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St. John’s Health Sciences Centre

In research, St. John’s Health Sciences Centre stands highest in Medicine (#7,053 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,255 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,069
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#404
of 718
Research works
379
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
St. John’s Health Sciences Centre

What is St. John’s Health Sciences Centre 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 #7,053 of 14,558 11.5%194
Health SciencesDomain #8,255 of 16,688 11.2%224

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. John’s Health Sciences Centre 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 St. John’s Health Sciences Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at St. John’s Health Sciences Centre is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 66.9% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 58.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. John’s HealthSciences Centre39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences11%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2358.6%
    2. Health Professions36.7%
    3. Nursing01.2%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.1%
    3. Neuroscience12.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities13.4%
    2. Social Sciences12.9%
    3. Psychology12.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.9%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Engineering13.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.6%
    3. Computer Science11.4%
    4. Environmental Science01.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.12×1 works
  2. Medicine3.05×23 works
  3. Health Professions2.54×3 works
  4. Nursing2.44×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.68×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.30×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.23×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.19×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.96×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.89×0 works
  12. Psychology0.72×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.35×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works
  17. Engineering0.23×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.23×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.20×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. John’s Health Sciences Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew Newbury and Ray F. Morris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. John’s Health Sciences Centre.

  1. 1 Andrew Newbury Canada · #5,202,452 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Ray F. Morris Canada · #5,659,869 worldwide 101 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at St. John’s Health Sciences Centre

What are the most cited papers from St. John’s Health Sciences Centre?

The most cited paper from St. John’s Health Sciences Centre is "A Trial of Darbepoetin Alfa in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease" (Marc A. Pfeffer, Emmanuel A. Burdmann, Chao Yin Chen et al., 2009), with 2,110 citations. Next come "Clinical and echocardiographic disease in patients starting end-stage renal disease therapy" (1,302) and "Human Papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer" (1,123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Trial of Darbepoetin Alfa in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Marc A. Pfeffer, Emmanuel A. Burdmann, Chao Yin Chen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Oct 2009 2,110
2 Clinical and echocardiographic disease in patients starting end-stage renal disease therapy Robert N. Foley, Patrick S. Parfrey, John D. Harnett et al. · Kidney International Open access 1995 1,302
3 Human Papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, Eliane Duarte‐Franco, Isabel Rodrigues et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 17 Oct 2007 1,123
4 Contrast Material-Induced Renal Failure in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus, Renal Insufficiency, or Both Patrick S. Parfrey, Sheila M. Griffiths, Brendan J. Barrett et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 19 Jan 1989 1,016
5 Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada Philippe De Wals, Fassiatou Tairou, Margot I. Van Allen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 11 Jul 2007 855
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Which keywords describe research at St. John’s Health Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Risk Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Prophylaxis, Antithrombotic Therapy and Pulmonary Embolism.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.1×37 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 6.5×12 topics
  3. Risk Factors3▲ 6.0×8 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 6.1×10 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 2.1×14 topics
  7. Prophylaxis2▲ 36×3 topics
  8. Antithrombotic Therapy2▲ 51×2 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 2.9×12 topics
  10. Pulmonary Embolism2▲ 65×1 topic
  11. Venous Thromboembolism2▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Global Burden1▲ 6.7×8 topics
  13. Depression1▲ 3.8×8 topics
  14. Public Health1▲ 2.3×11 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.3×11 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does St. John’s Health Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research and Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control.

Venous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 1 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 0 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Research: 0 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk0HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …0Cancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…0Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders: 0 fractional works
Internal MedicinePhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 0 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  7. 7 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St. John’s Health Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 St. John’s Health Sciences Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of St. John’s Health Sciences Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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