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St. Thomas Hospital

In research, St. Thomas Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,134 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,877 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,980
of 22,385 · #5,303 all time
Rank in Canada
#174
of 305
Research works
2k
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
67%
world 18%
St. Thomas Hospital

What is St. Thomas Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,134 of 8,541 8.5%105 #1888
Health SciencesDomain #4,877 of 9,902 8.0%116 #2049

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Thomas 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St. Thomas Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at St. Thomas Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Social Sciences (5%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 149 fractional works · 74.0% of its workMedicine: 137 fractional works · 67.9% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 12.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. ThomasHospital201fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13767.9%
    2. Health Professions104.8%
    3. Dentistry20.8%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences115.3%
    2. Psychology52.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    4. Decision Sciences21.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.3%
    2. Neuroscience41.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering73.6%
    2. Computer Science20.8%
    3. Environmental Science20.8%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.53×137 works
  2. Health Professions1.84×10 works
  3. Dentistry1.55×2 works
  4. Veterinary1.22×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.19×4 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.06×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.01×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×9 works
  9. Nursing0.76×1 works
  10. Psychology0.74×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.42×11 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.33×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×2 works
  16. Engineering0.24×7 works
  17. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.11×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Thomas Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, William Brinton, JOHN SYER BRISTOWE and Samuel Solly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Thomas Hospital.

  1. 1 William Brinton Canada · #2,398,438 worldwide 172 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 JOHN SYER BRISTOWE Canada · #2,692,268 worldwide 142 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Samuel Solly Canada · #2,766,323 worldwide 283 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Cyril A. R. Nitch Canada · #3,032,474 worldwide 100 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 H. H. Clutton Canada · #3,452,140 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Aidan Shaw Canada · #3,516,303 worldwide 60 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 James B. Mennell Canada · #3,660,904 worldwide 104 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Bob Harris Canada · #3,783,022 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 W. J. B. Houston Canada · #3,830,465 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 G.T. Hebert Canada · #3,840,095 worldwide 63 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St. Thomas Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St. Thomas Hospital?

The most cited paper from St. Thomas Hospital is "Surviving Sepsis Campaign" (R. Phillip Dellinger et al., 2013), with 9,769 citations. Next come "The beliefs about medicines questionnaire: The development and evaluation of a new method for assessing the cognitive representation of medication" (2,444) and "EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists" (2,419).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surviving Sepsis Campaign R. Phillip Dellinger et al. · Critical Care Medicine 26 Jan 2013 9,769
2 The beliefs about medicines questionnaire: The development and evaluation of a new method for assessing the cognitive representation of medication Robert Horne, John A Weinman, Matthew C. Hankins · Psychology and Health 1999 2,444
3 EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists W. J. Fokkens et al. · Rhinology Journal Mar 2012 2,419
4 Acute Skeletal Muscle Wasting in Critical Illness Zudin Puthucheary et al. · JAMA Open access 9 Oct 2013 2,132
5 Intensive Lipid Lowering with Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis Anne Bjørhovde Rossebø, Terje Rolf Pedersen, Kurt Boman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Sep 2008 1,644
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Thomas Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Echocardiography, Management and 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-now 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.8×82 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.5×46 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 4.1×33 topics
  4. Quality of Life10▲ 3.3×34 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 4.3×24 topics
  6. Management7▲ 4.4×21 topics
  7. Echocardiography6▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Guidelines6▲ 5.9×11 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.4×26 topics
  10. Heart Failure5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  11. Complications5▲ 4.6×16 topics
  12. Surgical Management5▲ 5.6×15 topics
  13. Obesity4▲ 2.7×10 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 1.84×19 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.4×15 topics
  17. Genetics4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  18. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.7×13 topics
  19. Mortality4▲ 3.2×12 topics
  20. Clinical Trials4▲ 2.6×13 topics
  21. Medical Education3▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Mortality Risk3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations3▲ 3.4×21 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  25. Autoantibodies3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  26. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  30. Children2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  34. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Elderly Patients2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Fibrosis2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Events2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Physical Performance2▲ 10.0×2 topics

Which research topics does St. Thomas Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Frailty in Older Adults.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksCerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryGeriatrics and GerontologyNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  5. 5 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training 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 available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.6%domestic only33.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St. Thomas Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%St. Thomas Hospital0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Thomas Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025St. Thomas Hospital8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 1995.

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