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St. Paul's Hospital

In research, St. Paul's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,149 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,239 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,227
of 28,054 · #4,269 all time
Rank in Canada
#155
of 403
Research works
1.8k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
85k
47.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is St. Paul'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 #3,149 of 10,443 24.1%181 #1068
Health SciencesDomain #4,239 of 11,982 24.3%192 #1360

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Paul'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).

What does St. Paul's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.9 works9.5×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 34.8 works9.5×
← 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: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.61× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 181 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Management, Heart Failure, Global Burden, Treatment, Respiratory and COPD.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.8×80 topics
  2. Diagnosis17▲ 7.8×25 topics
  3. Management16▲ 8.3×19 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 4.1×31 topics
  5. Inflammation12▲ 2.4×43 topics
  6. Heart Failure10▲ 10×10 topics
  7. Global Burden10▲ 8.0×10 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.7×26 topics
  9. Respiratory9▲ 38×2 topics
  10. COPD9▲ 56×1 topic
  11. spirometry9▲ 56×1 topic
  12. Echocardiography8▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 46×1 topic
  15. Mortality Risk8▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×28 topics
  17. Public Health7▲ 2.1×25 topics
  18. Substance Use Disorders7▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Risk Factors7▲ 2.6×20 topics
  20. Mortality6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Atherosclerosis6▲ 9.1×9 topics
  22. Guidelines6▲ 5.4×9 topics
  23. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 9.9×8 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.8×8 topics
  26. Fibrosis5▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Chronic Pain Management5▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Opioid Prescribing5▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 7.6×4 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  31. TGF-ß4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Substance Abuse4▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 12×3 topics
  34. HIV4▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Interstitial Lung Disease4▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Prophylaxis4▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…9Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 5 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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