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Women's College Hospital

In research, Women's College Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#898 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,207 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,457 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Dermatology is 14.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,314
of 28,054 · #4,549 all time
Rank in Canada
#75
of 403
Research works
2.6k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
101k
38.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Women's College Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #898 of 10,443 21.9%358 #938
Health SciencesDomain #1,207 of 11,982 22.0%416 #1076
Social SciencesDomain #5,457 of 10,521 27.3%77 #4656

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Women's College 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#938 #898
  2. Health Sciences#1,076 #1,207
  3. Social Sciences#4,656 #5,457
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Women's College Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 21.7 works15×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 41.5 works5.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.22× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.46× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 358 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Women's College Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven A. Narod, Noah Ivers and Lihi Eder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Women's College Hospital.

  1. 1 Steven A. Narod Canada · #1,567 worldwide 1.5k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Noah Ivers Canada · #52,959 worldwide 405 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Lihi Eder Canada · #88,302 worldwide 169 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Sheila Dunn Canada · #167,147 worldwide 166 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Andrea Gruneir Canada · #192,915 worldwide 114 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Ping Sun Canada · #220,479 worldwide 725 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Mohammad R. Akbari Canada · #268,764 worldwide 112 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Lynn From Canada · #279,195 worldwide 52 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Laura Desveaux Canada · #281,890 worldwide 40 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Vincent Piguet Canada · #477,294 worldwide 157 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Women's College Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Women's College Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, Health Disparities, Breast Cancer and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology63▲ 2.8×105 topics
  2. Quality of Life37▲ 4.6×42 topics
  3. Inflammation26▲ 2.2×54 topics
  4. Clinical Trials23▲ 6.1×15 topics
  5. Mental Health23▲ 2.8×27 topics
  6. Risk Factors22▲ 3.5×28 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 3.3×29 topics
  8. Public Health20▲ 2.5×32 topics
  9. Treatment20▲ 2.9×39 topics
  10. Diagnosis19▲ 3.7×31 topics
  11. Depression19▲ 3.8×15 topics
  12. Primary Care19▲ 8.8×13 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 3.9×21 topics
  14. Chronic Disease Management18▲ 17×6 topics
  15. COVID-1917▲ 2.3×17 topics
  16. Precision Medicine16▲ 6.0×7 topics
  17. Breast Cancer16▲ 12×10 topics
  18. Health Disparities16▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.6×20 topics
  20. Autoantibodies13▲ 10.0×8 topics
  21. Quality Improvement13▲ 12×8 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 7.0×9 topics
  23. Mortality12▲ 3.7×11 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 3.9×13 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 7.2×9 topics
  26. Anxiety11▲ 4.2×9 topics
  27. Ovarian Cancer11▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Regulatory T Cells10▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Cancer Risk10▲ 8.3×6 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence10▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Inflammatory Cytokines10▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Prostate Cancer10▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Behavior Change9▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Immune System9▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. TGF-ß9▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Glycemic Control9▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Stigma9▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Mortality Rates9▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Genetic Testing8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Women's College Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Dermatology and Skin Diseases and Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation.

Psoriasis: Treatment and…8Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 8 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…7BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 7 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 7 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…7Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 7 fractional worksHidradenitis Suppurativa…6Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments: 6 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 5 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…5Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 5 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 5 fractional works
ImmunologyGeneticsDermatologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 8 works
  2. 2 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 7 works
  3. 3 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 7 works
  4. 4 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  5. 5 Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments Dermatology 6 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 5 works
  7. 7 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 5 works
  8. 8 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 5 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Women's College Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher 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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