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St. John’s Health Sciences Centre

In research, St. John’s Health Sciences Centre stands highest in Medicine (#12,069 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,490 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,229
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#473
of 896
Research works
379
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

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 #12,069 of 17,978 15.8%194
Health SciencesDomain #14,490 of 20,462 16.2%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 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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× 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, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at St. John’s Health Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Risk Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prophylaxis, Diagnosis, Antithrombotic Therapy and Venous Thromboembolism.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.9×32 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  3. Risk Factors2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 2.2×10 topics
  7. Prophylaxis2▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Antithrombotic Therapy1▲ 49×1 topic
  9. Venous Thromboembolism1▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Global Burden1▲ 6.7×8 topics
  11. Public Health1▲ 2.4×9 topics
  12. Depression1▲ 3.7×8 topics
  13. Quality of Life1▲ 2.3×11 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

Venous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 0 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Research: 0 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Prac…0Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 0 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 0 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional works
Internal MedicinePhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 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 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 0 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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