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St Joseph's Health Care

In research, St Joseph's Health Care stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,342 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,272 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,017
of 28,054 · #16,186 all time
Rank in Canada
#249
of 403
Research works
1k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is St Joseph's Health Care 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 #6,342 of 11,982 14.7%127 #6140
MedicineField #6,272 of 10,443 14.1%116 #5097

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Joseph's Health Care 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 St Joseph's Health Care specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.6 works5.8×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.53× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Joseph's Health Care?

Ranked on the composite score, Jacobi Elliott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Joseph's Health Care.

  1. 1 Jacobi Elliott Canada · #1,174,930 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at St Joseph's Health Care

Which keywords describe research at St Joseph's Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Shoulder Function, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.6×63 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.3×41 topics
  3. Rehabilitation9▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 3.8×30 topics
  5. Shoulder Function9▲ 63×2 topics
  6. Treatment8▲ 4.0×25 topics
  7. Rotator Cuff Tears6▲ 56×1 topic
  8. Shoulder Pathology6▲ 56×1 topic
  9. Mental Health6▲ 2.3×18 topics
  10. Depression5▲ 3.8×14 topics
  11. Complications5▲ 6.3×9 topics
  12. Autoantibodies5▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×20 topics
  14. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.2×13 topics
  15. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Functional Recovery4▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Global Burden4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  19. Muscle Strength4▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Reconstruction4▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Neural Plasticity4▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Constraint-Induced Therapy3▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Motor Recovery3▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Surgical Management3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  25. Fibrosis3▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Primary Care3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  27. Brachial Plexus3▲ 83×1 topic
  28. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  29. Nerve Transfer3▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  31. Pain Management3▲ 7.9×8 topics
  32. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  33. Recovery3▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Acromioclavicular Joint3▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Clavicle Fractures3▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Glaucoma3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Macular Degeneration3▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Elbow Injuries2▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  40. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction2▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does St Joseph's Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation.

Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…3Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…3Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 3 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationEpidemiologyPharmacology2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  4. 4 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Joseph's Health Care's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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