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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

In research, Canadian Food Inspection Agency stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,355 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,971 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 24.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,030
of 28,054 · #10,836 all time
Rank in Canada
#210
of 403
Research works
1.5k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Canadian Food Inspection Agency 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 #5,355 of 7,800 16.9%119 #4384
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,971 of 3,409 18.1%69 #2890

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canadian Food Inspection Agency 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).

What does Canadian Food Inspection Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 24.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 22.3 works25×
← 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: 7.53× its world share, 69 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.92× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.55× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.18× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Canadian Food Inspection Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, S. H. De Boer, D. James and Alvin A. Gajadhar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

  1. 1 S. H. De Boer Canada · #376,025 worldwide 83 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 D. James Canada · #554,758 worldwide 58 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Alvin A. Gajadhar Canada · #583,210 worldwide 76 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 J.G.N. Wander Canada · #606,345 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Susan A. Nadin‐Davis Canada · #665,445 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 A. Bielański Canada · #786,676 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Dan Thompson Canada · #891,686 worldwide 46 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 W. P. Cochrane Canada · #895,782 worldwide 36 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Yohannes Berhane Canada · #955,954 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Vasily V. Grebennikov Canada · #1,074,971 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Which keywords describe research at Canadian Food Inspection Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Invasive Species, Evolution, Biodiversity, Infection, Phylogeny and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 5.1×33 topics
  2. Pathogenesis21▲ 22×13 topics
  3. Invasive Species19▲ 23×15 topics
  4. Climate Change16▲ 3.2×25 topics
  5. Evolution16▲ 32×8 topics
  6. Biodiversity15▲ 10×11 topics
  7. Infection14▲ 30×6 topics
  8. Phylogeny14▲ 48×8 topics
  9. Vaccine13▲ 17×9 topics
  10. Biogeography12▲ 24×8 topics
  11. Morphology12▲ 37×5 topics
  12. Pathogenicity12▲ 95×4 topics
  13. Taxonomy12▲ 47×8 topics
  14. Genetic Characterization11▲ 121×2 topics
  15. DNA Barcoding10▲ 33×7 topics
  16. Foodborne Illness10▲ 149×2 topics
  17. Public Health9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 16×8 topics
  19. Biological Control9▲ 31×9 topics
  20. Food Safety9▲ 16×8 topics
  21. Genomics8▲ 14×8 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity8▲ 8.9×10 topics
  23. Microbial Inactivation8▲ 117×2 topics
  24. Viral Pathogenesis7▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Immune Response7▲ 6.6×10 topics
  26. Vaccines7▲ 64×3 topics
  27. Host Specificity7▲ 31×4 topics
  28. Genome Sequencing7▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 17×6 topics
  30. African Swine Fever6▲ 118×1 topic
  31. Foot-and-Mouth Disease6▲ 118×1 topic
  32. Systematics6▲ 193×3 topics
  33. Bacterial Contamination6▲ 140×2 topics
  34. Vaccine Development6▲ 13×9 topics
  35. Listeria monocytogenes6▲ 208×1 topic
  36. fresh produce6▲ 208×1 topic
  37. Virus6▲ 32×3 topics
  38. Diptera6▲ 612×1 topic
  39. Ecology6▲ 19×4 topics
  40. Population Dynamics6▲ 11×8 topics

Which research topics does Canadian Food Inspection Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, Diptera species taxonomy and behavior and Mollusks and Parasites Studies.

Animal Disease Managemen…6Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksListeria monocytogenes i…6Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 6 fractional worksDiptera species taxonomy and behavior: 6 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites S…5Mollusks and Parasites Studies: 5 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…5Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 5 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 4 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…4Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 4 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 3 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 3 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceBiotechnologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  2. 2 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 6 works
  3. 3 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  4. 4 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 5 works
  5. 5 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 4 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  10. 10 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Canadian Food Inspection Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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