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Bellus Health (Canada)

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Research works
10
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
272
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Bellus Health (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Bellus Health (Canada) 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 Bellus Health (Canada) work in?

In all years, 87% of research at Bellus Health (Canada) is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Nursing (10%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9 fractional works · 86.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 69.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 24.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 10.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 9.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 9.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBellus Health(Canada)10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences4%

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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine769.4%
    2. Nursing19.6%
    3. Health Professions17.9%
    1. Neuroscience04.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology02.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.2%
    1. Computer Science01.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Bellus Health (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Catherine M. Bonuccelli and D. Garceau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bellus Health (Canada).

  1. 1 Catherine M. Bonuccelli Canada · #1,310,058 worldwide 870 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 D. Garceau Canada · #1,564,677 worldwide 1.6k citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Bellus Health (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Bellus Health (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Bellus Health (Canada) is "Tramiprosate in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease – a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centre study (the Alphase Study)" (Paul S. S. Aisen, Serge G. Gauthier, Steven H. Ferris et al., 2011), with 294 citations. Next come "Effect of tramiprosate in patients with mild-to-moderate alzheimer's disease: Exploratory analyses of the MRI sub-group of the alphase study" (135) and "BLU-5937: A selective P2X3 antagonist with potent anti-tussive effect and no taste alteration" (102).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tramiprosate in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease – a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centre study (the Alphase Study) Paul S. S. Aisen, Serge G. Gauthier, Steven H. Ferris et al. · Archives of Medical Science Open access 2011 294
2 Effect of tramiprosate in patients with mild-to-moderate alzheimer's disease: Exploratory analyses of the MRI sub-group of the alphase study Serge G. Gauthier, Paul S. S. Aisen, Steven H. Ferris et al. · The journal of nutrition health & aging Open access Jun 2009 135
3 BLU-5937: A selective P2X3 antagonist with potent anti-tussive effect and no taste alteration D. Garceau, Nathalie Chauret · Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 20 Mar 2019 102
4 4-Hydroxyisoleucine: a plant-derived treatment for metabolic syndrome. Lucie Jetté, Laurent Harvey, Karen Eugeni et al. · PubMed Apr 2009 70
5 Efficacy and safety of apremilast in patients with mild-to-moderate plaque psoriasis: Results of a phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Linda Stein Gold, Kim Alexander Papp, David M. Pariser et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 31 Jul 2021 57
All 22 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Bellus Health (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Voice and Speech Disorders and Dysphagia Assessment and Management.

Respiratory and Cough-Re…2Respiratory and Cough-Related Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 0 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 0 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologySpeech and Hearing4 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 0 works
  4. 4 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 0 works
  5. 5 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available18.9%not open81.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.7%domestic only52.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bellus Health (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Bellus Health (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Bellus Health (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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