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Surgical Specialties (Canada)

In research, Surgical Specialties (Canada) stands highest in Medicine (#2,658 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,157 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 17.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,946
of 22,385 · #17,633 all time
Rank in Canada
#218
of 305
Research works
265
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
83%
world 18%
Surgical Specialties (Canada)

What is Surgical Specialties (Canada) 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 #2,658 of 8,541 22.7%63 #3933
Health SciencesDomain #3,157 of 9,902 22.6%67 #4543

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Surgical Specialties (Canada) 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 Surgical Specialties (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Surgical Specialties (Canada) is in Health Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Engineering (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 84 fractional works · 77.4% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 72.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 10.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSurgicalSpecialties…109fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences6%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7972.9%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Dentistry22.1%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Engineering65.7%
    2. Environmental Science11.3%
    3. Computer Science11.1%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
    3. Neuroscience21.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences43.3%
    2. Psychology11.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Surgical Specialties (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 20.1 works18×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.28× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.79× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.28×2 works
  2. Medicine3.79×79 works
  3. Veterinary1.21×0 works
  4. Neuroscience0.91×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×5 works
  6. Health Professions0.82×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  8. Engineering0.38×6 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×2 works
  10. Psychology0.34×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.26×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.26×4 works
  14. Nursing0.23×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.18×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Surgical Specialties (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Rui L. Avelar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Surgical Specialties (Canada).

  1. 1 Rui L. Avelar Canada · #1,206,188 worldwide 658 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Surgical Specialties (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Surgical Specialties (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Surgical Specialties (Canada) is "Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Practical Guidance on the Use of Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations" (Christian Eugen Mueller, Kenneth McDonald, Rudolf A. de Boer et al., 2019), with 820 citations. Next come "Clinical Picture and Risk Prediction of Short-Term Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock" (807) and "European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry (ESC-HF-LT): 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Differences Across Regions" (798).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Practical Guidance on the Use of Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations Christian Eugen Mueller, Kenneth McDonald, Rudolf A. de Boer et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access Jun 2019 820
2 Clinical Picture and Risk Prediction of Short-Term Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock Veli‐Pekka Harjola, Johan Lassus, Alessandro Sionís et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 28 Mar 2015 807
3 European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry (ESC-HF-LT): 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Differences Across Regions María G. Crespo‐Leiro et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access Jun 2016 798
4 Clinical Practice Update on Heart Failure 2019: Pharmacotherapy, Procedures, Devices and Patient Management. An Expert Consensus Meeting Report of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Petar M Seferovic et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 26 May 2019 615
5 Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock – A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Ovidiu Chioncel et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 29 May 2020 498
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Surgical Specialties (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment and Obesity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.3×56 topics
  2. Heart Failure14▲ 29×11 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 7.5×19 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 6.1×23 topics
  5. Echocardiography8▲ 25×8 topics
  6. Guidelines7▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Treatment7▲ 5.6×21 topics
  8. Obesity6▲ 6.7×15 topics
  9. Renal Function5▲ 45×2 topics
  10. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide5▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Hospital Readmission5▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 14×4 topics
  13. Inflammation4▲ 1.89×33 topics
  14. Chamber Quantification4▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Diastolic Function4▲ 48×1 topic
  16. Quality of Life4▲ 2.4×23 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.1×16 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations3▲ 6.6×14 topics
  20. Biomarkers2▲ 3.2×12 topics
  21. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  22. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.4×7 topics
  23. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Surgical Management2▲ 5.0×13 topics
  25. Thrombosis2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  26. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Catheter Ablation2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Prognosis2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  29. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Clinical Management2▲ 9.6×7 topics
  33. Molecular Classification2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Stroke Prevention2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  40. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Surgical Specialties (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Heart Failure Treatment …5Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksAdrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors: 1 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryOtorhinolaryngology

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  9. 9 Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors82.7%domestic only17.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Surgical Specialties (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 Surgical Specialties (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Surgical Specialties (Canada)0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Surgical Specialties (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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