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Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada

In research, Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,703 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,631 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,429
of 28,054 · #16,101 all time
Rank in Canada
#355
of 403
Research works
666
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
44.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,703 of 11,982 13.4%83 #4479
MedicineField #7,631 of 10,443 13.1%78 #3294

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shriners Hospitals for Children - 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).

What does Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.1 works7.4×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.07× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 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 Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Michel van der Rest lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada.

  1. 1 Michel van der Rest Canada · #354,972 worldwide 121 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada

Which keywords describe research at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomechanics, Internal Fixation, Bone Healing, Fracture Epidemiology, Aortic Aneurysm, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Marfan Syndrome and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Biomechanics16▲ 46×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×17 topics
  3. Internal Fixation12▲ 144×2 topics
  4. Bone Healing11▲ 220×1 topic
  5. Fracture Epidemiology11▲ 220×1 topic
  6. Aortic Aneurysm9▲ 129×2 topics
  7. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome9▲ 375×1 topic
  8. Marfan Syndrome9▲ 375×1 topic
  9. Rehabilitation8▲ 17×6 topics
  10. SMN17▲ 289×1 topic
  11. Spinal Muscular Atrophy7▲ 289×1 topic
  12. Osteoarthritis6▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Femoroacetabular Impingement5▲ 165×1 topic
  14. Hip Arthroscopy5▲ 165×1 topic
  15. Inflammation5▲ 1.92×16 topics
  16. Cerebral Palsy4▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Gross Motor Function4▲ 86×1 topic
  18. ICF Model4▲ 86×1 topic
  19. Revision Surgery4▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Complications4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  22. Arthroplasty3▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Medical Education3▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Chronic Pain3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Low Back Pain3▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Pain Management3▲ 9.6×7 topics
  27. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Regeneration2▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion2▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Stem Cells2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Wear Particles2▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Biomineralization2▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Parathyroid Hormone2▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Cancer Progression2▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Osteopontin2▲ 130×2 topics
  36. Training2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Gait Analysis2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Kinematics2▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone fractures and treatments, Connective tissue disorders research, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research and Hip disorders and treatments.

Bone fractures and treat…11Bone fractures and treatments: 11 fractional worksConnective tissue disorders research: 9 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 7 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 5 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneticsSurgeryPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 11 works
  2. 2 Connective tissue disorders research Genetics 9 works
  3. 3 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 7 works
  4. 4 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  6. 6 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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