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St. Michael's Hospital

In research, St. Michael's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#527 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#624 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,592 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Hematology — Emergency Medicine is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,332
of 28,054 · #1,732 all time
Rank in Canada
#46
of 403
Research works
8.9k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
343k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is St. Michael's Hospital 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 #527 of 10,443 21.2%889 #294
Health SciencesDomain #624 of 11,982 22.0%984 #323
Life SciencesDomain #1,592 of 7,800 23.9%148 #1301
SurgerySubfield #588 of 1,816 18.6%112 #230
Social SciencesDomain #3,868 of 10,521 26.3%131 #2389
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #481 of 1,144 18.7%91 #303
Health ProfessionsField #847 of 1,928 30.0%81 #561
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #340 of 738 19.1%74 #216
EpidemiologySubfield #512 of 976 24.5%74 #357
Physical SciencesDomain #8,511 of 12,888 22.9%82 #9970

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Michael's Hospital 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#294 #527
  2. Health Sciences#323 #624
  3. Life Sciences#1,301 #1,592
  4. Surgery#230 #588
  5. Social Sciences#2,389 #3,868
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#303 #481
  7. Health Professions#561 #847
  8. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#216 #340
  9. Epidemiology#357 #512
  10. Physical Sciences#9,970 #8,511
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. Michael's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 26.4 works8.0×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 74.3 works5.3×
  3. HematologySubfield · 21.3 works5.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 889 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Michael's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Subodh Verma, Andrea C. Tricco and Laurent Brochard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Michael's Hospital.

  1. 1 Subodh Verma Canada · #542 worldwide 2k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Andrea C. Tricco Canada · #886 worldwide 18k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Laurent Brochard Canada · #2,061 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Lawrence A. Leiter Canada · #2,782 worldwide 1.5k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Paul O’Connor Canada · #16,916 worldwide 516 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Kenneth T. Pace Canada · #17,449 worldwide 346 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Tullis Canada · #18,887 worldwide 456 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Kálmán Kovács Canada · #21,894 worldwide 384 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 John Freedman Canada · #31,003 worldwide 325 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Tom A. Schweizer Canada · #31,602 worldwide 317 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at St. Michael's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Michael's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Guidelines, Mortality, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors 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. Epidemiology144▲ 2.7×118 topics
  2. Inflammation89▲ 3.2×75 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease50▲ 3.3×34 topics
  4. Risk Factors49▲ 3.3×32 topics
  5. Treatment48▲ 3.0×45 topics
  6. Diagnosis44▲ 3.5×37 topics
  7. Mortality43▲ 5.6×13 topics
  8. Public Health42▲ 2.2×40 topics
  9. Guidelines41▲ 6.6×12 topics
  10. Quality of Life39▲ 2.0×47 topics
  11. Heart Failure38▲ 6.6×13 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress37▲ 1.68×46 topics
  13. Management35▲ 3.3×30 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome30▲ 2.8×23 topics
  15. Obesity29▲ 2.8×23 topics
  16. Depression28▲ 2.3×21 topics
  17. Biomarkers27▲ 3.0×15 topics
  18. Complications24▲ 3.6×16 topics
  19. Neuroprotection24▲ 5.1×13 topics
  20. Clinical Trials24▲ 2.6×19 topics
  21. Global Burden24▲ 3.3×12 topics
  22. Diabetes23▲ 3.4×16 topics
  23. Critical Care22▲ 7.1×8 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines22▲ 5.6×9 topics
  25. Mortality Risk21▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Echocardiography21▲ 5.8×8 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease21▲ 6.5×8 topics
  28. Quality Improvement20▲ 7.8×8 topics
  29. Cognitive Impairment18▲ 5.4×10 topics
  30. Resuscitation18▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Thrombosis18▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Medical Education18▲ 5.2×10 topics
  33. Health Outcomes18▲ 4.7×7 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction17▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Substance Use Disorders17▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Sepsis16▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Glycemic Control16▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. Mechanical Ventilation15▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy15▲ 6.9×6 topics
  40. Substance Abuse15▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does St. Michael's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Respiratory Support and …13Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 13 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…12Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 12 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 11 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…11Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 11 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…10Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 10 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 9 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 9 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…8Diabetes Treatment and Management: 8 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 8 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 8 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 9 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Michael's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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