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Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

In research, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,169 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,495 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,080
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#405
of 718
Research works
280
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.8k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

What is Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences 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 #7,169 of 16,688 10.7%190
MedicineField #6,495 of 14,558 11.1%159

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences 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 Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (13%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 47 fractional works · 76.6% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 62.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 8.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% 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 · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThunder BayRegional Health…61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences13%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3862.6%
    2. Health Professions812.7%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences46.3%
    2. Psychology23.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering11.9%
    2. Environmental Science11.4%
    3. Mathematics00.8%
    4. Computer Science00.7%
    5. Energy00.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    2. Neuroscience11.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.83× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.83×8 works
  2. Medicine3.26×38 works
  3. Nursing1.56×0 works
  4. Psychology1.28×2 works
  5. Dentistry1.13×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.79×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.66×0 works
  10. Energy0.60×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.50×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  18. Engineering0.12×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, John P.H. Th'ng, Scott Sellick and Prashant A. Jani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

  1. 1 John P.H. Th'ng Canada · #841,282 worldwide 3.6k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Scott Sellick Canada · #1,620,603 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Prashant A. Jani Canada · #1,987,856 worldwide 976 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Olexiy Aseyev Canada · #2,255,568 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Nicole Laferriere Canada · #2,317,750 worldwide 1.6k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Lee E. Sieswerda Canada · #2,519,635 worldwide 642 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Dimitrios Vergidis Canada · #2,985,580 worldwide 510 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Nicholas G. Escott Canada · #3,064,443 worldwide 792 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Christina Richard Canada · #3,309,771 worldwide 554 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Shalyn L. Littlefield Canada · #3,674,935 worldwide 155 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

What are the most cited papers from Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre?

The most cited paper from Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is "Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer" (Timothy Joseph Whelan, Jean‐Philippe Pignol, Mark N. Levine et al., 2010), with 1,895 citations. Next come "Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke" (1,286) and "Grounded Theory: An Exploration of Process and Procedure" (1,159).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Timothy Joseph Whelan, Jean‐Philippe Pignol, Mark N. Levine et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Feb 2010 1,895
2 Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke David J. Gladstone et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Jun 2014 1,286
3 Grounded Theory: An Exploration of Process and Procedure Diane Walker, Florence Myrick · Qualitative Health Research 2 Mar 2006 1,159
4 Doctor-patient communication: the Toronto consensus statement. Matthew Simpson, Robert A. Buckman, Moira Stewart et al. · BMJ Open access 30 Nov 1991 885
5 Rapid exchange of histone H1.1 on chromatin in living human cells Melody A. Lever, John P.H. Th'ng, Xuejun Sun et al. · Nature Dec 2000 416
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Management, Health Equity, Quality of Life, Treatment and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.0×41 topics
  2. Quality of Life3▲ 3.3×16 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 3.6×21 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.8×12 topics
  5. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.6×10 topics
  6. Management2▲ 5.2×14 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 2.6×15 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×15 topics
  9. Mental Health2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  10. Guidelines2▲ 6.9×9 topics
  11. Health Equity2▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.6×10 topics
  13. Primary Care2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  14. Depression2▲ 3.3×11 topics
  15. Diagnosis2▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Prevention2▲ 6.3×8 topics
  17. Prostate Cancer2▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Screening2▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Biomarkers2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  20. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  22. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Decolonization1▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Health Outcomes1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Indigenous Health1▲ 141×1 topic
  26. Quality Improvement1▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Medical Imaging1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  28. Precision Medicine1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  29. Anxiety1▲ 4.0×7 topics
  30. Behavior Change1▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia1▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Biopsy1▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Chronic Disease1▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Gleason Grading1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms1▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Palliative Treatment1▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Radiation Therapy1▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Surgical Management1▲ 4.4×8 topics
  39. Career Choice1▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Indigenous Health, Educa…1Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…1Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksDental Education, Practice, Research: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleedin…1Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional works
HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineUrologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 1 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 1 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Dental Education, Practice, Research General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  9. 9 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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