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St. Paul's Hospital

In research, St. Paul's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,753 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,609 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 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,416
of 28,054 · #5,133 all time
Rank in Canada
#146
of 403
Research works
2.5k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
31.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
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 #2,753 of 10,443 19.4%205 #1339
Health SciencesDomain #3,609 of 11,982 20.3%218 #1610

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 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works9.4×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 34.3 works7.8×
← 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: 1.20× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.13× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 205 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, John G. Webb, Christopher Thompson and Danny Dvir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Paul's Hospital.

  1. 1 John G. Webb Canada · #2,180 worldwide 2.1k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Christopher Thompson Canada · #7,360 worldwide 778 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Danny Dvir Canada · #112,836 worldwide 415 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Brad Munt Canada · #494,801 worldwide 87 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Sandra Lauck Canada · #598,203 worldwide 51 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Glen Brown Canada · #851,768 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 H. P. Winsbury‐White Canada · #874,593 worldwide 17 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Frank Kidd Canada · #884,721 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 A. Kaan Canada · #968,257 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at St. Paul's Hospital

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: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Heart Failure, Management and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.4×79 topics
  2. Treatment20▲ 5.7×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis19▲ 7.3×31 topics
  4. Inflammation14▲ 2.3×44 topics
  5. Management12▲ 5.5×20 topics
  6. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 53×1 topic
  7. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 53×1 topic
  8. Heart Failure11▲ 8.8×11 topics
  9. Quality of Life10▲ 2.6×28 topics
  10. Global Burden10▲ 6.7×10 topics
  11. Echocardiography9▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.6×26 topics
  13. Genetics8▲ 4.1×13 topics
  14. Risk Factors8▲ 2.6×20 topics
  15. Guidelines8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  16. Immune Response8▲ 4.8×15 topics
  17. Mortality8▲ 4.6×10 topics
  18. Respiratory8▲ 28×2 topics
  19. COPD8▲ 40×1 topic
  20. spirometry8▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.3×12 topics
  22. Mortality Risk7▲ 9.9×6 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-27▲ 7.1×6 topics
  24. Fibrosis6▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  26. Complications6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  27. Substance Use Disorders6▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Surgery6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  29. Vaccine6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Prophylaxis6▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 7.9×8 topics
  33. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  34. TGF-ß5▲ 11×4 topics
  35. HIV5▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Bacteremia5▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Immunology5▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Substance Abuse4▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  40. Interstitial Lung Disease4▲ 23×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…11Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 8 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…4Asthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…3Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…3Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  8. 8 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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