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St Joseph's Health Centre

In research, St Joseph's Health Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,621 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,425 of 14,558 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,098 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,626
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#183
of 718
Research works
937
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
St Joseph's Health Centre

What is St Joseph's Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,621 of 16,688 10.7%736
MedicineField #2,425 of 14,558 11.1%652
SurgerySubfield #1,098 of 3,248 16.4%158

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

In 2022-now, 72% of research at St Joseph's Health Centre is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (8%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 72.3% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 63.1% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Joseph'sHealth Centre55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences12%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3563.1%
    2. Health Professions48.1%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Psychology35.4%
    2. Social Sciences35.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science23.1%
    2. Engineering12.7%
    3. Computer Science00.8%
    4. Mathematics00.8%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.28×35 works
  2. Health Professions3.07×4 works
  3. Psychology1.78×3 works
  4. Nursing1.19×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.16×1 works
  6. Dentistry0.99×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×3 works
  8. Mathematics0.67×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.62×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.53×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.39×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  15. Engineering0.18×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Alice Ordean, Moira W. Devereaux and Milan Fuksa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Joseph's Health Centre.

  1. 1 Alice Ordean Canada · #1,798,440 worldwide 957 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Moira W. Devereaux Canada · #2,431,782 worldwide 624 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Milan Fuksa Canada · #2,511,659 worldwide 974 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 O. Hammerberg Canada · #3,089,681 worldwide 863 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Mariam Abdurrahman Canada · #4,080,315 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Robert Frankford Canada · #4,641,774 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 R.L. Nicholson Canada · #4,673,268 worldwide 823 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 William F. Brien Canada · #4,776,343 worldwide 1.7k citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Robin G. McFadden Canada · #4,908,180 worldwide 642 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Heathcote Jg Canada · #5,027,244 worldwide 155 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at St Joseph's Health Centre

What are the most cited papers from St Joseph's Health Centre?

The most cited paper from St Joseph's Health Centre is "Effect of Parathyroid Hormone (1-34) on Fractures and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis" (Robert M. Neer, Claude D. Arnaud, José Zanchetta et al., 2001), with 4,604 citations. Next come "Role of the Flt-1 receptor tyrosine kinase in regulating the assembly of vascular endothelium" (2,634) and "Invited Review: Aging and sarcopenia" (1,780).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of Parathyroid Hormone (1-34) on Fractures and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis Robert M. Neer, Claude D. Arnaud, José Zanchetta et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 10 May 2001 4,604
2 Role of the Flt-1 receptor tyrosine kinase in regulating the assembly of vascular endothelium Guo‐Hua Fong, Janet Rossant, Marina Gertsenstein et al. · Nature Jul 1995 2,634
3 Invited Review: Aging and sarcopenia Timothy J. Doherty · Journal of Applied Physiology Oct 2003 1,780
4 Multiattribute and Single-Attribute Utility Functions for the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 System David F. Feeny, William J Furlong, George W. Torrance et al. · Medical Care Feb 2002 1,341
5 Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference Norman A. S. Farb, Zindel V. Segal, Helen S. Mayberg et al. · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Open access 13 Aug 2007 1,323
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Complications, Surgical Management, Shoulder Function, Quality of Life, Clinical Trials and Diagnosis.

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

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 4.1×61 topics
  2. Rehabilitation3▲ 12×5 topics
  3. Complications3▲ 9.6×10 topics
  4. Quality of Life3▲ 3.3×21 topics
  5. Surgical Management2▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 3.4×17 topics
  7. Diagnosis2▲ 4.3×16 topics
  8. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.4×10 topics
  9. Mental Health2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  10. Public Health2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  11. Shoulder Function2▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 36×2 topics
  13. Inflammation2▲ 1.35×20 topics
  14. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 46×1 topic
  15. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Global Burden1▲ 4.7×7 topics
  17. Trauma1▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Chronic Pain1▲ 9.7×5 topics
  19. Acromioclavicular Joint1▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Cholecystitis1▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Clavicle Fractures1▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Distal Radius Fractures1▲ 38×1 topic
  23. ERCP1▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Flexor Tendon Repair1▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Health Consequences1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  26. Medical Education1▲ 7.3×9 topics
  27. Risk Factors1▲ 1.76×10 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 3.3×11 topics
  29. E-Waste1▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Psychological Factors1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Recycling1▲ 4.7×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…1Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…1Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…1Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…1Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  8. 8 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 St Joseph's Health Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%St Joseph's Health Centre0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Joseph's Health Centre 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2013St Joseph's Health Centre7.9% in 201320002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 1998.

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