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Surrey Memorial Hospital

In research, Surrey Memorial Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,869 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,292 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,172
of 22,385 · #14,802 all time
Rank in Canada
#221
of 305
Research works
359
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Surrey Memorial Hospital

What is Surrey Memorial 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 #5,869 of 16,688 8.8%203
MedicineField #5,292 of 14,558 9.4%176

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Surrey Memorial 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 Surrey Memorial Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Surrey Memorial Hospital is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Social Sciences (10%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 61 fractional works · 55.4% of its workMedicine: 56 fractional works · 51.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSurrey MemorialHospital110fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences26%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5651.1%
    2. Health Professions43.6%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences119.7%
    2. Psychology97.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities32.6%
    5. Decision Sciences21.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    1. Engineering54.7%
    2. Environmental Science22.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    4. Energy21.5%
    5. Computer Science10.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.59× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.80×0 works
  2. Medicine2.66×56 works
  3. Psychology2.59×9 works
  4. Energy1.66×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.62×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.58×2 works
  7. Health Professions1.36×4 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.26×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.90×3 works
  10. Neuroscience0.86×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×3 works
  12. Social Sciences0.77×11 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.71×2 works
  14. Nursing0.60×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×3 works
  18. Environmental Science0.45×2 works
  19. Engineering0.32×5 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Surrey Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Ahmad S. Ashrafi, H. E. S. Marshall and M. Y. Ekdawi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Surrey Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Ahmad S. Ashrafi Canada · #1,112,189 worldwide 1.9k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 H. E. S. Marshall Canada · #3,414,124 worldwide 75 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 M. Y. Ekdawi Canada · #3,724,854 worldwide 185 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Penny Armstrong Canada · #3,969,382 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Brandi D. Newby Canada · #5,262,528 worldwide 103 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Surrey Memorial Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Surrey Memorial Hospital?

The most cited paper from Surrey Memorial Hospital is "Lobar or Sublobar Resection for Peripheral Stage IA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (Nasser Khaled Altorki et al., 2023), with 1,102 citations. Next come "Most Osteomalacia-associated Mesenchymal Tumors Are a Single Histopathologic Entity" (655) and "The efficacy and safety of degarelix: a 12‐month, comparative, randomized, open‐label, parallel‐group phase III study in patients with prostate cancer" (621).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lobar or Sublobar Resection for Peripheral Stage IA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Nasser Khaled Altorki et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Feb 2023 1,102
2 Most Osteomalacia-associated Mesenchymal Tumors Are a Single Histopathologic Entity Andrew L. Folpe et al. · The American Journal of Surgical Pathology 2004 655
3 The efficacy and safety of degarelix: a 12‐month, comparative, randomized, open‐label, parallel‐group phase III study in patients with prostate cancer Laurence H. Klotz, LAURENT BOCCON-GIBOD, Neal D. Shore et al. · British Journal of Urology Open access 21 Nov 2008 621
4 Survival of Patients With Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma After First Relapse or Progression: Spectrum of Disease and Rare Long-Term Survivors Vivien Mak, Jeremey Hamm, Mukesh Chhanabhai et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 23 Apr 2013 434
5 Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Delirium in Mechanically Ventilated Adults* Sangeeta Mehta, Deborah Cook, John W. Devlin et al. · Critical Care Medicine 10 Dec 2014 352
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Surrey Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Glycemic Control, Well-being, Cardiovascular Disease, Resilience, Insulin Therapy and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.1×57 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.2×14 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 3.8×20 topics
  4. Heart Failure5▲ 9.8×8 topics
  5. Diagnosis5▲ 4.5×20 topics
  6. Glycemic Control4▲ 25×4 topics
  7. Well-being4▲ 10×5 topics
  8. Resilience4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  9. Globalization4▲ 1.74×7 topics
  10. Mental Health4▲ 2.4×8 topics
  11. Insulin Therapy4▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Life Satisfaction4▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Positive Psychology4▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Guidelines3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  15. Mortality3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.7×11 topics
  17. Critical Care3▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Mortality Risk3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  19. Happiness2▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Positive Emotions2▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  22. Health Behavior2▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Language Teaching2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 15×3 topics
  26. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide2▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Hospital Readmission2▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  29. Elderly Patients2▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Lifelong Learning2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Outcomes2▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Glucose Control2▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Hyperglycemia2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Inflammatory Response2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  36. Corrective Feedback2▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  38. Infection Risk2▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Second Language Acquisition2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Surgical Patients2▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does Surrey Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients.

Psychological Well-being…2Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …2Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…1Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  4. 4 Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  6. 6 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Surrey Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Surrey Memorial Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Surrey Memorial Hospital0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

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