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Toronto Public Health

In research, Toronto Public Health stands highest in Medicine (#5,772 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,925 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 15.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,131
of 28,054 · #5,993 all time
Rank in Canada
#199
of 403
Research works
4.2k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Toronto Public Health 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 #5,772 of 10,443 3.1%272 #4265
Health SciencesDomain #6,925 of 11,982 3.2%315 #3283

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

What does Toronto Public Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 38.2 works16×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 46.5 works9.9×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 29.0 works4.7×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.35× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 272 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toronto Public Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Frederick F. Tisdall, V. Rao and Iqwal Mangat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toronto Public Health.

  1. 1 Frederick F. Tisdall Canada · #64,158 worldwide 164 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 V. Rao Canada · #198,845 worldwide 131 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Iqwal Mangat Canada · #265,754 worldwide 118 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 F. M. Heichelheim Canada · #391,727 worldwide 32 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Darren Wishart Canada · #489,721 worldwide 80 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Harris P. Mosher Canada · #532,782 worldwide 30 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 H.L. Ormsby Canada · #583,017 worldwide 43 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Sumit Verma Canada · #607,944 worldwide 87 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 John Gellner Canada · #614,816 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 John Russell Taylor Canada · #672,484 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Toronto Public Health

Which keywords describe research at Toronto Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glycemic Control, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Epidemiology, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology47▲ 2.7×82 topics
  2. Glycemic Control30▲ 44×4 topics
  3. Diabetes30▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 6.0×25 topics
  5. Heart Failure29▲ 15×11 topics
  6. Insulin Therapy22▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Primary Care21▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Public Health21▲ 3.2×33 topics
  9. Inflammation18▲ 1.96×39 topics
  10. Obesity17▲ 5.1×15 topics
  11. Type 2 Diabetes16▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Diagnosis16▲ 3.8×23 topics
  13. Quality Improvement15▲ 17×8 topics
  14. Risk Factors15▲ 3.0×24 topics
  15. Guidelines15▲ 7.0×8 topics
  16. Depression14▲ 3.7×12 topics
  17. Treatment14▲ 2.6×28 topics
  18. Type 1 Diabetes14▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Complications13▲ 6.0×7 topics
  20. Echocardiography13▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 9.3×6 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.5×14 topics
  24. Chronic Disease11▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Mortality11▲ 4.2×11 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders10▲ 4.1×13 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Outcomes10▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Continuous Glucose Monitoring10▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Glucose Control10▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Hypoglycemia10▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Self-Management10▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Health Education9▲ 4.8×3 topics
  33. Insulin Resistance9▲ 4.6×8 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 8.7×7 topics
  35. Patient Activation9▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Psychosocial Support9▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Atherosclerosis8▲ 6.5×7 topics
  38. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 9.3×5 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Toronto Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…4Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 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 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 works
  10. 10 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toronto Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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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