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Royal Jubilee Hospital

In research, Royal Jubilee Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,000 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,501 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 4.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#27,509
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#562
of 718
Research works
214
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Royal Jubilee Hospital

What is Royal Jubilee Hospital 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 #8,000 of 16,688 9.1%173
MedicineField #7,501 of 14,558 9.7%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Jubilee 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Royal Jubilee Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Royal Jubilee Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Environmental Science (3%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 81.0% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 77.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal JubileeHospital27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences2%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2177.5%
    2. Health Professions13.2%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Environmental Science13.3%
    2. Engineering12.6%
    3. Computer Science01.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    2. Social Sciences00.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Jubilee Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 21.1 works4.0×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 22.0 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 21 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 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.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.03×21 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.57×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.22×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×2 works
  5. Environmental Science0.66×1 works
  6. Dentistry0.51×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.21×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  13. Engineering0.17×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Jubilee Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, PAUL G. NOVAK, Laurence D. Sterns and Richard A. Leather lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Jubilee Hospital.

  1. 1 PAUL G. NOVAK Canada · #215,475 worldwide 8.6k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Laurence D. Sterns Canada · #429,073 worldwide 4.6k citations · 150 works
  3. 3 Richard A. Leather Canada · #1,201,317 worldwide 1.7k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Simon D. Robinson Canada · #1,354,268 worldwide 3.9k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Christopher J. Lane Canada · #1,725,719 worldwide 706 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 P. E. B. Coy Canada · #1,788,788 worldwide 1.3k citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Eric Fretz Canada · #2,259,261 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Imad J. Nadra Canada · #2,446,677 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Peter Klinke Canada · #2,633,909 worldwide 847 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Lawrence N. Scotten Canada · #2,824,881 worldwide 632 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Jubilee Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Royal Jubilee Hospital?

The most cited paper from Royal Jubilee Hospital is "Approaches to Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation" (Atul Verma, Chenyang Jiang, Timothy R. Betts et al., 2015), with 2,339 citations. Next come "Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs" (862) and "Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation" (821).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Approaches to Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Atul Verma, Chenyang Jiang, Timothy R. Betts et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 May 2015 2,339
2 Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs John L. Sapp, George A. Wells, Ratika Parkash et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 May 2016 862
3 Cryoablation or Drug Therapy for Initial Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Jason G. Andrade et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Nov 2020 821
4 Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Jacqueline Saw, Eve D. Aymong, Tara Sedlak et al. · Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions Oct 2014 774
5 2017 Comprehensive Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure Justin Adrian Ezekowitz et al. · Canadian Journal of Cardiology 6 Sep 2017 692
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Jubilee Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death, Echocardiography, Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke Prevention and Anticoagulant Therapy.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Catheter Ablation4▲ 107×2 topics
  2. Guidelines3▲ 22×5 topics
  3. Epidemiology3▲ 2.6×26 topics
  4. Arrhythmias3▲ 100×2 topics
  5. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 85×2 topics
  6. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 54×1 topic
  7. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Echocardiography2▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Risk Stratification2▲ 93×1 topic
  10. Stroke Prevention2▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Heart Failure2▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 59×1 topic
  13. Ventricular Tachycardia2▲ 126×1 topic
  14. Diagnosis1▲ 5.0×10 topics
  15. Risk Factors1▲ 4.4×7 topics
  16. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy1▲ 99×1 topic
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator1▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Quality of Life1▲ 2.7×8 topics
  20. Treatment1▲ 3.4×7 topics
  21. Atherosclerosis1▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Jubilee Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksDiagnosis and Treatment …0Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases: 0 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryArtificial IntelligenceCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 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 available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Jubilee Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Jubilee Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000093% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Royal Jubilee Hospital0.000077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Jubilee Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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