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Toronto General Hospital

In research, Toronto General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#452 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#653 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,098 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#2,766
of 28,054 · #1,822 all time
Rank in Canada
#57
of 403
Research works
7.3k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
291k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Toronto General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #452 of 10,443 20.2%524 #252
Health SciencesDomain #653 of 11,982 20.3%549 #320
Life SciencesDomain #2,098 of 7,800 25.0%80 #1284
SurgerySubfield #584 of 1,816 20.1%98 #245
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #704 of 1,144 14.4%76 #293
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #456 of 738 18.5%67 #178

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#252 #452
  2. Health Sciences#320 #653
  3. Life Sciences#1,284 #2,098
  4. Surgery#245 #584
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#293 #704
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#178 #456
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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 · 20.2 works15×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 67.0 works9.3×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 75.8 works7.2×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 97.8 works6.1×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 524 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Toronto General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Harry Rakowski, Richard D. Weisel and Mansoor Husain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toronto General Hospital.

  1. 1 Harry Rakowski Canada · #17,711 worldwide 616 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Richard D. Weisel Canada · #20,370 worldwide 640 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Mansoor Husain Canada · #48,385 worldwide 321 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Joan Ivanov Canada · #51,203 worldwide 282 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Alan N. Sandler Canada · #62,339 worldwide 327 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 E.Douglas Wigle Canada · #65,144 worldwide 359 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Eric Horlick Canada · #68,642 worldwide 252 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Louise Harris Canada · #72,059 worldwide 257 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Donald A.G. Mickle Canada · #84,059 worldwide 273 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 F.G. Pearson Canada · #92,114 worldwide 238 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Toronto General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Toronto General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Transplantation, Heart Failure, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology67▲ 2.5×98 topics
  2. Inflammation39▲ 2.8×71 topics
  3. Echocardiography32▲ 17×8 topics
  4. Diagnosis30▲ 4.8×33 topics
  5. Transplantation30▲ 44×4 topics
  6. Heart Failure30▲ 10×13 topics
  7. Treatment29▲ 3.5×41 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 3.8×30 topics
  9. Immunosuppressive Therapy28▲ 22×7 topics
  10. Graft Survival26▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Rejection25▲ 88×2 topics
  12. Management23▲ 4.3×27 topics
  13. Heart Transplant22▲ 103×1 topic
  14. Lung Transplant22▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Chemotherapy20▲ 4.2×23 topics
  16. Liver Transplantation20▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Guidelines19▲ 6.0×12 topics
  18. Immune Response18▲ 4.7×18 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction17▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Immunotherapy17▲ 3.5×17 topics
  21. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury17▲ 39×3 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 3.1×18 topics
  23. Chronic Kidney Disease17▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Endovascular Repair17▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Mortality17▲ 4.2×11 topics
  26. Kidney Transplantation16▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Biliary Complications14▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Donor Risk Index14▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Insulin Resistance14▲ 4.6×9 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 9.7×3 topics
  31. Prognosis14▲ 6.2×9 topics
  32. Thrombosis13▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Endothelial Dysfunction13▲ 7.9×8 topics
  34. Mechanical Ventilation12▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Critical Care12▲ 7.5×8 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Drugs11▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Aortic Aneurysm11▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Antibody-Mediated Rejection11▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Renal Allograft11▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Toronto General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Transplantation: Methods…22Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 22 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 11 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 8 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …8Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 8 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional works
SurgeryTransplantationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 22 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 14 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 11 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  6. 6 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 8 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toronto General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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