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Toronto Public Health

In research, Toronto Public Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,345 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,130 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and General Health Professions (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 14.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,396
of 22,385 · #1,475 all time
Rank in Canada
#146
of 305
Research works
4.2k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.72×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Toronto Public Health

What is Toronto Public Health 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 #5,345 of 9,902 3.5%315 #1678
MedicineField #5,130 of 8,541 3.6%272 #1683

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toronto Public Health 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 Toronto Public Health work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Toronto Public Health is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Health Professions (9%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 327 fractional works · 69.0% of its workMedicine: 281 fractional works · 59.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 47 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 38 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKToronto PublicHealth474fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences14%

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. Medicine28159.3%
    2. Health Professions418.7%
    3. Nursing30.6%
    4. Dentistry20.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences316.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.3%
    3. Psychology102.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.1%
    6. Decision Sciences30.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology306.3%
    2. Neuroscience81.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering142.9%
    2. Environmental Science81.8%
    3. Computer Science71.4%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Toronto Public Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 14.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 38.3 works15×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 46.7 works9.4×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 30.3 works4.6×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.30× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 281 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.30×41 works
  2. Medicine3.08×281 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×30 works
  4. Nursing1.15×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.09×5 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×11 works
  7. Neuroscience1.02×8 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.77×2 works
  10. Psychology0.73×10 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.62×3 works
  12. Social Sciences0.52×31 works
  13. Veterinary0.43×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.37×5 works
  15. Environmental Science0.35×8 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×5 works
  17. Mathematics0.26×2 works
  18. Engineering0.20×14 works
  19. Computer Science0.18×7 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×4 works
  21. Chemistry0.13×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Toronto Public Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Frederick Nossal, Vinita Dubey and Rita Shahin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toronto Public Health.

  1. 1 Frederick Nossal Canada · #851,070 worldwide 244 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Vinita Dubey Canada · #884,408 worldwide 1.8k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Rita Shahin Canada · #1,192,501 worldwide 759 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Effie Gournis Canada · #1,230,328 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Tamara Wallington Canada · #1,294,284 worldwide 3k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Peter W. M. Blayney Canada · #1,316,196 worldwide 524 citations · 67 works
  7. 7 E. M. Walker Canada · #1,372,373 worldwide 652 citations · 115 works
  8. 8 John Gellner Canada · #1,632,564 worldwide 231 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Chris Buller Canada · #1,707,867 worldwide 424 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 R. Byrick Canada · #1,783,192 worldwide 570 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Toronto Public Health

What are the most cited papers from Toronto Public Health?

The most cited paper from Toronto Public Health is "eHEALS: The eHealth Literacy Scale" (Cameron D. Norman, Harvey A. Skinner, 2006), with 2,873 citations. Next come "Diagnosing COVID-19: The Disease and Tools for Detection" (1,847) and "The development of a comorbidity index with physical function as the outcome" (1,224).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 eHEALS: The eHealth Literacy Scale Cameron D. Norman, Harvey A. Skinner · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 14 Nov 2006 2,873
2 Diagnosing COVID-19: The Disease and Tools for Detection Buddhisha N. Udugama, Pranav Kadhiresan, Hannah N. Kozlowski et al. · ACS Nano Open access 30 Mar 2020 1,847
3 The development of a comorbidity index with physical function as the outcome Dianne Groll, Teresa To, Claire Bombardier et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 5 May 2005 1,224
4 The rise of organic electrode materials for energy storage Tyler B. Schon, Bryony T. McAllister, Pengfei Li et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2016 1,109
5 Prevalence and Penetrance of Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population Series of 649 Women with Ovarian Cancer Harvey A. Risch, John R. McLaughlin, David E.C. Cole et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access Mar 2001 996
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Toronto Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diabetes, Glycemic Control, Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Insulin Therapy, Primary Care and Type 2 Diabetes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 2.7×88 topics
  2. Diabetes30▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Glycemic Control30▲ 40×4 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 5.6×26 topics
  5. Heart Failure29▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Public Health22▲ 3.2×35 topics
  7. Insulin Therapy22▲ 36×3 topics
  8. Primary Care21▲ 12×11 topics
  9. Inflammation19▲ 1.85×40 topics
  10. Obesity17▲ 4.8×15 topics
  11. Diagnosis17▲ 3.8×25 topics
  12. Type 2 Diabetes16▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Guidelines15▲ 6.8×10 topics
  14. Depression15▲ 3.6×14 topics
  15. Quality Improvement15▲ 17×8 topics
  16. Risk Factors15▲ 2.9×24 topics
  17. Treatment15▲ 2.6×28 topics
  18. Type 1 Diabetes14▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Quality of Life14▲ 2.0×24 topics
  20. Complications14▲ 5.8×8 topics
  21. Echocardiography13▲ 9.9×5 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 8.8×8 topics
  23. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.4×15 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.0×12 topics
  25. Mortality11▲ 4.2×11 topics
  26. Chronic Disease11▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders10▲ 3.8×13 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Outcomes10▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Continuous Glucose Monitoring10▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Glucose Control10▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Hypoglycemia10▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Self-Management10▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Health Education10▲ 4.6×3 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 8.1×7 topics
  35. Patient Activation9▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Psychosocial Support9▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Atherosclerosis8▲ 6.1×7 topics
  38. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 8.8×5 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Toronto Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diabetes Management and Education and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Diabetes Management and Research: 10 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 10 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …9Diabetes Management and Education: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicineEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 4 works
  9. 9 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Toronto Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% 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 Public Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Toronto Public Health0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Toronto Public Health 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Toronto Public Health5.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2008.

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