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CARE Canada

In research, CARE Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,145 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,098
of 28,054 · #18,411 all time
Rank in Canada
#273
of 403
Research works
643
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is CARE Canada 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 #8,145 of 11,982 12.2%94 #5387

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CARE Canada 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 CARE Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 23.2 works10×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 36.5 works8.3×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.27× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.47× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CARE Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Laura Cowen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CARE Canada.

  1. 1 Laura Cowen · #1,628,596 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at CARE Canada

Which keywords describe research at CARE Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Ethical Considerations, Chronic Disease Management, Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction, Continuity of Care and Public Health.

▲ 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. Primary Care10▲ 17×10 topics
  2. Quality Improvement8▲ 26×7 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 3.5×21 topics
  4. Epidemiology8▲ 1.22×50 topics
  5. Public Health8▲ 3.3×23 topics
  6. Mental Health8▲ 3.1×20 topics
  7. Ethical Considerations8▲ 13×10 topics
  8. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Depression6▲ 3.9×14 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Continuity of Care6▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Health System Reform5▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Patient Engagement5▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Healthcare5▲ 2.7×10 topics
  15. Communication5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  16. Medical Education5▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Patient-Centered Medical Home5▲ 80×1 topic
  18. Pay for Performance5▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Systematic Review5▲ 55×2 topics
  20. Quality of Care4▲ 30×4 topics
  21. Mental Health Services4▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Patient Care4▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Health Outcomes4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  24. Public Involvement3▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Recovery Model3▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Prevalence3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  27. Collaborative Practice3▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Outcomes3▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Integrated Care3▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Professional Practice3▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Clinical Practice3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Interprofessional Education3▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Teamwork3▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Behavior Change3▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Economic Evaluation3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Health Care Costs3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Interdisciplinary Research3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Long-Term Care3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does CARE Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration and scientometrics and bibliometrics research.

Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 5 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…3Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional worksscientometrics and bibli…2scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…2Empathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care …2Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…2Health Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyEconomics and EconometricsPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health OutcomesGeneral Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Mental Health and Patient InvolvementGeneral Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Interprofessional Education and CollaborationGeneral Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 scientometrics and bibliometrics researchStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Empathy and Medical EducationPsychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsRadiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Health Policy Implementation ScienceGeneral Health Professions 2 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.1%domestic only70.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CARE Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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