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BC Research (Canada)

In research, BC Research (Canada) stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,862 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,267 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,905
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#258
of 718
Research works
544
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
BC Research (Canada)

What is BC Research (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #6,862 of 11,023 9.9%124
Physical SciencesDomain #12,267 of 17,446 6.7%248

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BC Research (Canada) 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 BC Research (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at BC Research (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Engineering (21%), Computer Science (18%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 51.6% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 20.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 17.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 29.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 23.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBC Research(Canada)58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences8%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1220.9%
    2. Computer Science1017.6%
    3. Environmental Science46.5%
    4. Materials Science12.3%
    5. Energy12.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    7. Chemistry00.6%
    8. Mathematics00.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine1423.9%
    2. Health Professions24.3%
    3. Nursing11.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.7%
    2. Social Sciences11.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    4. Psychology11.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
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: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.26× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 3.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.27×1 works
  2. Computer Science2.26×10 works
  3. Energy2.18×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.62×2 works
  5. Engineering1.39×12 works
  6. Environmental Science1.32×4 works
  7. Medicine1.24×14 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.15×4 works
  9. Neuroscience1.07×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.65×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.57×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.49×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×1 works
  18. Psychology0.43×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.40×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.37×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.13×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BC Research (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, D. J. McLeay, Ben C. S. Sutton and C. C. Walden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BC Research (Canada).

  1. 1 D. J. McLeay Canada · #1,177,503 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ben C. S. Sutton Canada · #1,761,450 worldwide 1.4k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 C. C. Walden Canada · #1,837,295 worldwide 945 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 D. W. Duncan Canada · #2,116,798 worldwide 803 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Joseph M. McDermott Canada · #3,587,660 worldwide 1.5k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Peter Moss Canada · #3,921,630 worldwide 127 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Paige E. Axelrood Canada · #5,226,676 worldwide 626 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Raymund S. Folk Canada · #5,394,589 worldwide 300 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 D. J. Meares Canada · #5,414,942 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at BC Research (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from BC Research (Canada)?

The most cited paper from BC Research (Canada) is "The Health and Well-Being of Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy" (Parminder S. Raina, Maureen O’Donnell, Peter Rosenbaum et al., 2005), with 1,190 citations. Next come "SNAP-II and SNAPPE-II: Simplified newborn illness severity and mortality risk scores" (1,179) and "Improved Scaling of the Gross Motor Function Measure for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Evidence of Reliability and Validity" (665).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Health and Well-Being of Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy Parminder S. Raina, Maureen O’Donnell, Peter Rosenbaum et al. · PEDIATRICS Jun 2005 1,190
2 SNAP-II and SNAPPE-II: Simplified newborn illness severity and mortality risk scores Douglas K. Richardson, John David Corcoran, Gabriel J. Escobar et al. · The Journal of Pediatrics 2001 1,179
3 Improved Scaling of the Gross Motor Function Measure for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Evidence of Reliability and Validity Dianne J Russell, Lisa M. Avery, Peter Rosenbaum et al. · Physical Therapy Sep 2000 665
4 Caregiving process and caregiver burden: Conceptual models to guide research and practice Parminder S. Raina, Maureen O’Donnell, Heidi Schwellnus et al. · BMC Pediatrics Open access 14 Jan 2004 547
5 The Health of Primary Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy: How Does It Compare With That of Other Canadian Caregivers? Jamie C. Brehaut, Dafna Kohen, Parminder S. Raina et al. · PEDIATRICS Aug 2004 513
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BC Research (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Vibration Control, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Impairment, Epidemiology, Recycling and Acoustic Metamaterials.

▲ 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. Deep Learning5▲ 2.6×26 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 1.72×23 topics
  3. Neural Networks3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.5×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning3▲ 1.49×10 topics
  6. Public Health2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  7. Vibration Control2▲ 56×2 topics
  8. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 13×2 topics
  9. Acoustic Metamaterials2▲ 84×1 topic
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 1.82×8 topics
  11. Inflammation2▲ 1.46×15 topics
  12. Phononic Crystals2▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Recycling2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  14. Human-Computer Interaction2▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Brain Development2▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome2▲ 194×1 topic
  17. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure2▲ 194×1 topic
  19. Interactive Evolutionary Computation2▲ 119×1 topic
  20. Music Generation2▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Waste Management1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  22. Digital Fabrication1▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Internet of Things1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  24. Nanoparticles1▲ 1.83×4 topics
  25. Parametricism1▲ 102×1 topic
  26. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.49×3 topics
  27. Aging1▲ 3.9×5 topics
  28. Healthcare1▲ 1.75×5 topics
  29. Hydrogels1▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Information Retrieval1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  31. Biomedical Applications1▲ 1.66×6 topics
  32. Global Burden1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  33. Machine Translation1▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Marine Environment1▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Microplastics1▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Supply Chain Management1▲ 2.2×3 topics
  37. Word Representation1▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Child Injury1▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Membrane Distillation1▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Unintentional Injuries1▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does BC Research (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Music Technology and Sound Studies and Architecture and Computational Design.

Acoustic Wave Phenomena …2Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Expos…2Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 2 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sou…2Music Technology and Sound Studies: 2 fractional worksArchitecture and Computa…1Architecture and Computational Design: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksTopic Modeling1Topic Modeling: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …1Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional worksSolar-Powered Water Purification Methods: 1 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…1Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionArchitecture6 others

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

  1. 1 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  4. 4 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 1 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BC Research (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 BC Research (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%BC Research (Canada)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

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