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Vancouver Coastal Health

In research, Vancouver Coastal Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,931 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,758 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,007
of 28,054 · #6,633 all time
Rank in Canada
#140
of 403
Research works
1.2k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Vancouver Coastal 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,931 of 11,982 21.7%177 #2629
MedicineField #3,758 of 10,443 21.4%148 #2973

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vancouver Coastal 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).

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.02× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.12× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.30× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 2.82× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.16× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vancouver Coastal Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Karissa Johnston and Louisa Edwards lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vancouver Coastal Health.

  1. 1 Karissa Johnston Canada · #1,285,729 worldwide 19 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Louisa Edwards Canada · #1,581,726 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Vancouver Coastal Health

Which keywords describe research at Vancouver Coastal Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Functional Recovery, Aging, Public Health, Clinical Trials, Neuroimaging, Recovery and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 3.3×82 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 2.2×47 topics
  3. Public Health13▲ 3.1×29 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.4×22 topics
  5. Aging9▲ 6.2×11 topics
  6. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.9×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life9▲ 2.3×32 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.0×29 topics
  9. Biomarkers9▲ 4.7×12 topics
  10. Functional Recovery9▲ 21×4 topics
  11. COVID-198▲ 2.2×17 topics
  12. Depression8▲ 3.1×16 topics
  13. Neuroimaging8▲ 9.8×9 topics
  14. Recovery8▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Mortality7▲ 4.5×10 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders7▲ 4.4×15 topics
  17. Neural Plasticity7▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Neuroprotection7▲ 6.7×10 topics
  19. Global Burden6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Neuropathology6▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Physical Activity6▲ 4.5×6 topics
  22. Mortality Risk6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  23. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  24. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-25▲ 5.9×6 topics
  27. Constraint-Induced Therapy5▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Motor Recovery5▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Neurodegeneration5▲ 6.1×9 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation5▲ 6.3×6 topics
  31. Cognitive Training5▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Consciousness5▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Encephalopathy5▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Caregiver Burden5▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Cognitive Decline5▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Concussion5▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Neurological5▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Dementia5▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Mild Cognitive Impairment5▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Substance Use Disorders5▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Vancouver Coastal Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…5Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…5Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 5 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…5Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 5 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…3Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 3 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Research: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…2Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 2 fractional works
RehabilitationEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 5 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  8. 8 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vancouver Coastal Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher 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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