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St Mary's Hospital Centre

In research, St Mary's Hospital Centre stands highest in Medicine (#1,579 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,817 of 20,462 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,011 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#6,531
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#156
of 896
Research works
1.5k
▼ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is St Mary's Hospital 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 #1,579 of 17,978 21.3%961
Health SciencesDomain #1,817 of 20,462 21.0%1,092
Social SciencesDomain #5,011 of 16,945 25.0%134
SurgerySubfield #1,740 of 4,227 20.4%158
Life SciencesDomain #6,045 of 14,347 21.3%182

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Mary's Hospital 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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.32× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Mary's Hospital Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Guy Robertson, H A F Dudley and Alexander Fleming lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Mary's Hospital Centre.

  1. 1 Guy Robertson Canada · #199,144 worldwide 62 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 H A F Dudley Canada · #281,323 worldwide 48 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Alexander Fleming Canada · #313,362 worldwide 82 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Paul Mercier Canada · #499,113 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Hector Warnes Canada · #591,881 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Henry Lawson Canada · #905,799 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Joe Dylewski Canada · #946,788 worldwide 6 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 John Sophian Canada · #1,245,553 worldwide 12 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 V. ZACHARY COPE Canada · #1,295,371 worldwide 4 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at St Mary's Hospital Centre

Which keywords describe research at St Mary's Hospital Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Social Support, Rehabilitation, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Elderly.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.0×36 topics
  2. Quality of Life5▲ 7.2×22 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 4.6×18 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.2×14 topics
  5. Risk Factors2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  6. Social Support2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  7. Healthcare2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  9. Depression2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  10. Diagnosis2▲ 4.0×12 topics
  11. Rehabilitation2▲ 9.0×8 topics
  12. Elderly2▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Aging2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  14. Anxiety2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  16. Complications1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders1▲ 5.2×8 topics
  18. Primary Care1▲ 8.0×8 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors1▲ 6.7×7 topics
  20. Public Health1▲ 2.1×15 topics
  21. Professional Practice1▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Breast Cancer1▲ 11×10 topics
  23. Health Equity1▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. Inflammation1▲ 1.19×13 topics
  25. Surgical Management1▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. COVID-191▲ 1.65×7 topics
  27. Caregiving1▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Mental Health1▲ 1.62×9 topics
  29. Cesarean Scar Pregnancy1▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.2×6 topics
  31. Community Living1▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Dietetics1▲ 335×1 topic
  33. Ectopic Pregnancy1▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Education1▲ 1.23×2 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  36. Immunotherapy1▲ 3.1×8 topics
  37. Machine Learning1▼ 0.64×4 topics
  38. Nutrition Care Process1▲ 335×1 topic
  39. Retirement1▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does St Mary's Hospital Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management, Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Ectopic Pregnancy Diagno…1Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, an…1Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 1 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…1Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…1Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…0Digital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…0Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Information ManagementGeneral Health ProfessionsRehabilitation6 others

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

  1. 1 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 1 works
  3. 3 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Mary's Hospital Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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