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Saskatchewan Health Authority

In research, Saskatchewan Health Authority stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,337 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,838 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,416
of 22,385 · #15,944 all time
Rank in Canada
#210
of 305
Research works
586
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Saskatchewan Health Authority

What is Saskatchewan Health Authority known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,337 of 9,902 7.8%95 #7838
MedicineField #4,838 of 8,541 7.7%73 #7259

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saskatchewan Health Authority 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 Saskatchewan Health Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Saskatchewan Health Authority is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Health Professions (14%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 111 fractional works · 67.2% of its workMedicine: 84 fractional works · 51.0% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 13.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSaskatchewanHealth Authority165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences16%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8451.0%
    2. Health Professions2313.6%
    3. Veterinary21.2%
    4. Nursing21.1%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Social Sciences137.7%
    2. Psychology106.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology106.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.0%
    4. Neuroscience31.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering21.2%
    2. Mathematics20.9%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Environmental Science10.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.63× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.17× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.65× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.99× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.63×2 works
  2. Health Professions5.17×22 works
  3. Medicine2.65×84 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.63×4 works
  5. Nursing2.25×2 works
  6. Psychology1.99×10 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×10 works
  8. Neuroscience1.00×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.80×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.63×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.60×13 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×3 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.39×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.12×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  21. Engineering0.08×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saskatchewan Health Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Sandy Kassir, Meenu Sharma and Maureen Anderson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saskatchewan Health Authority.

  1. 1 Sandy Kassir Canada · #1,194,600 worldwide 847 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Meenu Sharma Canada · #2,452,972 worldwide 405 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Maureen Anderson Canada · #3,039,848 worldwide 408 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Hilda Wai-Han CHAN Canada · #3,058,288 worldwide 696 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Tanis Kershaw Canada · #3,100,728 worldwide 399 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Martha Elizabeth Lyon Canada · #3,167,632 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Jason Robert Vanstone Canada · #3,310,143 worldwide 487 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Shubrandu Sutradhar Sanjoy Canada · #3,471,785 worldwide 252 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Tania Diener Canada · #3,998,313 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 P Ninova Canada · #4,960,081 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Saskatchewan Health Authority

What are the most cited papers from Saskatchewan Health Authority?

The most cited paper from Saskatchewan Health Authority is "Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer: ASCO/CAP Guideline Update" (Kimberly H. Allison, M. Elizabeth H. Hammond, Mitch Dowsett et al., 2020), with 1,604 citations. Next come "The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain Survey" (1,160) and "VPS35 Mutations in Parkinson Disease" (907).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer: ASCO/CAP Guideline Update Kimberly H. Allison, M. Elizabeth H. Hammond, Mitch Dowsett et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 13 Jan 2020 1,604
2 The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain Survey Pierre Côté, J. David Cassidy, Linda Carroll · Spine Aug 1998 1,160
3 VPS35 Mutations in Parkinson Disease Carles Vilariño‐Güell et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access Jul 2011 907
4 Dose-response issues concerning physical activity and health: an evidence-based symposium Yrjö Antero Kesäniemi, E. Danforth, Michael Dam Jensen et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Jun 2001 843
5 Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit Jennifer Brant · Brock Education Journal Open access 9 Oct 2014 803
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saskatchewan Health Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Health Equity, COVID-19, Primary Care, Depression and Chronic Disease Management.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.0×78 topics
  2. Public Health9▲ 3.6×26 topics
  3. Mental Health8▲ 3.2×24 topics
  4. COVID-197▲ 3.3×12 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.78×33 topics
  6. Depression6▲ 4.0×16 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×30 topics
  8. Treatment5▲ 2.4×27 topics
  9. Pandemic5▲ 2.9×6 topics
  10. Health Equity5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  11. Primary Care4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.2×19 topics
  13. Immune Response4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  15. Biomarkers4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  16. Diagnosis4▲ 2.6×18 topics
  17. Anxiety4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  19. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders4▲ 3.7×11 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  22. Clinical Trials3▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.0×14 topics
  24. Global Burden3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  25. Physical Activity3▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Quality Improvement3▲ 10.0×7 topics
  27. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 9.0×8 topics
  28. Health Outcomes3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  29. Vaccine3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  30. Social Support3▲ 3.4×13 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.8×6 topics
  32. Chronic Disease3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Adolescents3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  35. Decolonization3▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Healthcare Workers3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  37. Indigenous Health3▲ 107×1 topic
  38. Vaccine Development2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  39. Mortality Risk2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  40. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Saskatchewan Health Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation and Microbial infections and disease research.

Indigenous Health, Educa…3Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…1Health Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 1 fractional works
HealthClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMicrobiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 1 works
  5. 5 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saskatchewan Health Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saskatchewan Health Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Saskatchewan Health Authority0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saskatchewan Health Authority over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Saskatchewan Health Authority13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2016.

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