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William Osler Health System

In research, William Osler Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,514 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,820 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,337
of 22,385 · #19,654 all time
Rank in Canada
#294
of 305
Research works
270
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
William Osler Health System

What is William Osler Health System 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 #5,514 of 16,688 10.6%191
MedicineField #4,820 of 14,558 10.3%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where William Osler Health System 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 William Osler Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at William Osler Health System is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Health Professions (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 62 fractional works · 79.0% of its workMedicine: 52 fractional works · 66.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 11.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWilliam OslerHealth System79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences9%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5266.4%
    2. Health Professions911.8%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology67.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Psychology33.4%
    2. Social Sciences11.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Computer Science11.5%
    2. Engineering10.7%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
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: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.47× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.45× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.47×9 works
  2. Medicine3.45×52 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×1 works
  5. Psychology1.13×3 works
  6. Dentistry0.83×0 works
  7. Nursing0.83×0 works
  8. Veterinary0.62×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.51×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.14×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  20. Engineering0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at William Osler Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandra Binnie, Parneet Kaur Cheema and David C. Richardson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is William Osler Health System.

  1. 1 Alexandra Binnie Canada · #239,713 worldwide 3.3k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Parneet Kaur Cheema Canada · #442,218 worldwide 7.8k citations · 148 works
  3. 3 David C. Richardson Canada · #644,059 worldwide 3.5k citations · 122 works
  4. 4 Sergio M. Borgia Canada · #1,121,971 worldwide 2.3k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Philip G. Kuruvilla Canada · #1,252,368 worldwide 1.2k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Ravi Bhargava Canada · #1,265,022 worldwide 2.1k citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Brandon S. Sheffield Canada · #1,529,121 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Shy Amlani Canada · #2,685,149 worldwide 280 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Vandana Ahluwalia Canada · #2,820,451 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Elisa Lapadula Canada · #3,419,014 worldwide 156 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at William Osler Health System

What are the most cited papers from William Osler Health System?

The most cited paper from William Osler Health System is "Overall Survival with Osimertinib in Untreated, EGFR -Mutated Advanced NSCLC" (Suresh S. Ramalingam et al., 2019), with 2,933 citations. Next come "Stress Hyperglycemia and Prognosis of Stroke in Nondiabetic and Diabetic Patients" (1,867) and "Atezolizumab in combination with carboplatin plus nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment for metastatic non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (IMpower130): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial" (1,711).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Overall Survival with Osimertinib in Untreated, EGFR -Mutated Advanced NSCLC Suresh S. Ramalingam et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Nov 2019 2,933
2 Stress Hyperglycemia and Prognosis of Stroke in Nondiabetic and Diabetic Patients Sarah E. Capes, Dereck Hunt, Klas Malmberg et al. · Stroke Oct 2001 1,867
3 Atezolizumab in combination with carboplatin plus nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment for metastatic non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (IMpower130): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial Howard West, Michael McCleod, Maen Hussein et al. · The Lancet Oncology 20 May 2019 1,711
4 Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection Jeffrey C. Kwong, Kevin L. Schwartz, Michael A. Campitelli et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 25 Jan 2018 1,211
5 Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis Reed Alexander Cunningham Siemieniuk et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 30 Jul 2020 917
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at William Osler Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy, Medical Education and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.6×47 topics
  2. Targeted Therapy4▲ 26×5 topics
  3. Clinical Trials4▲ 8.2×10 topics
  4. Chemotherapy4▲ 7.5×16 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 2.1×26 topics
  6. Pandemic3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors3▲ 8.6×10 topics
  8. Radiotherapy3▲ 8.9×10 topics
  9. Biomarkers3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  10. Management3▲ 4.2×16 topics
  11. Risk Factors3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  12. Medical Education2▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Quality Improvement2▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Quality of Life2▲ 2.2×17 topics
  15. Depression2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  16. Mortality2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  17. Genomic Profiling2▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Guidelines2▲ 5.7×11 topics
  19. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  20. Primary Care2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  21. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  23. ALK Inhibitors2▲ 39×1 topic
  24. EGFR Mutations2▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  26. Anxiety2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  27. Cell-Free DNA2▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Somatic Mutations2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics2▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Genomic Instability2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Metastasis2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Mutational Signatures2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Rituximab2▲ 15×4 topics
  34. BRAF Mutation2▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Cancer Treatment2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  36. Critical Care2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  37. SARS-CoV-22▲ 6.5×5 topics
  38. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Global Access1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Health Care Costs1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does William Osler Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…2Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and…1Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…1Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksInformation Technology Governance and Strategy: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…1Lung Cancer Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Information Technology Governance and Strategy Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has William Osler Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher 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 William Osler Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%William Osler Health System0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of William Osler Health System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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