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Unity Health Toronto

In research, Unity Health Toronto stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,309 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,076 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,444
of 28,054 · #18,949 all time
Rank in ??
#137
of 692
Research works
420
fractional, all time
Citations
10k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Unity Health Toronto 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,309 of 11,982 26.3%197 #8415
MedicineField #3,076 of 10,443 25.5%161 #7772

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Unity Health Toronto 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 Unity Health Toronto specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 25.8 works6.4×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.31× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Unity Health Toronto?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, COVID-19, Mental Health, SARS-CoV-2, Primary Care, Depression and Health Equity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.8×94 topics
  2. Public Health16▲ 3.7×26 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 2.1×50 topics
  4. Mental Health13▲ 3.0×25 topics
  5. COVID-1913▲ 3.2×17 topics
  6. Pandemic10▲ 3.2×6 topics
  7. Depression10▲ 3.8×18 topics
  8. Risk Factors8▲ 2.6×26 topics
  9. Mortality8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  10. Healthcare8▲ 2.3×15 topics
  11. Primary Care8▲ 6.8×12 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-27▲ 7.6×6 topics
  13. Global Burden7▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Health Equity7▲ 8.5×6 topics
  15. Social Support7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  16. Substance Abuse7▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.3×16 topics
  18. Health Care Utilization6▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Quality Improvement6▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Guidelines6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Health Outcomes6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  22. Critical Care6▲ 8.2×8 topics
  23. Mortality Risk6▲ 7.9×6 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 7.6×3 topics
  25. Myopia5▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Precision Medicine5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  29. Health Disparities5▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. Macular Degeneration4▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Mental Illness4▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Elderly Patients4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. Glycemic Control4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  34. OCT Imaging4▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Homelessness4▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Housing First4▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Macular Hole4▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Vitreoretinal Surgery4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Glaucoma4▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Unity Health Toronto publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal and Macular Surgery, Homelessness and Social Issues, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Retinal and Macular Surg…4Retinal and Macular Surgery: 4 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …4Homelessness and Social Issues: 4 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk3HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHealth Informatics4 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  2. 2 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 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 available71.4%not open28.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.1%domestic only52.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unity Health Toronto's research output changed?

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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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