Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Winnipeg · Canada

Victoria General Hospital

In research, Victoria General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,598 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,862 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

vgh.mb.caROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#17,789
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#357
of 718
Research works
671
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Victoria General Hospital

What is Victoria General Hospital 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 #5,598 of 14,558 10.3%471
Health SciencesDomain #6,862 of 16,688 10.1%508

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victoria General 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Victoria General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Victoria General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 20 fractional works · 83.3% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 73.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVictoria GeneralHospital24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1773.4%
    2. Health Professions26.4%
    3. Veterinary12.3%
    4. Dentistry00.7%
    5. Nursing00.5%
    1. Environmental Science14.0%
    2. Engineering12.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.3%
    2. Neuroscience01.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Psychology01.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary16.76×0 works
  2. Medicine3.82×17 works
  3. Health Professions2.41×2 works
  4. Dentistry1.45×0 works
  5. Nursing1.01×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.81×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.76×0 works
  9. Psychology0.53×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.49×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  12. Engineering0.16×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Victoria General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, DAVID P. PETRIE, V.E. Turkington and Arthur F. Isner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria General Hospital.

  1. 1 DAVID P. PETRIE Canada · #5,331,611 worldwide 392 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 V.E. Turkington Canada · #5,445,385 worldwide 117 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Arthur F. Isner Canada · #5,461,763 worldwide 278 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Wendy M. Fallis Canada · #5,507,064 worldwide 596 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Campbell Dr Canada · #5,625,943 worldwide 162 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Sullivan Ja Canada · #5,737,713 worldwide 123 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Victoria General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Victoria General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Victoria General Hospital is "A Prediction Rule to Identify Low-Risk Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia" (Michael J. Fine, Thomas E. Auble, Donald M. Yealy et al., 1997), with 4,685 citations. Next come "A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease" (4,271) and "Measuring the Functional Impact of Fatigue: Initial Validation of the Fatigue Impact Scale" (1,573).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Prediction Rule to Identify Low-Risk Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Michael J. Fine, Thomas E. Auble, Donald M. Yealy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Jan 1997 4,685
2 A Randomized Comparison of Coronary-Stent Placement and Balloon Angioplasty in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease David Lee Fischman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Aug 1994 4,271
3 Measuring the Functional Impact of Fatigue: Initial Validation of the Fatigue Impact Scale John D. Fisk, Paul G. Ritvo, Lynn Ross et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 1994 1,573
4 Intramuscular Interferon Beta-1A Therapy Initiated during a First Demyelinating Event in Multiple Sclerosis Lawrence D. Jacobs, Roy W. Beck, Jack H. Simon et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Sep 2000 1,514
5 Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Critically Ill Patients Deborah J. Cook, Hugh D. Fuller, Gordon Henry Guyatt et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Feb 1994 1,034
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Victoria General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Antibiotic Resistance, Mortality, Meta-Analysis, Complications and Crohn's 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-now 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.8×24 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 9.0×11 topics
  3. Diagnosis2▲ 10×7 topics
  4. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 13×2 topics
  5. Complications1▲ 10.0×6 topics
  6. Meta-Analysis1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  7. Mortality1▲ 9.3×7 topics
  8. Crohn's Disease1▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Mycobacterium avium1▲ 147×1 topic
  10. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria1▲ 147×1 topic
  11. Public Health1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  12. Immunotherapy1▲ 6.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Victoria General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Vitamin D Research Studies.

Mycobacterium research a…1Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksVitamin D Research Studies0Vitamin D Research Studies: 0 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Research: 0 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Mycology: 0 fractional worksRadiology practices and …0Radiology practices and education: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma case studies: 0 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyEmergency MedicineHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  4. 4 Vitamin D Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Infectious Diseases and Mycology Small Animals 0 works
  7. 7 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available20.9%not open79.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Victoria General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Victoria General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000097% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Victoria General Hospital0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Victoria General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%Victoria General Hospital12.1% in 1996all institutions10.0% in 1996

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 1992.

Other research institutions in Winnipeg

All research institutions in Winnipeg

Share Victoria General Hospital's ranking

Victoria General Hospital on Science Explorer

A card with Victoria General Hospital's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Victoria General Hospital. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.