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Banff Centre

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World rank, all time
#41,588
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#876
of 896
Research works
136
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.30× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 9 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Banff Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Environmental Impacts, Cemented Paste Backfill, Tailings Dams, Optimization, Complications, Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Injury Risk.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development7▲ 13×5 topics
  2. Environmental Impacts7▲ 67×2 topics
  3. Cemented Paste Backfill6▲ 1727×1 topic
  4. Tailings Dams6▲ 1727×1 topic
  5. Optimization3▲ 15×3 topics
  6. Complications2▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Anterior Cruciate Ligament2▲ 155×1 topic
  8. Energy Efficiency2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  9. Injury Risk2▲ 155×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology2▲ 1.42×5 topics
  11. Liquefaction2▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Tunnel2▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Rock Mechanics2▲ 46×3 topics
  14. Science2▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Arthroplasty1▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Belt Conveyors1▲ 427×1 topic
  17. Failure Analysis1▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Total Hip Replacement1▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Academic Medicine1▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Gender Bias1▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Quality of Life1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  23. Seismicity1▲ 96×1 topic
  24. Wave Propagation1▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Open Pit Mining1▲ 195×1 topic
  26. Outcomes1▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Production Scheduling1▲ 195×1 topic
  28. Total Knee Replacement1▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Banff Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tailings Management and Properties, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Tailings Management and …6Tailings Management and Properties: 6 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksBelt Conveyor Systems Engineering: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksMining Techniques and Economics: 1 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringSurgeryMechanical EngineeringGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Tailings Management and Properties Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Belt Conveyor Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Banff Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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