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Wellesley Institute

In research, Wellesley Institute stands highest in Medicine (#4,875 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,679 of 16,688 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,839 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,174
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#325
of 718
Research works
900
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
44k
48.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Wellesley Institute

What is Wellesley Institute 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 #4,875 of 14,558 13.0%609
Health SciencesDomain #5,679 of 16,688 13.3%658
SurgerySubfield #1,839 of 3,248 11.7%133
Life SciencesDomain #8,824 of 11,023 10.3%158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellesley Institute 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 Wellesley Institute work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Wellesley Institute is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 658 fractional works · 73.1% of its workMedicine: 609 fractional works · 67.6% of its workSurgery: 133 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 66 fractional works · 7.3% of its workRheumatology: 51 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 45 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 38 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 37 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 158 fractional works · 17.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 80 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 57 fractional works · 6.3% of its workImmunology: 52 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWellesleyInstitute900fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine60967.6%
    2. Health Professions374.1%
    3. Nursing80.9%
    4. Dentistry30.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology808.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology576.3%
    3. Neuroscience151.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Social Sciences273.0%
    2. Psychology171.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities60.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Engineering91.0%
    2. Environmental Science30.4%
    3. Chemistry30.3%
    4. Mathematics30.3%
    5. Computer Science10.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 6.91× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.51× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.91×2 works
  2. Psychology4.51×2 works
  3. Social Sciences2.71×4 works
  4. Neuroscience1.59×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.03×0 works
  6. Medicine0.98×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.41×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wellesley Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Ian Macnab, HUGH A. SMYTHE and R. PETER WELSH lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellesley Institute.

  1. 1 Ian Macnab Canada · #363,767 worldwide 9.9k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 HUGH A. SMYTHE Canada · #806,803 worldwide 14k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 R. PETER WELSH Canada · #1,508,464 worldwide 1.6k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Brenda Roche Canada · #1,546,326 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Marjorie E. Platts Canada · #1,881,851 worldwide 966 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Charles M. Godfrey Canada · #2,879,844 worldwide 263 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Guillermo Arreaza Canada · #3,385,996 worldwide 1.8k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Shirley T. Hassaram Canada · #4,492,011 worldwide 337 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Moni Stein Canada · #4,657,759 worldwide 882 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 R R Gray Canada · #5,070,087 worldwide 229 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Wellesley Institute

What are the most cited papers from Wellesley Institute?

The most cited paper from Wellesley Institute is "The american college of rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia" (Frederick Wolfe et al., 1990), with 9,629 citations. Next come "Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: Literature review and proposed guidelines" (6,156) and "Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and head)" (5,069).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The american college of rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia Frederick Wolfe et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Feb 1990 9,629
2 Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: Literature review and proposed guidelines Françis Guillemin, Claire Bombardier, Dorcas Beaton · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Dec 1993 6,156
3 Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and head) Pamela L. Hudak, Peter C. Amadio, Claire Bombardier et al. · American Journal of Industrial Medicine Jun 1996 5,069
4 Derivation of the sledai. A disease activity index for lupus patients Claire Bombardier et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Jun 1992 4,606
5 American college of rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis David T. Felson, Jennifer J. Anderson, Maarten Boers et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Jun 1995 2,853
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Which keywords describe research at Wellesley Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Cardiovascular Risk, Treatment, Complications, Autoimmunity and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology123▲ 3.4×97 topics
  2. Inflammation72▲ 3.4×54 topics
  3. Treatment53▲ 4.6×41 topics
  4. Autoantibodies45▲ 21×8 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Risk43▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Diagnosis40▲ 4.4×35 topics
  7. Complications37▲ 8.1×16 topics
  8. Risk Factors35▲ 3.8×24 topics
  9. Autoimmunity35▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Quality of Life32▲ 2.6×35 topics
  11. Management30▲ 4.3×23 topics
  12. Genetics27▲ 3.9×12 topics
  13. Immunotherapy26▲ 4.5×17 topics
  14. Cancer26▲ 2.1×31 topics
  15. Surgical Management26▲ 6.3×18 topics
  16. Pregnancy23▲ 11×8 topics
  17. Mortality23▲ 5.1×11 topics
  18. Guidelines21▲ 4.9×11 topics
  19. Toll-like Receptors20▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 4.0×13 topics
  21. TGF-ß20▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Neurodevelopment19▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Thyroid Dysfunction19▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Thyroid Hormone19▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Cytokines18▲ 7.5×3 topics
  26. Rehabilitation18▲ 5.4×11 topics
  27. Type 1 Diabetes18▲ 21×2 topics
  28. HLA Genes17▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Insulin Production17▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Immunopathogenesis16▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Biological Therapy16▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Rheumatoid Arthritis16▲ 17×3 topics
  33. CD4+CD25+15▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Foxp315▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Glycosylation15▲ 7.5×3 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy15▲ 8.5×8 topics
  37. Antiphospholipid Syndrome15▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus15▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs15▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Joint Inflammation15▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Wellesley Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Health disparities and outcomes, Migration, Health and Trauma and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Service-Learning and Com…1Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 0 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 0 fractional worksTechnology Use by Older …0Technology Use by Older Adults: 0 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 0 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 0 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 0 fractional works
EducationHealthClinical PsychologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  2. 2 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  3. 3 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Technology Use by Older Adults Demography 0 works
  7. 7 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 0 works
  9. 9 Science and Education Research Education 0 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 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 available15.2%not open84.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wellesley Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wellesley Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Wellesley Institute0.000024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wellesley Institute 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.

10%20%30%Wellesley Institute18.7% in 1998all institutions10.0% in 1998

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.6% in 1993.

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