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Sunnybrook Research Institute

In research, Sunnybrook Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#2,677 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,584 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,485 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,870
of 28,054 · #7,823 all time
Rank in ??
#102
of 692
Research works
1.1k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Sunnybrook Research Institute 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 #2,677 of 10,443 20.9%167 #3544
Health SciencesDomain #3,584 of 11,982 21.2%183 #4462
Life SciencesDomain #4,485 of 7,800 20.0%63 #4386

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunnybrook Research Institute 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,544 #2,677
  2. Health Sciences#4,462 #3,584
  3. Life Sciences#4,386 #4,485
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Sunnybrook Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 24.3 works8.8×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.14× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.07× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.82× its world share, 167 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sunnybrook Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Bojana Stefanovic, Nicole Mittmann and Yutaka Amemiya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunnybrook Research Institute.

  1. 1 Bojana Stefanovic ?? · #310,018 worldwide 130 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Nicole Mittmann ?? · #949,387 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Yutaka Amemiya ?? · #949,862 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sunnybrook Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Sunnybrook Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomarkers, Neuroimaging, Epidemiology, Neurological Disorders, Aging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.2×90 topics
  2. Biomarkers16▲ 7.4×13 topics
  3. Inflammation15▲ 2.3×56 topics
  4. Neuroimaging15▲ 18×11 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.8×36 topics
  6. Deep Learning13▲ 1.26×25 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders13▲ 7.4×13 topics
  8. Aging12▲ 7.5×12 topics
  9. Alzheimer's Disease11▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging11▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×40 topics
  12. Cognitive Decline10▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Caregiver Burden10▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Cognitive Training10▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Dementia10▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Neurodegeneration10▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Mild Cognitive Impairment9▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Vascular Risk Factors9▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Cancer9▲ 2.2×33 topics
  20. Neuroinflammation8▲ 9.8×6 topics
  21. Blood-Brain Barrier8▲ 40×3 topics
  22. Perfusion Imaging8▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Cancer Treatment8▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Drug Delivery7▲ 4.4×5 topics
  25. Parkinson's Disease7▲ 9.8×6 topics
  26. Medical Imaging7▲ 4.2×8 topics
  27. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.5×12 topics
  28. Functional Connectivity7▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Hyperthermia6▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Neural Plasticity6▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Focused Ultrasound6▲ 89×1 topic
  32. Microbubbles6▲ 89×1 topic
  33. Radiotherapy6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  34. Neuroprotection6▲ 5.4×10 topics
  35. Functional MRI6▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Parallel Imaging6▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Spectroscopy6▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Molecular Imaging5▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Brain Development5▲ 9.3×6 topics
  40. Therapeutic Strategies5▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Sunnybrook Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 9 fractional worksUltrasound and Hyperthermia Applications: 6 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …6Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…5Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 5 fractional worksPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…4Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksUltrasound Imaging and E…4Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography: 4 fractional worksNeurological disorders a…3Neurological disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…3Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthBiomedical EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  2. 2 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  8. 8 Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  9. 9 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 3 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 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 available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sunnybrook Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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