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Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre

In research, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre stands highest in Medicine (#3,054 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,781 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,375 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,728
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#244
of 896
Research works
1k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
46.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,054 of 17,978 24.5%717
Health SciencesDomain #3,781 of 20,462 24.2%784
Life SciencesDomain #5,375 of 14,347 22.2%166
SurgerySubfield #2,257 of 4,227 27.9%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Harrop and Peter J. Jewesson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre.

  1. 1 R. Harrop Canada · #167,118 worldwide 131 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Jewesson Canada · #1,126,405 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre

Which keywords describe research at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Parkinson's Disease, Neurological Disorders, Treatment, Neurodegeneration, Diagnostic Criteria, Inflammation and Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology111▲ 2.7×114 topics
  2. Inflammation58▲ 2.4×62 topics
  3. Treatment50▲ 3.8×42 topics
  4. Parkinson's Disease47▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress46▲ 2.5×44 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders44▲ 6.3×18 topics
  7. Diagnosis41▲ 3.9×37 topics
  8. Neurodegeneration35▲ 11×9 topics
  9. Diagnostic Criteria34▲ 16×9 topics
  10. Cancer34▲ 2.3×40 topics
  11. Mitochondrial Dysfunction32▲ 8.4×11 topics
  12. Risk Factors32▲ 2.9×30 topics
  13. Chemotherapy30▲ 4.1×22 topics
  14. Management30▲ 3.8×28 topics
  15. Quality of Life28▲ 2.0×37 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 2.2×27 topics
  17. Guidelines26▲ 5.2×12 topics
  18. Epilepsy26▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors25▲ 5.3×14 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines24▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Surgical Management23▲ 4.9×20 topics
  22. Dopaminergic Neurons23▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Basal Ganglia23▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Deep Brain Stimulation22▲ 30×3 topics
  25. Treatment-Resistant Depression22▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Immunotherapy22▲ 3.3×19 topics
  27. Neuromodulation21▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Genetic Risk Factors21▲ 40×1 topic
  29. a-Synuclein21▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Dystonia20▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Subthalamic Nucleus20▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Pain Management20▲ 8.6×8 topics
  33. Cancer Therapy20▲ 3.1×14 topics
  34. Complications20▲ 3.7×13 topics
  35. Magnetic Resonance Imaging20▲ 5.1×7 topics
  36. Neuroimaging15▲ 5.1×10 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 5.3×6 topics
  38. Radiation Therapy13▲ 8.4×6 topics
  39. Revision Surgery13▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement13▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Innovations in Medical Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…0Innovations in Medical Education: 0 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 0 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 0 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 0 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 0 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii p…0Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRheumatologyEcology6 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 0 works
  4. 4 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 0 works
  8. 8 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 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 available17.9%not open82.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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