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Royal University Hospital

In research, Royal University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,515 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#2,876 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,100 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,099
of 28,054 · #7,603 all time
Rank in Canada
#366
of 403
Research works
1.5k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
31.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Royal University 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 #2,515 of 20,462 14.2%1,021
MedicineField #2,876 of 17,978 13.6%945
Life SciencesDomain #5,100 of 14,347 18.5%313
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,523 of 7,814 17.5%150
SurgerySubfield #2,829 of 4,227 10.5%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal University 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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.01× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, A. Hoffer, Brent Burbridge and R. A. Heacock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal University Hospital.

  1. 1 A. Hoffer Canada · #64,932 worldwide 190 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Brent Burbridge Canada · #646,968 worldwide 21 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 R. A. Heacock Canada · #732,190 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Joseph M. Blondeau Canada · #1,112,368 worldwide 35 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Axel Hoffer Canada · #1,182,358 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Royal University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Chemotherapy, Neural Plasticity, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Antimicrobial Resistance and Targeted 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.9×46 topics
  2. Inflammation3▲ 2.0×21 topics
  3. Cancer3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.4×14 topics
  5. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  6. Mortality2▲ 6.0×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 1.99×11 topics
  8. Neural Plasticity2▲ 16×4 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  10. Treatment2▲ 2.3×10 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  13. Management2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  14. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  15. Functional Recovery2▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  17. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  18. Depression1▲ 2.4×9 topics
  19. Quality Improvement1▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Critical Care1▲ 8.3×6 topics
  21. Echocardiography1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  22. Health Equity1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  23. Immunotherapy1▲ 2.7×7 topics
  24. Medical Imaging1▲ 3.7×4 topics
  25. Neuroimaging1▲ 6.9×6 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors1▲ 4.2×8 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  28. Constraint-Induced Therapy1▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Genetic Mutations1▲ 3.9×11 topics
  30. Global Burden1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  31. Imaging1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Motor Recovery1▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Medical Education1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Neuroprotection1▲ 4.6×5 topics
  35. Reconstruction1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  37. PET/CT1▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  39. Receptor tyrosine kinases1▲ 42×2 topics
  40. tumor1▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Radiology practices and education and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…1Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…1Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 1 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional works
RehabilitationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyMicrobiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  3. 3 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 1 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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