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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

In research, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,147 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#2,814 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,343 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,092
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#230
of 896
Research works
1.1k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,147 of 20,462 22.4%315
MedicineField #2,814 of 17,978 22.1%231
Social SciencesDomain #6,343 of 16,945 20.6%182
Physical SciencesDomain #10,715 of 21,541 19.2%410
Life SciencesDomain #11,107 of 14,347 17.9%176
EngineeringField #8,890 of 11,412 20.7%156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 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: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.92× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.33× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Tanya Horsley, James Wilson and Hy. Harrison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

  1. 1 Tanya Horsley Canada · #249,913 worldwide 4.8k citations · 15 works
  2. 2 James Wilson Canada · #352,059 worldwide 31 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Hy. Harrison Canada · #655,452 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 William Fletcher Barrett Canada · #741,789 worldwide 9 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 F. S. Spring Canada · #825,265 worldwide 73 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Walter Noel Hartley Canada · #870,274 worldwide 18 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 William A. Tilden Canada · #880,359 worldwide 30 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Grenville A. J. Cole Canada · #1,351,482 worldwide 13 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton Canada · #1,479,802 worldwide 3 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Craig Campbell Canada · #1,537,951 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Which keywords describe research at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reflective Practice, Faculty Development, Competency-Based Education, Assessment Methods, Continuing Medical Education, Professional Identity Formation, Medical Education and Patient Safety.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Reflective Practice7▲ 72×3 topics
  2. Faculty Development5▲ 133×2 topics
  3. Competency-Based Education5▲ 107×2 topics
  4. Assessment Methods5▲ 88×2 topics
  5. Continuing Medical Education5▲ 150×1 topic
  6. Professional Identity Formation5▲ 150×1 topic
  7. Medical Education3▲ 24×10 topics
  8. Patient Safety3▲ 42×5 topics
  9. Nanoparticles2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  10. Epidemiology2◆ 0.87×19 topics
  11. Machine Learning2◆ 1.03×9 topics
  12. Primary Care2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  13. Clinical Reasoning2▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Diagnostic Error2▲ 148×1 topic
  15. Quality Improvement2▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  17. Education1▲ 1.55×9 topics
  18. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Simulation1▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Drug Delivery1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  21. Academic Medicine1▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  23. Clinical Judgment1▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Debriefing1▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Higher Education1▲ 4.3×7 topics
  26. Inflammation1◆ 1.11×9 topics
  27. Mental Health1▲ 1.64×9 topics
  28. Organizational Culture1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  29. American Musical Theatre1▲ 359×1 topic
  30. Gender1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  31. Hydrocolloids1▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Melodrama1▲ 359×1 topic
  33. Nanomaterials1▲ 1.85×2 topics
  34. Student Perceptions1▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Toxicity1▲ 4.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Theater, Performance, and Music History.

Innovations in Medical E…5Innovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and D…2Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…1Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksTheater, Performance, and Music History: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksMedical Education and Admissions: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems: 1 fractional worksPolysaccharides Composition and Applications: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthFamily PracticePhysiologyMusic5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 2 works
  3. 3 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Theater, Performance, and Music History Music 1 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  9. 9 Polysaccharides Composition and Applications Food Science 1 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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