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St Michael's Hospital

In research, St Michael's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,380 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#4,232 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,974 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,054
of 28,054 · #12,319 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#768
of 1,094
Research works
630
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
31.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is St Michael's Hospital 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 #4,380 of 20,462 25.1%326
MedicineField #4,232 of 17,978 24.6%271
Social SciencesDomain #7,974 of 16,945 26.7%183

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).

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: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.80× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.47× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, Kenelm Foster and Michael Price lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Michael's Hospital.

  1. 1 Kenelm Foster United Kingdom · #116,619 worldwide 71 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Michael Price United Kingdom · #721,112 worldwide 10 citations · 22 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: Primary Care, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Diagnosis, Medical Education, Cancer Treatment and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 1.74×41 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 2.9×31 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 2.1×15 topics
  4. Primary Care3▲ 11×11 topics
  5. Diagnosis3▲ 4.2×13 topics
  6. Public Health3▲ 2.7×22 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 2.6×14 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  9. Mental Health2▲ 2.1×14 topics
  10. Treatment2▲ 2.5×9 topics
  11. Cancer Treatment2▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Medical Education2▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 2.3×9 topics
  14. Aging2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  15. Obesity2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  16. Quality Improvement2▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.3×10 topics
  18. Heart Failure2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  20. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention1▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Conflict1▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Health Outcomes1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  25. Prophylaxis1▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Weight Loss1▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Arid Regions1▲ 77×2 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations1▲ 5.1×9 topics
  29. Behavior Change1▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. End-of-Life Care1▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Public Perception1▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Health Economics1▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Low- and Middle-Income Countries1▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Metabolic Health1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  36. Global Access1▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Infrastructure1▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Intermittent Fasting1▲ 51×1 topic
  39. MapReduce1▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Taxation1▲ 16×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Dietary Effects on Health, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy.

Cloud Computing and Reso…1Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksDietary Effects on Health1Dietary Effects on Health: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and…1Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksTransboundary Water Reso…1Transboundary Water Resource Management: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…1Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsPhysiologyEconomics and EconometricsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5 others

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

  1. 1 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  9. 9 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases Surgery 1 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.5%domestic only42.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.