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Canada Research Chairs

In research, Canada Research Chairs stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,764 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,045 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,498 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,820
of 28,054 · #3,553 all time
Rank in Canada
#101
of 403
Research works
1.4k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
73k
52.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Canada Research Chairs 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 #4,764 of 11,982 26.4%92 #3300
MedicineField #5,045 of 10,443 25.7%77 #3074
Physical SciencesDomain #7,498 of 12,888 25.3%65 #7813

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canada Research Chairs 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,300 #4,764
  2. Medicine#3,074 #5,045
  3. Physical Sciences#7,813 #7,498
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.29× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.41× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.66× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 2.48× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Canada Research Chairs?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Neurological Disorders, Brain Development, Chronic Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 1.59×76 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.0×41 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.5×15 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.2×28 topics
  5. Machine Learning6▼ 0.76×27 topics
  6. Cancer6▲ 1.85×27 topics
  7. Public Health6▲ 1.56×24 topics
  8. Depression5▲ 2.4×18 topics
  9. Obesity5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  10. Mental Health5▲ 1.41×19 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress4◆ 1.14×23 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.1×18 topics
  13. Brain Development4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  14. Chronic Diseases4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  15. Anxiety4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  16. Gene Expression4▲ 2.4×11 topics
  17. Biomarkers3▲ 1.96×11 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy3▲ 2.1×14 topics
  19. Metabolism3▲ 2.3×14 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  21. Medical Education3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  22. Precision Medicine3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  23. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Synaptic Plasticity3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Mortality Risk2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  27. Consumer Perception2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  28. Health Equity2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  29. Neurobiology2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  30. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  31. Cancer Risk2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  32. Functional Foods2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  34. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  35. Consumer Acceptance2▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Ultra-Processed Foods2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Neural Circuits2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Dendritic Spines2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Substance Abuse2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Canada Research Chairs publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Surgical Simulation and Training.

Consumer Attitudes and F…2Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling: 2 fractional worksFatty Acid Research and …1Fatty Acid Research and Health: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 1 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and DieteticsEpidemiologySurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Fatty Acid Research and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canada Research Chairs's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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