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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

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Research works
12
▲ 188% vs 2018-21
Citations
77
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Not ranked overall: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency work in?

In all years, 62% of research at Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Medicine (17%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 61.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 43.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 17.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 26.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 17.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAtlantic CanadaOpportunities…12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences62%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences543.6%
    2. Psychology17.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.6%
    4. Decision Sciences14.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Medicine217.3%
    2. Health Professions18.0%
    3. Nursing00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.4%
    1. Environmental Science03.7%
    2. Computer Science00.6%
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: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.66× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.91× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.42×0 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.91×0 works
  3. Health Professions4.66×0 works
  4. Environmental Science1.90×0 works
  5. Medicine1.74×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.17×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.00×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×0 works
  9. Psychology0.34×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.08×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency?

The most cited paper from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is "Organizational Capacity To Do and Use Evaluation: Results of a Pan-Canadian Survey of Evaluators" (J. Bradley Cousins, Catherine Elliott, Courtney Amo et al., 2009), with 48 citations. Next come "The effectiveness of regional marketing alliances: A case study of the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership 2000–2006" (48) and "Evaluation of commercial SARS-CoV-2 serological assays in Canadian public health laboratories" (17).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Organizational Capacity To Do and Use Evaluation: Results of a Pan-Canadian Survey of Evaluators J. Bradley Cousins, Catherine Elliott, Courtney Amo et al. · Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation Open access 2009 48
2 The effectiveness of regional marketing alliances: A case study of the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership 2000–2006 Laurel J. Reid, STEPHEN L. J. SMITH, Rob McCloskey · Tourism Management 20 Jun 2007 48
3 Evaluation of commercial SARS-CoV-2 serological assays in Canadian public health laboratories Derek Riley Stein et al. · Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Open access 24 Apr 2021 17
4 Prioritizing threat management across terrestrial and freshwater realms for species conservation and recovery Abbey E. Camaclang, Jessica Currie, Emily C. Giles et al. · Conservation Science and Practice Open access 9 Dec 2020 13
5 HEARTS Pharmacy: A framework for integrating pharmacists in hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk management in primary care Emily Ridley, Donald J. DiPette, Stephanie C. Gysel et al. · Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública Open access 18 Apr 2025 8
All 19 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic Variation and Morphology, Health, Medicine and Society, Medication Adherence and Compliance and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Linguistic Variation and…0Linguistic Variation and Morphology: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…0Health, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 0 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…0Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 0 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 0 fractional worksLexicography and Languag…0Lexicography and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 0 fractional worksCerebrovascular and genetic disorders: 0 fractional works
Linguistics and LanguageGeneral Health ProfessionsFamily PracticeEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 0 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 0 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  5. 5 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 0 works
  7. 7 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  9. 9 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders Neurology 0 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 188% 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 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency0.000043% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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