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Assembly of First Nations

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,748
of 22,385 · #22,582 all time
Rank in Canada
#258
of 305
Research works
241
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Assembly of First Nations

Which fields of science does Assembly of First Nations work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Assembly of First Nations is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Environmental Science (20%), Health Professions (19%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 39.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 30.9% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 30.5% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 19.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 16.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 25.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 20.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAssembly of FirstNations90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences39%

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. Social Sciences2830.9%
    2. Psychology33.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities33.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Health Professions1719.0%
    2. Medicine99.9%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1820.0%
    2. Engineering33.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.1%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.03× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.19× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions7.19×17 works
  2. Environmental Science4.03×18 works
  3. Social Sciences2.44×28 works
  4. Nursing2.33×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.31×2 works
  6. Psychology1.22×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.11×3 works
  8. Dentistry0.84×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.68×0 works
  11. Medicine0.52×9 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  15. Engineering0.20×3 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Assembly of First Nations?

Ranked on the quality score, Cindy Blackstock, Tonio Sadik and Alexander T. Duncan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Assembly of First Nations.

  1. 1 Cindy Blackstock Canada · #681,130 worldwide 2k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Tonio Sadik Canada · #1,012,056 worldwide 798 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Alexander T. Duncan Canada · #1,460,808 worldwide 182 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Bruce R. Muir Canada · #3,196,677 worldwide 213 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Assembly of First Nations

What are the most cited papers from Assembly of First Nations?

The most cited paper from Assembly of First Nations is "Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base" (Richard David Feinman et al., 2014), with 929 citations. Next come "Pathways to the Overrepresentation of Aboriginal Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System" (386) and "“It's so different today”: Climate change and indigenous lifeways in British Columbia, Canada" (342).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base Richard David Feinman et al. · Nutrition Open access 16 Jul 2014 929
2 Pathways to the Overrepresentation of Aboriginal Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System Nico Trocmé, Della M. Knoke, Cindy Blackstock · Social Service Review 19 Nov 2004 386
3 “It's so different today”: Climate change and indigenous lifeways in British Columbia, Canada Nancy J. Turner, Helen Clifton · Global Environmental Change 28 Feb 2009 342
4 Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology Open access Jul 2021 307
5 Incorporate Indigenous perspectives for impactful research and effective management Natalie C. Ban, Alejandro Frid, Mike Reid et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution 16 Oct 2018 253
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Assembly of First Nations?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Vulnerability, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Health Equity, Food Security, Decolonization, Indigenous Health and Ecological Knowledge.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 7.0×31 topics
  2. Vulnerability10▲ 48×4 topics
  3. Traditional Ecological Knowledge10▲ 242×2 topics
  4. Health Equity9▲ 36×2 topics
  5. Decolonization9▲ 125×1 topic
  6. Food Security9▲ 19×3 topics
  7. Indigenous Health9▲ 688×1 topic
  8. Ecological Knowledge9▲ 234×2 topics
  9. Nutrition Transition9▲ 307×2 topics
  10. Arctic Indigenous Peoples9▲ 563×1 topic
  11. Traditional Knowledge9▲ 231×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.7×12 topics
  13. Mental Health4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  14. Social Justice4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  15. Invasive Species4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  16. Sustainability4▲ 1.64×14 topics
  17. Globalization3▲ 1.90×9 topics
  18. Public Health3▲ 2.6×13 topics
  19. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  20. Quality of Life3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  21. Population Dynamics3▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Resilience2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  23. Medical Education2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  24. Religion2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  25. Social Support2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  26. Conservation2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  27. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  29. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Mining Industry2▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Social License to Operate2▲ 112×1 topic
  32. Trophic Cascades2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Community Engagement2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  34. Neuroscience2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  35. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Conservation Challenges2▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Habitat Selection2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Assembly of First Nations publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Mining and Resource Management and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Indigenous Health, Educa…9Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 9 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…9Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 9 fractional worksMining and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksCommunity Health and Development: 1 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research and Education: 1 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 1 fractional worksCriminal Law and Evidence: 1 fractional works
HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsBuilding and ConstructionNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 9 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 9 works
  3. 3 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 2 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 1 works
  10. 10 Criminal Law and Evidence Law 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Assembly of First Nations's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Assembly of First Nations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Assembly of First Nations0.00036% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Assembly of First Nations over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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