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Canadian Blood Services

In research, Canadian Blood Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,879 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,369 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology (Hematology is 47.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,332
of 22,385 · #9,369 all time
Rank in Canada
#187
of 305
Research works
959
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Canadian Blood Services

What is Canadian Blood Services known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,879 of 9,902 10.3%123 #2494
MedicineField #4,369 of 8,541 10.4%117 #2662

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canadian Blood Services 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 Canadian Blood Services work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Canadian Blood Services is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 136 fractional works · 70.9% of its workMedicine: 129 fractional works · 67.7% of its workHematology: 27 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry: 17 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 9.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCanadian BloodServices191fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences14%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12967.7%
    2. Health Professions62.9%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting189.3%
    2. Social Sciences41.9%
    3. Psychology21.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology137.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology73.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering21.0%
    2. Computer Science10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Canadian Blood Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 47.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 27.3 works47×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.60× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.89× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.60×7 works
  2. Medicine3.52×129 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.89×18 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×13 works
  5. Health Professions1.12×6 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  7. Nursing0.44×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×2 works
  9. Psychology0.40×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×3 works
  11. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.15×4 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.12×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  20. Engineering0.07×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Canadian Blood Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Laura Hornby, Qilong Yi and Pingguo Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canadian Blood Services.

  1. 1 Laura Hornby Canada · #215,682 worldwide 3.4k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Qilong Yi Canada · #296,205 worldwide 15k citations · 235 works
  3. 3 Pingguo Chen Canada · #300,724 worldwide 2.1k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Sylvia Torrance Canada · #392,521 worldwide 2.1k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Naadiya Carrim Canada · #553,235 worldwide 1.5k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Sean Lang Canada · #692,384 worldwide 853 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 E.J. Levin Canada · #815,945 worldwide 3k citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Lindsay C. Wilson Canada · #1,193,037 worldwide 986 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jason P. Acker Canada · #1,337,456 worldwide 8.1k citations · 372 works
  10. 10 Chantale Pambrun Canada · #1,509,296 worldwide 815 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Canadian Blood Services

What are the most cited papers from Canadian Blood Services?

The most cited paper from Canadian Blood Services is "A Comparison of Aprotinin and Lysine Analogues in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery" (Dean A. Fergusson, Paul C. Hébert, C. David Mazer et al., 2008), with 1,156 citations. Next come "Updated international consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia" (1,151) and "Platelet Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABB" (1,002).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparison of Aprotinin and Lysine Analogues in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Dean A. Fergusson, Paul C. Hébert, C. David Mazer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 May 2008 1,156
2 Updated international consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia Drew Provan et al. · Blood Advances Open access 26 Nov 2019 1,151
3 Platelet Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABB Richard Max Kaufman et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 10 Nov 2014 1,002
4 Persistence of serum and saliva antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike antigens in COVID-19 patients Baweleta Isho et al. · Science Immunology Open access 8 Oct 2020 925
5 ISTH/SSC bleeding assessment tool: a standardized questionnaire and a proposal for a new bleeding score for inherited bleeding disorders Francesco Rodeghiero, Alberto Tosetto, Thomas C. Abshire et al. · Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Open access 6 Jul 2010 887
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Canadian Blood Services?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Blood Transfusion, Anemia, Hemorrhage, Risk Factors, Inventory Management, Disaster Response, Blood Donation and Supply Chain Management.

▲ 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. Blood Transfusion34▲ 406×3 topics
  2. Anemia31▲ 170×4 topics
  3. Hemorrhage22▲ 163×2 topics
  4. Risk Factors20▲ 9.5×8 topics
  5. Inventory Management18▲ 98×3 topics
  6. Blood Donation17▲ 553×1 topic
  7. Critical Care17▲ 37×6 topics
  8. Disaster Response17▲ 120×2 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management17▲ 10×1 topic
  10. Cardiac Surgery17▲ 118×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology17▲ 2.2×48 topics
  12. Red Blood Cell16▲ 440×1 topic
  13. Tranexamic Acid16▲ 440×1 topic
  14. Ethical Considerations13▲ 19×9 topics
  15. Transplantation12▲ 61×4 topics
  16. Alloimmunization12▲ 254×1 topic
  17. Blood Groups12▲ 254×1 topic
  18. Inflammation12▲ 2.9×31 topics
  19. Kidney Transplantation11▲ 91×2 topics
  20. Thrombosis10▲ 18×7 topics
  21. Health Risks9▲ 165×2 topics
  22. Living Kidney Donors9▲ 193×1 topic
  23. Organ Donation9▲ 193×1 topic
  24. Erythropoiesis8▲ 72×2 topics
  25. Hemostasis8▲ 41×4 topics
  26. Apoptosis7▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Piezo17▲ 169×1 topic
  28. Piezo27▲ 169×1 topic
  29. Immune Response7▲ 6.1×12 topics
  30. Graft Survival6▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Platelets6▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Resuscitation6▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Sepsis6▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Coagulopathy5▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Vascular Biology5▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Thrombus Formation5▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura5▲ 101×1 topic
  38. SARS-CoV-25▲ 8.7×6 topics
  39. von Willebrand Disease5▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Hematopoietic Stem Cells5▲ 30×3 topics

Which research topics does Canadian Blood Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood donation and transfusion practices, Blood transfusion and management, Blood groups and transfusion and Organ Donation and Transplantation.

Blood donation and trans…17Blood donation and transfusion practices: 17 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 16 fractional worksBlood groups and transfusion: 12 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 9 fractional worksErythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology: 7 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and T…5Platelet Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationBiochemistryHematologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 17 works
  2. 2 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 16 works
  3. 3 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 12 works
  4. 4 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  5. 5 Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology Physiology 7 works
  6. 6 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 5 works
  7. 7 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 4 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Canadian Blood Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Canadian Blood Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Canadian Blood Services0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Canadian Blood Services over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Canadian Blood Services13.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2015.

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