Table 3.
Ranking of most prolific institutions (≥ 10 papers) and their collaborative patterns
| Institution, country | Total papers, n | Signatures, n | Institutional collaborations (with different institutions), n | Institutional collaborations in same country (domestic institutions), n | Institutional collaborations from different countries, n | Main institutional collaborator (number of papers) | Different collaborative countries, n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMaster University, Canada |
49 |
216 |
109 |
31 |
78 |
University of Toronto, Canada (10) |
19 |
| University of Oxford, UK |
48 |
226 |
123 |
39 |
84 |
Radcliffe Infirmary, UK (13) |
20 |
| Harvard University, USA |
36 |
210 |
104 |
47 |
57 |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA (23) |
16 |
| Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA |
32 |
207 |
102 |
46 |
56 |
Harvard University, USA (23) |
17 |
| Radcliffe Infirmary, UK |
30 |
96 |
46 |
14 |
32 |
University of Oxford, UK (13) |
11 |
| University of London, UK |
29 |
207 |
125 |
34 |
91 |
University of Bristol, UK; University of Edinburgh, UK and University of Oxford, UK (5) |
22 |
| Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark |
28 |
169 |
93 |
8 |
85 |
Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Italy; Université Paris V - René Descartes, France and University of Copenhagen, Denmark (4) |
20 |
| University of Toronto, Canada |
27 |
123 |
55 |
23 |
32 |
McMaster University, Canada and Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Canada (4) |
12 |
| University of Sydney, Australia |
23 |
120 |
70 |
14 |
56 |
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia (6) |
15 |
| University of Birmingham, UK |
22 |
80 |
51 |
26 |
25 |
Queen Mary, University of London, UK and University of Aberdeen, UK |
(3) 11 |
| University of Bristol, UK |
22 |
141 |
96 |
33 |
63 |
University of London, UK (5) |
21 |
| University of Alberta, Canada |
20 |
94 |
57 |
14 |
43 |
Institute of Health Economics, Canada and University of Calgary, Canada (4) |
15 |
| University College London, UK |
19 |
123 |
88 |
33 |
55 |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK and Royal Free Hospital, UK (4) |
20 |
| University Hospital Basel, Switzerland |
18 |
185 |
113 |
9 |
104 |
Inselspital, Switzerland (5) |
20 |
| Mayo Clinic, USA |
18 |
157 |
130 |
35 |
95 |
University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA (3) |
23 |
| University of Glasgow, UK |
17 |
124 |
85 |
32 |
53 |
University of Cambridge, UK (4) |
14 |
| Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
17 |
145 |
106 |
8 |
98 |
Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), USA and University of Sydney, Australia (3) |
23 |
| Cleveland Clinic, UK |
16 |
75 |
51 |
11 |
40 |
Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), USA and University of Sydney, Australia (3) |
14 |
| The University of York, UK |
16 |
64 |
44 |
26 |
18 |
University of Leeds, UK (3) |
8 |
| University of Bern, Switzerland |
16 |
128 |
72 |
8 |
64 |
Inselspital, Switzerland (11) |
16 |
| Medical Research Council’s Clinical Trials Unit, UK |
16 |
81 |
59 |
25 |
34 |
University of Leicester, UK (3) |
14 |
| Johns Hopkins University, USA |
15 |
58 |
42 |
18 |
24 |
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (2) |
11 |
| Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Italy |
15 |
85 |
63 |
9 |
54 |
University of Sydney, Australia (3) |
14 |
| Hamilton Health Sciences, Canada |
14 |
64 |
37 |
5 |
32 |
McMaster University, Canada (9) |
11 |
| University of Calgary, Canada |
14 |
62 |
35 |
17 |
18 |
University of Alberta, Canada (4) |
10 |
| Tufts University, USA |
14 |
79 |
45 |
14 |
31 |
Tufts Medical Center, USA (6) |
13 |
| University of California, San Francisco, USA |
14 |
77 |
56 |
24 |
32 |
San Francisco VA Medical Center, USA (3) |
16 |
| University of Aberdeen, UK |
13 |
73 |
50 |
25 |
25 |
NHS Grampian, UK (5) |
11 |
| Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Canada |
13 |
83 |
45 |
17 |
28 |
University of Toronto, Canada (10) |
9 |
| University of Ottawa, Canada |
13 |
70 |
40 |
16 |
24 |
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada; McMaster University, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), Canada; University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Toronto, Canada (3) |
13 |
| Wake Forest University, USA |
12 |
55 |
31 |
17 |
14 |
University of East Anglia, UK and University of Washington, USA (4) |
7 |
| Inselspital, Switzerland |
12 |
119 |
67 |
8 |
59 |
University of Bern, Switzerland (11) |
16 |
| University of Washington, USA |
12 |
44 |
25 |
12 |
13 |
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, USA and Wake Forest University, USA (4) |
8 |
| University of Edinburgh, UK |
12 |
106 |
66 |
30 |
36 |
University of London, UK (5) |
17 |
| Technical University of Munich, Germany |
11 |
110 |
63 |
3 |
60 |
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), USA (4) |
17 |
| Queen Mary, University of London, UK |
11 |
46 |
31 |
8 |
23 |
University of Birmingham, UK (3) |
9 |
| Tufts Medical Center, USA |
11 |
41 |
16 |
8 |
8 |
Tufts University, USA (6) |
3 |
| London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK |
11 |
106 |
86 |
15 |
71 |
University College London, UK (4) |
25 |
| University of Pittsburgh, USA | 11 | 64 | 51 | 16 | 35 | Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Ohio State University, USA (2) | 12 |