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Sunnybrook Hospital

In research, Sunnybrook Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,506 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,566 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,133
of 28,054 · #7,821 all time
Rank in Canada
#141
of 403
Research works
1k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Sunnybrook 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 #3,506 of 10,443 18.6%130 #1846
Health SciencesDomain #4,566 of 11,982 18.8%142 #2379

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunnybrook 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.78× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.29× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sunnybrook Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Neuroimaging, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurological Disorders, Aging, Cognitive Decline and Caregiver 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.4×88 topics
  2. Biomarkers11▲ 7.0×14 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.2×48 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.6×30 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 3.0×40 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders8▲ 6.1×14 topics
  7. Neuroimaging8▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Aging8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  9. Alzheimer's Disease7▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Cognitive Decline6▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Caregiver Burden6▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 2.5×24 topics
  13. COVID-196▲ 1.96×13 topics
  14. Depression6▲ 3.0×16 topics
  15. Pandemic6▲ 2.5×6 topics
  16. Cancer6▲ 1.97×30 topics
  17. Cognitive Training6▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Dementia6▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Mild Cognitive Impairment6▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Vascular Risk Factors6▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.6×16 topics
  22. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.7×14 topics
  23. Management5▲ 3.1×21 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  25. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.3×20 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  27. Mortality5▲ 3.7×11 topics
  28. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  29. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  31. Parkinson's Disease4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  32. Psychological Impact4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  33. Resuscitation4▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Functional Connectivity4▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Neuroprotection4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  36. Cancer Treatment4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  37. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  38. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  39. Blood-Brain Barrier3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Sepsis3▲ 8.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Sunnybrook Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications.

Dementia and Cognitive I…6Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 6 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksUltrasound and Hyperthermia Applications: 2 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyCognitive NeuroscienceBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 3 works
  3. 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  4. 4 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sunnybrook Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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