ 88×1 topic
  11. Inflammation5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Diabetes4▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Health Outcomes4▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 29×6 topics
  17. Weight Loss4▲ 33×3 topics
  18. Lifestyle Intervention4▲ 59×2 topics
  19. Bariatric Surgery4▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Metabolic Surgery4▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Complications3▲ 8.8×9 topics
  22. Quality of Life3▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Mortality Risk2▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Medical Education2▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Acute Lung Injury2▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy2▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Neonatal Encephalopathy2▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Patient Safety2▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Debriefing2▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Heart Failure2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Simulation2▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Surgery2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 28×3 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Neural Circuits2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Alexandra Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…8Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…2Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience of respiration and sleep: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEmergency MedicineSurgeryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Alexandra Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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