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West Park Healthcare Centre

In research, West Park Healthcare Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,993 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,796 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#36,244
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#792
of 896
Research works
231
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is West Park Healthcare 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
Health SciencesDomain #13,993 of 20,462 20.6%192
MedicineField #13,796 of 17,978 19.8%161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Park Healthcare 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 4.99× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.37× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Park Healthcare Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Chetan P. Phadke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Park Healthcare Centre.

  1. 1 Chetan P. Phadke Canada · #1,066,101 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at West Park Healthcare Centre

Which keywords describe research at West Park Healthcare Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Management, Global Burden, COPD, spirometry, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Diagnosis8▲ 21×6 topics
  2. Management8▲ 25×5 topics
  3. Global Burden7▲ 34×5 topics
  4. COPD6▲ 243×1 topic
  5. spirometry6▲ 243×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology5▲ 3.2×26 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 4.4×15 topics
  8. Rehabilitation2▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Treatment2▲ 4.6×9 topics
  10. Inflammation2▲ 2.6×12 topics
  11. Public Health2▲ 3.5×13 topics
  12. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 24×4 topics
  13. Diabetes2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  14. Depression2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  15. Mental Health2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  16. Behavior Change2▲ 27×3 topics
  17. Exoskeletons2▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Lower Limb2▲ 124×1 topic
  19. Social Support2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  20. Elderly2▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Patient Engagement2▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Physical Activity1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  23. Physical Performance1▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Functional Recovery1▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Prevention1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  27. Acute Lung Injury1▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome1▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Adherence1▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Elderly Patients1▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Infection1▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Mobile Health1▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Systematic Review1▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Wound Healing1▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Foot Ulcers1▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy1▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Interstitial Lung Disease1▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Neuropathy1▲ 53×2 topics

Which research topics does West Park Healthcare Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…6Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksProsthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical EngineeringRehabilitationEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  9. 9 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 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 available43.4%not open56.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Park Healthcare Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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