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St. Peter's Hospital

In research, St. Peter's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,041 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,848 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,918
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#338
of 896
Research works
477
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is St. Peter'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 #6,041 of 20,462 17.8%257
MedicineField #5,848 of 17,978 19.3%210

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Peter'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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.82× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.04× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.83× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, B. W. Richards, P. E. Sylvester and Peter F. D. Boesman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Peter's Hospital.

  1. 1 B. W. Richards Canada · #555,611 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 P. E. Sylvester Canada · #696,118 worldwide 28 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Peter F. D. Boesman Canada · #909,922 worldwide 122 citations · 133 works
  4. 4 Henry T. Riley Canada · #955,106 worldwide 7 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 P. J. Freyer Canada · #963,634 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 W.F. Teevan Canada · #1,021,228 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 T. R. Whipham Canada · #1,317,346 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at St. Peter's Hospital

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Ethics, Ethical Issues, Endovascular Treatment, Spinal Fusion, Academic Performance, Responsibility and Social Cognition.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.90×17 topics
  2. Public Health2▲ 2.6×9 topics
  3. Ethical Issues2▲ 32×3 topics
  4. Ethics2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 2.2×8 topics
  6. Endovascular Treatment2▲ 55×2 topics
  7. Healthcare2▲ 2.8×3 topics
  8. Spinal Fusion2▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Academic Performance1▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  11. Responsibility1▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Degenerative Disc Disease1▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Educational Technology1▲ 2.3×3 topics
  14. Inflammation1▲ 1.31×12 topics
  15. Just War Theory1▲ 370×1 topic
  16. Low Back Pain1▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Psychological Well-being1▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Self-Defense1▲ 192×1 topic
  19. Social Cognition1▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Treatment1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  21. Diagnosis1▲ 2.7×7 topics
  22. Digital Learning1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  23. Qualitative Research1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  24. Surgical Management1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  25. Surgical Treatment1▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Global Burden1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  27. Patient Safety1▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Teacher Training1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  29. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Big Data1▲ 2.3×4 topics
  31. Digital Textbooks1▲ 526×1 topic
  32. E-Books1▲ 526×1 topic
  33. Inclusive Education1▲ 5.9×1 topic
  34. Intracranial Aneurysms1▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Meta-Analysis1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  36. Q Methodology1▲ 888×1 topic
  37. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Stem Cell Regulation1▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Subjectivity1▲ 153×1 topic
  40. Zone of Proximal Development1▲ 42×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: War, Ethics, and Justification, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Q Methodology Applications and Psychology of Development and Education.

War, Ethics, and Justifi…1War, Ethics, and Justification: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Re…1Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksQ Methodology Applications: 1 fractional worksPsychology of Developmen…1Psychology of Development and Education: 1 fractional worksLibrary Collection Devel…1Library Collection Development and Digital Resources: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …1Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…1Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksOptics and Image Analysis: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 0 fractional works
PhilosophyPhysiologyManagement Science and Operations ResearchDevelopmental and Educational Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 1 works
  2. 2 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Q Methodology Applications Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  4. 4 Psychology of Development and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Library Collection Development and Digital Resources Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Optics and Image Analysis Management Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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