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The Wilson Centre

In research, The Wilson Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,390 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,377 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,866
of 22,385 · #13,228 all time
Rank in Canada
#246
of 305
Research works
419
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
The Wilson Centre

What is The Wilson Centre 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 #3,390 of 16,688 26.4%251
MedicineField #4,377 of 14,558 27.5%183

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Wilson Centre 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 The Wilson Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at The Wilson Centre is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Health Professions (18%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 55 fractional works · 66.6% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 46.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 19.4% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 18.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 26.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 16.5% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% 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 workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Wilson Centre83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences67%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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3846.2%
    2. Health Professions1518.1%
    3. Nursing22.0%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1416.5%
    2. Psychology56.5%
    3. Decision Sciences11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    2. Neuroscience10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering11.3%
    2. Computer Science10.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.4%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.88× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 4.07× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.88×15 works
  2. Nursing4.07×2 works
  3. Medicine2.41×38 works
  4. Psychology2.12×5 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.35×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.30×14 works
  7. Neuroscience0.56×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.19×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  17. Engineering0.08×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.07×0 works

What are the most cited papers from The Wilson Centre?

The most cited paper from The Wilson Centre is "Communication failures in the operating room: an observational classification of recurrent types and effects" (Lorelei A. Lingard, 2004), with 1,341 citations. Next come "A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to enhance teaching effectiveness: A 10-year update: BEME Guide No. 40" (840) and "Qualitative research methodologies: ethnography" (785).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Communication failures in the operating room: an observational classification of recurrent types and effects Lorelei A. Lingard · BMJ Quality & Safety Open access Oct 2004 1,341
2 A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to enhance teaching effectiveness: A 10-year update: BEME Guide No. 40 Yvonne Steinert, Karen V. Mann, M. Brownell Anderson et al. · Medical Teacher Review 15 Jul 2016 840
3 Qualitative research methodologies: ethnography Scott Reeves, Ayelet Kuper, Brian David Hodges · BMJ 7 Aug 2008 785
4 Critically appraising qualitative research Ayelet Kuper, Lorelei Lingard, Wendy S. Levinson · BMJ 7 Aug 2008 785
5 The Effects of Acute Stress on Performance: Implications for Health Professions Education Vicki R. LeBlanc · Academic Medicine Oct 2009 719
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Wilson Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reflective Practice, Faculty Development, Competency-Based Education, Assessment Methods, Continuing Medical Education, Professional Identity Formation, Medical Education and Patient Safety.

▲ 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. Reflective Practice12▲ 77×6 topics
  2. Competency-Based Education9▲ 119×2 topics
  3. Faculty Development9▲ 137×2 topics
  4. Assessment Methods8▲ 97×3 topics
  5. Continuing Medical Education8▲ 161×1 topic
  6. Professional Identity Formation8▲ 161×1 topic
  7. Medical Education6▲ 28×9 topics
  8. Patient Safety5▲ 40×4 topics
  9. Primary Care5▲ 16×10 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Healthcare4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  12. Healthcare Outcomes4▲ 86×2 topics
  13. Communication4▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Patient Care4▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Collaborative Practice3▲ 94×2 topics
  16. Educational Strategies3▲ 88×2 topics
  17. Mental Health3▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Clinical Reasoning3▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Diagnostic Error3▲ 156×1 topic
  20. Academic Medicine3▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Integrated Care3▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Interdisciplinary Collaboration3▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Interprofessional Education3▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Teamwork3▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Clinical Practice3▲ 20×4 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  27. Higher Education2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  28. Anxiety2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Gender Bias2▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Neuroscience2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 32×3 topics
  32. Quality Improvement2▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Science2▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Empathy2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Ethnic Disparities2▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Narrative Medicine2▲ 79×1 topic
  37. Physician2▲ 79×1 topic
  38. Health Policy2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Patient Engagement2▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Simulation2▲ 8.1×2 topics

Which research topics does The Wilson Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Innovations in Medical E…8Innovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and D…3Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 3 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…3Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…2Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksMedical Education and Admissions: 1 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthFamily PracticeGeneral Health ProfessionsGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 3 works
  3. 3 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  6. 6 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Wilson Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 The Wilson Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Wilson Centre0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Wilson Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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