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University of Alberta Hospital

In research, University of Alberta Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,089 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,124 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,715
of 28,054 · #6,884 all time
Rank in Canada
#192
of 403
Research works
2.1k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is University of Alberta 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,089 of 11,982 18.7%164 #1543
MedicineField #4,124 of 10,443 18.2%150 #1302

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Alberta 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).

What does University of Alberta Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.00× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Alberta Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Coulden, Ban C. H. Tsui and George S. Cembrowski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Alberta Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard Coulden Canada · #446,926 worldwide 81 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Ban C. H. Tsui Canada · #568,794 worldwide 90 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 George S. Cembrowski Canada · #925,953 worldwide 36 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Khurshid Khan Canada · #927,100 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 J. W. R. McIntyre Canada · #931,587 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 G Raymond Canada · #971,102 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University of Alberta Hospital

Which keywords describe research at University of Alberta Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Clinical Outcomes, Management and Coagulopathy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.0×89 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.4×46 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 3.7×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis9▲ 4.6×27 topics
  5. Risk Factors8▲ 3.6×20 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 2.5×30 topics
  7. Management6▲ 3.7×21 topics
  8. Complications5▲ 4.9×14 topics
  9. Global Burden5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  10. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.4×17 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.2×23 topics
  12. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.4×21 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.3×13 topics
  14. Heart Failure5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  15. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  17. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  18. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.1×17 topics
  19. Aging4▲ 3.9×10 topics
  20. Coagulopathy4▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Hepatic Encephalopathy4▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Liver Cirrhosis4▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Guidelines4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  24. Liver Transplantation4▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Prognosis4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  26. Surgical Management4▲ 4.3×14 topics
  27. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  28. Critical Care3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  29. Echocardiography3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  30. Graft Survival3▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Medical Education3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  32. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Revascularization3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Mortality Risk3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  39. Elderly Patients3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Alberta Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Liver Disease and Transp…4Liver Disease and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksMeta-analysis and system…1Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 1 fractional works
HepatologyEpidemiologyNeurologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 4 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Alberta Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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