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Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre

In research, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,041 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,604 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#1,153 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,649
of 28,054 · #4,055 all time
Rank in Canada
#81
of 403
Research works
1.1k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
71.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,041 of 7,800 35.8%142 #1618
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,604 of 3,579 33.3%103 #1146
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,153 of 2,175 32.2%68 #1040
MedicineField #6,939 of 10,443 27.0%61 #6291
Health SciencesDomain #8,306 of 11,982 27.2%66 #7841

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre 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. Life Sciences#1,618 #2,041
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,146 #1,604
  3. Molecular Biology#1,040 #1,153
  4. Medicine#6,291 #6,939
  5. Health Sciences#7,841 #8,306
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.

What does Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 68.3 works9.6×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 102.7 works8.2×
← 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: 2.11× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.16× its world share, 103 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.32× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 3 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew J. Mungall, Richard A. Moore and Robert A. Holt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre.

  1. 1 Andrew J. Mungall · #4,846 worldwide 1.8k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Richard A. Moore · #6,406 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Robert A. Holt · #9,285 worldwide 2.4k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Karen Mungall · #84,735 worldwide 1.2k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Karen Mungall · #111,011 worldwide 787 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Martin Krzywinski · #129,670 worldwide 308 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Harry Brumer · #135,542 worldwide 213 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Barbara Meissner · #647,314 worldwide 81 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 İnanç Birol · #677,857 worldwide 62 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Martin Hirst · #1,020,759 worldwide 50 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre

Which keywords describe research at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Phylogenetic Analysis, Targeted Therapy, Cancer, RNA-Seq, Genomics, Gut Microbiota and Lymphoma.

▲ 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. Cancer11▲ 3.5×30 topics
  2. Gene Expression10▲ 6.9×15 topics
  3. Inflammation9▲ 1.83×39 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.9×12 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy8▲ 15×5 topics
  7. RNA-Seq8▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Genomics7▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Gut Microbiota7▲ 8.6×5 topics
  10. Lymphoma7▲ 19×2 topics
  11. Genomic Instability7▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Cell-Free DNA6▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Somatic Mutations6▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Cancer Genomics6▲ 38×1 topic
  15. Gene Therapy6▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Mutational Signatures6▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Quality Assessment6▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Functional Genomics6▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Epigenetic Regulation5▲ 11×6 topics
  21. genome annotation5▲ 35×1 topic
  22. sequence alignment5▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Fungal Pathogens5▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Gene Silencing5▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Mass Spectrometry5▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Plant Immunity5▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Immunity5▲ 5.2×7 topics
  28. Innate Immunity5▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Pattern Recognition Receptors5▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Inflammatory Diseases5▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 13×8 topics
  32. Microbiome5▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Tumor Regression5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Cancer Progression5▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Metabolic Health4▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Rituximab4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. CAR T Cells4▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor4▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Gene Expression Regulation4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Immune Responses4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, CAR-T cell therapy research and RNA modifications and cancer.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…6Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…5Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…4Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 4 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 4 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…4RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 4 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 3 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyOncologyPlant Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 4 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 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 available65.7%not open34.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.1%domestic only62.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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