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ASTER

In research, ASTER stands highest in Medicine (#7,035 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,305 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,242
of 22,385 · #13,831 all time
Rank in Canada
#176
of 305
Research works
592
▲ 156% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
ASTER

What is ASTER known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #7,035 of 8,541 3.5%103 #10869
Health SciencesDomain #8,305 of 9,902 3.6%113 #12994

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ASTER 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 ASTER work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at ASTER is in Health Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Engineering (7%), Computer Science (5%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 142 fractional works · 57.3% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 53.0% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 22.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKASTER248fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13253.0%
    2. Health Professions83.3%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering187.2%
    2. Computer Science114.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy104.1%
    4. Environmental Science83.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.3%
    6. Mathematics31.2%
    7. Materials Science20.8%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.0%
    3. Neuroscience52.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology52.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences104.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities51.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.6%
    4. Psychology31.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
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: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.76×132 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.98×5 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.85×10 works
  4. Neuroscience1.30×5 works
  5. Nursing1.30×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.25×8 works
  7. Mathematics1.06×3 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.67×5 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×7 works
  11. Environmental Science0.62×8 works
  12. Computer Science0.59×11 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×8 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.57×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×4 works
  17. Engineering0.48×18 works
  18. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  19. Psychology0.33×2 works
  20. Social Sciences0.33×10 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ASTER?

Ranked on the quality score, Kushal Umeshbhai Agrawal, Ralph E. Huntington and Virginie Gualano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ASTER.

  1. 1 Kushal Umeshbhai Agrawal Canada · #1,689,105 worldwide 392 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Ralph E. Huntington Canada · #2,895,760 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Virginie Gualano Canada · #3,214,975 worldwide 571 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Magdalena Pelc Canada · #3,292,190 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Rachna Shanbhag Mohite Canada · #3,560,374 worldwide 54 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Henri Caplain Canada · #3,785,508 worldwide 817 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Darshan Patil Canada · #3,997,539 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Michel Merlet Canada · #4,965,373 worldwide 21 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Esha R. Shanbhag Canada · #4,993,715 worldwide 18 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Jyotsana Goyal Canada · #5,362,376 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at ASTER

What are the most cited papers from ASTER?

The most cited paper from ASTER is "RAMS 2001: Current status and future directions" (William R. Cotton, Roger A. Pielke, Robert L. Walko et al., 2002), with 962 citations. Next come "Low molecular weight heparin" (900) and "Family history as a risk factor for colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease" (449).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 RAMS 2001: Current status and future directions William R. Cotton, Roger A. Pielke, Robert L. Walko et al. · Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 21 Nov 2002 962
2 Low molecular weight heparin Joseph Hirsh, Levine Mn · Blood Open access 1992 900
3 Family history as a risk factor for colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease Johan Askling, Paul William Dickman, Anders Ekbom et al. · Gastroenterology May 2001 449
4 Impulsivity: a discussion of clinical and experimental findings J. L. Evenden · Journal of Psychopharmacology Mar 1999 419
5 Transepidermal water loss in dry and clinically normal skin in patients with atopic dermatitis Y. Werner, Magnus Lindberg · Acta Dermato Venereologica Open access Mar 1985 409
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ASTER?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Mars, Martian Surface, Complications, Management, Chemotherapy and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.3×68 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 4.3×26 topics
  3. Management9▲ 4.5×21 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 2.9×25 topics
  5. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.6×16 topics
  6. Climate Change8▲ 1.17×19 topics
  7. Complications8▲ 6.3×14 topics
  8. Inflammation8▲ 1.43×34 topics
  9. Quality of Life7▲ 2.0×26 topics
  10. Mars7▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Martian Surface7▲ 86×1 topic
  12. Surgery6▲ 6.9×9 topics
  13. Mortality6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.8×15 topics
  16. Guidelines5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  17. Prevention5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  18. Medical Education4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  19. Surgical Management4▲ 3.9×16 topics
  20. Critical Care4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  22. Stroke3▲ 7.8×7 topics
  23. Children3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  24. Cytoreductive Surgery3▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Nutritional Support3▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Survival Analysis3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  27. Coagulopathy3▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Microbial Diversity3▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Numerical Methods3▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Biological Soil Crusts3▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Boltzmann Equation3▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Cyanobacteria3▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Gastric Cancer3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Kinetic Theory3▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Graft Survival3▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Resuscitation3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery3▲ 7.1×4 topics

Which research topics does ASTER publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Planetary Science and Exploration, Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Planetary Science and Ex…7Planetary Science and Exploration: 7 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 3 fractional worksBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology: 3 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsApplied MathematicsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  2. 2 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 3 works
  3. 3 Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  6. 6 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  10. 10 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 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 available54.6%not open45.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.5%domestic only52.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ASTER's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 156% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 ASTER as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%ASTER0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ASTER over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025ASTER5.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.4% in 2016.

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