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St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

In research, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton stands highest in Medicine (#1,655 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,252 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,100 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,578
of 28,054 · #5,041 all time
Rank in Canada
#112
of 403
Research works
2.2k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
40.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton 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
MedicineField #1,655 of 10,443 23.1%245 #1127
Health SciencesDomain #2,252 of 11,982 22.8%277 #1307
Social SciencesDomain #7,100 of 10,521 22.9%83 #4278

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,127 #1,655
  2. Health Sciences#1,307 #2,252
  3. Social Sciences#4,278 #7,100
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 34.6 works7.9×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.51× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.54× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.03× its world share, 245 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.36× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Bieling, Max Chernesky and Mei Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

  1. 1 Peter Bieling Canada · #81,292 worldwide 692 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Max Chernesky Canada · #202,981 worldwide 81 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Mei Wang Canada · #429,424 worldwide 59 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 László Farkas Canada · #696,121 worldwide 60 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Gary Chaimowitz Canada · #865,800 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jathishinie Jegathisawaran Canada · #962,547 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Sébastien Prat Canada · #1,001,852 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Guangwen Sun Canada · #1,632,957 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton

Which keywords describe research at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Depression, Inflammation, Genetics, Emotion Regulation, Prevalence and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 2.9×92 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 3.6×56 topics
  3. Treatment28▲ 5.4×30 topics
  4. Depression24▲ 6.5×17 topics
  5. Quality of Life19▲ 3.2×39 topics
  6. Mental Health19▲ 3.1×29 topics
  7. Genetics18▲ 6.2×11 topics
  8. Emotion Regulation15▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Prevalence14▲ 8.4×13 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.0×32 topics
  11. Diagnosis13▲ 3.4×25 topics
  12. Management13▲ 4.0×24 topics
  13. Anxiety13▲ 6.6×11 topics
  14. Risk Factors13▲ 2.8×27 topics
  15. Global Burden12▲ 5.4×11 topics
  16. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders11▲ 4.8×15 topics
  18. Asthma11▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Substance Use Disorders11▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Neurobiology11▲ 9.8×9 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  22. Immunology10▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Allergic Diseases10▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Eosinophils10▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Mortality10▲ 4.1×13 topics
  26. Adolescents10▲ 6.2×7 topics
  27. Impulsivity10▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Guidelines9▲ 4.8×12 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 8.8×4 topics
  30. Psychopathology9▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Anxiety Disorders9▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Mortality Risk8▲ 8.4×5 topics
  33. Behavioral Interventions8▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Neurobiological Correlates8▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Alcohol Dependence8▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Motivational Interviewing8▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Neuroimaging8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. Mental Disorders7▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Elderly Patients7▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Quality Improvement7▲ 8.7×8 topics

Which research topics does St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Asthma and respiratory diseases: 10 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 6 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 5 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 4 fractional worksAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…4Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 4 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 4 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional works
PhysiologyEpidemiologyPharmacologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 10 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 8 works
  3. 3 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 6 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 4 works
  9. 9 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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