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BC Centre for Disease Control

In research, BC Centre for Disease Control stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,966 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,524 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology — Infectious Diseases is 21.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,949
of 28,054 · #7,677 all time
Rank in Canada
#137
of 403
Research works
1k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
31.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is BC Centre for Disease Control known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,966 of 11,982 27.3%131 #4163
MedicineField #5,524 of 10,443 27.3%116 #3731

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BC Centre for Disease Control 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does BC Centre for Disease Control specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 21.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 30.9 works22×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 29.5 works9.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.54× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.84× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BC Centre for Disease Control?

Ranked on the composite score, Muhammad Morshed, David M. Patrick and James C. Johnston lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BC Centre for Disease Control.

  1. 1 Muhammad Morshed Canada · #152,296 worldwide 145 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 David M. Patrick Canada · #294,667 worldwide 127 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 James C. Johnston Canada · #303,085 worldwide 132 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mel Krajden Canada · #347,597 worldwide 157 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Danuta M. Skowronski Canada · #414,824 worldwide 81 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Eleni Galanis Canada · #441,027 worldwide 76 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Mark Gilbert Canada · #523,855 worldwide 43 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Linda Hoang Canada · #558,776 worldwide 51 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Darrel Cook Canada · #921,144 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jason Wong Canada · #922,219 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at BC Centre for Disease Control

Which keywords describe research at BC Centre for Disease Control?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, SARS-CoV-2, Public Health, Pandemic, Immune Response, ACE2 Receptor and COVID-19.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology53▲ 6.3×75 topics
  2. Public Health21▲ 6.8×35 topics
  3. Vaccine20▲ 23×11 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-220▲ 29×6 topics
  5. Pandemic19▲ 8.5×8 topics
  6. Immune Response17▲ 15×13 topics
  7. COVID-1916▲ 5.6×18 topics
  8. ACE2 Receptor14▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Treatment11▲ 4.4×20 topics
  10. Substance Use Disorders11▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Coronavirus11▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Viral Transmission10▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Immunity10▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Diagnosis10▲ 4.9×24 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases9▲ 13×8 topics
  16. antibody9▲ 41×1 topic
  17. spike protein9▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Mental Health9▲ 2.9×21 topics
  19. HIV8▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Pathogenesis8▲ 7.4×15 topics
  21. Mortality Risk8▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Viral Load8▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Substance Abuse8▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Chronic Pain Management7▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Opioid Prescribing7▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Mortality7▲ 5.8×7 topics
  27. HIV Transmission7▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 20×6 topics
  30. drug use7▲ 107×1 topic
  31. harm reduction7▲ 107×1 topic
  32. Genetic Diversity6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  33. Drug Resistance6▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  35. Thrombosis5▲ 8.7×4 topics
  36. Health Disparities5▲ 8.9×7 topics
  37. Mortality Rates5▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Cytokine Storm5▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Mycobacterium tuberculosis5▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does BC Centre for Disease Control publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 9 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 7 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk7HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…5COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 4 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…4Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…4HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…4Climate Change and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksReproductive tract infec…3Reproductive tract infections research: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 9 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  10. 10 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 3 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 available67.6%not open32.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BC Centre for Disease Control's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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