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Royal Victoria Hospital

In research, Royal Victoria Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#647 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#823 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,658 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#2,818
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#80
of 896
Research works
3.8k
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
173k
45.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Royal Victoria 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
MedicineField #647 of 17,978 25.3%2,512
Health SciencesDomain #823 of 20,462 25.3%2,649
Life SciencesDomain #1,658 of 14,347 24.7%824
SurgerySubfield #717 of 4,227 24.8%360
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #530 of 2,717 24.9%274
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,614 of 7,814 27.4%528
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield #361 of 1,085 32.6%169
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,720 of 4,961 27.6%276
Social SciencesDomain #6,387 of 16,945 32.5%147
EpidemiologySubfield #1,148 of 2,519 24.1%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Victoria 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Victoria Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yogesh Patel, Allan D. Sniderman and Arthur Vineberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Victoria Hospital.

  1. 1 Yogesh Patel Canada · #33,011 worldwide 449 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Allan D. Sniderman Canada · #66,524 worldwide 342 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Arthur Vineberg Canada · #83,567 worldwide 212 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Samuel G. Solomon Canada · #99,875 worldwide 179 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Robert Lisbona Canada · #148,482 worldwide 137 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 MacLean Ld Canada · #195,607 worldwide 104 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Sheldon Magder Canada · #200,183 worldwide 187 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Benoı̂t Mesurolle Canada · #200,593 worldwide 86 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 H.P.J. Bennett Canada · #234,590 worldwide 188 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Frederick Kalz Canada · #267,491 worldwide 39 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Victoria Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Royal Victoria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Management, BRAF Mutation, Radiotherapy, Precision Medicine and Thyroid Carcinoma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 2.3×34 topics
  2. Diagnosis4▲ 8.3×18 topics
  3. Management3▲ 6.6×10 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.2×13 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 3.5×12 topics
  6. BRAF Mutation2▲ 57×2 topics
  7. Radiotherapy2▲ 10×8 topics
  8. Treatment2▲ 3.3×16 topics
  9. Precision Medicine2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  10. Thyroid Carcinoma2▲ 72×2 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.1×13 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  13. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer2▲ 89×1 topic
  14. Thyroid Nodules2▲ 89×1 topic
  15. Atherosclerosis2▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Inflammation2▲ 1.53×24 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  18. Obesity2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  19. Robotic Surgery2▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Complications1▲ 5.7×6 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance1▲ 6.2×6 topics
  22. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Prognosis1▲ 8.0×7 topics
  24. Surgery1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  25. Biomarkers1▲ 3.5×11 topics
  26. Rehabilitation1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  27. Risk Factors1▲ 2.2×10 topics
  28. Cancer Risk1▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Diabetes1▲ 4.6×5 topics
  30. Guidelines1▲ 4.6×7 topics
  31. Machine Learning1▼ 0.71×5 topics
  32. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.40×11 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment1▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Survival Analysis1▲ 7.8×6 topics
  35. Echocardiography1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Global Burden1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  37. Household Fuel Use1▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  40. Urinary Incontinence1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Victoria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Energy and Environment Impacts, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid …1Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 1 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…1Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPollutionPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  6. 6 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  7. 7 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available22.6%not open77.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Victoria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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