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University Health Network

In research, University Health Network stands highest in Medicine (#98 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#129 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#471 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Hepatology and Hematology — Transplantation is 24.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#802
of 28,054 · #905 all time
Rank in Canada
#20
of 403
Research works
14k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
520k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is University Health Network 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 #98 of 10,443 19.5%2,089 #140
Health SciencesDomain #129 of 11,982 19.6%2,260 #168
Life SciencesDomain #471 of 7,800 22.6%489 #470
SurgerySubfield #145 of 1,816 18.3%287 #144
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #131 of 1,144 17.6%240 #120
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #754 of 3,579 21.4%287 #719
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #158 of 738 17.4%142 #181
NeurologySubfield #81 of 336 25.0%89 #131
Social SciencesDomain #2,585 of 10,521 26.5%201 #2063
Physical SciencesDomain #3,218 of 12,888 25.9%181 #3523

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Health Network 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#140 #98
  2. Health Sciences#168 #129
  3. Life Sciences#470 #471
  4. Surgery#144 #145
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#120 #131
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#719 #754
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#181 #158
  8. Neurology#131 #81
  9. Social Sciences#2,063 #2,585
  10. Physical Sciences#3,523 #3,218
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 University Health Network specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 24.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 34.1 works24×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 43.5 works7.2×
  3. HematologySubfield · 58.5 works6.2×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 46.7 works5.5×
  5. NephrologySubfield · 34.5 works5.1×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 240.1 works5.0×
  7. NeurologySubfield · 89.1 works5.0×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 287 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 74 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.27× its world share, 115 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 79 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 153 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 2,090 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 87 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Health Network?

Ranked on the composite score, John Granton, Morris Sherman and Theodorus van der Kwast lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Health Network.

  1. 1 John Granton Canada · #13,075 worldwide 516 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Morris Sherman Canada · #18,849 worldwide 1.3k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Theodorus van der Kwast Canada · #24,629 worldwide 914 citations · 191 works
  4. 4 Vladimír Džavík Canada · #25,267 worldwide 718 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Vera Bril Canada · #33,454 worldwide 367 citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Robert C. Grant Canada · #44,904 worldwide 241 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Malcolm Arnold Canada · #52,916 worldwide 145 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Andrew Evans Canada · #52,963 worldwide 441 citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Özgür Mete Canada · #96,727 worldwide 244 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Joseph A Cafazzo Canada · #96,754 worldwide 172 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at University Health Network

Which keywords describe research at University Health Network?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Transplantation and Immunosuppressive Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology295▲ 2.4×127 topics
  2. Inflammation170▲ 2.6×79 topics
  3. Immunotherapy117▲ 5.2×19 topics
  4. Quality of Life111▲ 2.5×51 topics
  5. Chemotherapy109▲ 5.0×24 topics
  6. Clinical Trials109▲ 5.2×18 topics
  7. Treatment101▲ 2.7×48 topics
  8. Cancer95▲ 2.3×48 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease95▲ 2.7×37 topics
  10. Depression91▲ 3.3×21 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress87▲ 1.71×51 topics
  12. Diagnosis85▲ 2.9×37 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors81▲ 6.0×14 topics
  14. Biomarkers79▲ 3.7×15 topics
  15. Risk Factors74▲ 2.1×35 topics
  16. Management72▲ 3.0×30 topics
  17. Mortality71▲ 3.9×13 topics
  18. Heart Failure70▲ 5.2×13 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders66▲ 3.7×19 topics
  20. Transplantation66▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Immunosuppressive Therapy64▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Radiotherapy63▲ 5.3×13 topics
  23. Targeted Therapy62▲ 8.9×5 topics
  24. Guidelines60▲ 4.1×12 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations60▲ 4.4×23 topics
  26. Anxiety59▲ 4.0×11 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines57▲ 3.4×14 topics
  28. Graft Survival57▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Rejection52▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines50▲ 5.5×9 topics
  31. Prognosis49▲ 4.8×9 topics
  32. Heart Transplant47▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Lung Transplant47▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Parkinson's Disease46▲ 6.1×8 topics
  35. Echocardiography43▲ 5.1×8 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction42▲ 5.7×7 topics
  37. Functional Recovery41▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Kidney Transplantation39▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Liver Transplantation37▲ 10.0×5 topics
  40. Genomic Instability36▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does University Health Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 47 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 32 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…29Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 29 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…26Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 20 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 19 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…19Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 19 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 18 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 18 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Resea…18Spinal Cord Injury Research: 18 fractional works
SurgeryCancer ResearchTransplantationHematology4 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 47 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 32 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 29 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 26 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 20 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 19 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 19 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 18 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 18 works
  10. 10 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 18 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Health Network's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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