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Toronto General Hospital

In research, Toronto General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#378 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#362 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#275 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Hepatology is 15.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,503
of 22,385 · #1,001 all time
Rank in Canada
#40
of 305
Research works
7.3k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
291k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Toronto General Hospital

What is Toronto General Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #378 of 9,902 14.9%549 #296
MedicineField #362 of 8,541 14.7%524 #280
SurgerySubfield #275 of 1,532 14.3%98 #206
Life SciencesDomain #1,305 of 6,403 13.7%80 #1217
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #300 of 1,037 12.7%76 #214
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #221 of 736 12.7%67 #171

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toronto General 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#296 #378
  2. Medicine#280 #362
  3. Surgery#206 #275
  4. Life Sciences#1,217 #1,305
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#214 #300
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#171 #221
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Toronto General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Toronto General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 623 fractional works · 80.1% of its workMedicine: 595 fractional works · 76.6% of its workSurgery: 113 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 86 fractional works · 11.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 76 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHepatology: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransplantation: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 92 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKToronto GeneralHospital778fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences3%

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. Medicine59576.6%
    2. Health Professions212.7%
    3. Nursing50.6%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology536.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology233.0%
    3. Neuroscience111.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    1. Engineering222.8%
    2. Computer Science40.5%
    3. Environmental Science40.5%
    4. Materials Science30.4%
    5. Mathematics20.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Psychology101.2%
    2. Social Sciences91.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Toronto General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 15.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 22.9 works15×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 75.8 works9.3×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 86.2 works7.2×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 112.9 works6.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 595 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.98×595 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.95×23 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.28×53 works
  4. Nursing1.19×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.03×21 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×3 works
  7. Veterinary0.89×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.85×11 works
  9. Psychology0.40×10 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.20×2 works
  12. Engineering0.19×22 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.15×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.12×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.10×4 works
  17. Social Sciences0.09×9 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.08×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.07×4 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Toronto General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Harry Rakowski, Tirone E. David and F.G. Pearson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toronto General Hospital.

  1. 1 Harry Rakowski Canada · #78,336 worldwide 27k citations · 335 works
  2. 2 Tirone E. David Canada · #85,381 worldwide 29k citations · 494 works
  3. 3 F.G. Pearson Canada · #113,004 worldwide 6.7k citations · 104 works
  4. 4 E.Douglas Wigle Canada · #133,182 worldwide 12k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 Joan Ivanov Canada · #155,893 worldwide 14k citations · 228 works
  6. 6 Richard D. Weisel Canada · #189,325 worldwide 35k citations · 574 works
  7. 7 Markus Selzner Canada · #201,454 worldwide 15k citations · 367 works
  8. 8 Anna Woo Canada · #204,160 worldwide 7.2k citations · 140 works
  9. 9 Arnon Adler Canada · #208,426 worldwide 3.7k citations · 125 works
  10. 10 Aliza Weinrib Canada · #251,554 worldwide 2.1k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Toronto General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Toronto General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Toronto General Hospital is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia" (4,592) and "Getting to the site of inflammation: the leukocyte adhesion cascade updated" (4,348).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia David Matthew Garner, Marion P. Olmstead, Janet Polivy · International Journal of Eating Disorders 1983 4,592
3 Getting to the site of inflammation: the leukocyte adhesion cascade updated Klaus F. Ley, Carlo Laudanna, Myron I. Cybulsky et al. · Nature reviews. Immunology Review 24 Aug 2007 4,348
4 A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease David Lee Fischman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Aug 1994 4,271
5 Failure of blood-island formation and vasculogenesis in Flk-1-deficient mice Fouad Shalaby, Janet Rossant, Terry P. Yamaguchi et al. · Nature Jul 1995 3,971
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Toronto General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Transplantation, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Graft Survival, Rejection and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 2.4×102 topics
  2. Inflammation45▲ 2.7×73 topics
  3. Heart Failure35▲ 10×13 topics
  4. Diagnosis35▲ 4.8×36 topics
  5. Echocardiography35▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Transplantation35▲ 43×4 topics
  7. Immunosuppressive Therapy33▲ 22×7 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 3.7×32 topics
  9. Treatment31▲ 3.3×43 topics
  10. Graft Survival30▲ 46×3 topics
  11. Rejection29▲ 85×2 topics
  12. Management28▲ 4.5×27 topics
  13. Heart Transplant26▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Lung Transplant26▲ 100×1 topic
  15. Liver Transplantation24▲ 26×4 topics
  16. Chemotherapy23▲ 4.1×24 topics
  17. Guidelines21▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Immune Response20▲ 4.5×20 topics
  19. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury20▲ 39×3 topics
  20. Myocardial Infarction19▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Immunotherapy19▲ 3.4×17 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease19▲ 9.7×8 topics
  23. Mortality19▲ 4.3×11 topics
  24. Kidney Transplantation19▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Endovascular Repair18▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Global Burden16▲ 3.9×11 topics
  27. Biliary Complications16▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Donor Risk Index16▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Insulin Resistance16▲ 4.5×10 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma15▲ 9.5×3 topics
  31. Prognosis15▲ 5.9×9 topics
  32. Thrombosis15▲ 6.9×7 topics
  33. Critical Care14▲ 7.2×8 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Drugs14▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation14▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention13▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Antibody-Mediated Rejection13▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Endothelial Dysfunction13▲ 7.3×8 topics
  39. Renal Allograft13▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Aortic Aneurysm12▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Toronto General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Transplantation: Methods…26Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 16 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 13 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 10 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 9 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…9Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 9 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…9Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…8Liver Disease and Transplantation: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional works
SurgeryTransplantationCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 26 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 16 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 13 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 8 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Toronto General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 Toronto General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Toronto General Hospital0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Toronto General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Toronto General Hospital14.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2013.

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