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Centre for Community Based Research

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Research works
41
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
728
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Centre for Community Based Research

Not ranked overall: Centre for Community Based Research is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Centre for Community Based Research work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Centre for Community Based Research is in Health Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (31%), Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 41.0% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 30.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 29.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre forCommunity Based…41fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences40%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions1330.8%
    2. Medicine410.0%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences819.9%
    2. Psychology26.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting25.5%
    4. Decision Sciences25.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    1. Computer Science24.2%
    2. Engineering24.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksComputer SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 8.64× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.92× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.65× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions8.64×1 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.92×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.01×0 works
  4. Nursing3.89×0 works
  5. Psychology3.65×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.56×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.06×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.99×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.74×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.64×0 works
  12. Medicine0.50×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Community Based Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Joanna Ochocka and Rich Janzen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Community Based Research.

  1. 1 Joanna Ochocka Canada · #907,098 worldwide 1.8k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Rich Janzen Canada · #1,659,315 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Community Based Research

What are the most cited papers from Centre for Community Based Research?

The most cited paper from Centre for Community Based Research is "“Nothing About Me, Without Me”: Participatory Action Research with Self‐Help/Mutual Aid Organizations for Psychiatric Consumer/Survivors" (Geoffrey B. Nelson, Joanna Ochocka, Kara S. Griffin et al., 1998), with 277 citations. Next come "Empowerment and mental health in community: narratives of psychiatric consumer/survivors" (145) and "Collaborative Problem Solving Through Creativity in Problem Definition: Expanding the Pie" (132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “Nothing About Me, Without Me”: Participatory Action Research with Self‐Help/Mutual Aid Organizations for Psychiatric Consumer/Survivors Geoffrey B. Nelson, Joanna Ochocka, Kara S. Griffin et al. · American Journal of Community Psychology Dec 1998 277
2 Empowerment and mental health in community: narratives of psychiatric consumer/survivors Geoffrey B. Nelson, John R. Lord, Joanna Ochocka · Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology Mar 2001 145
3 Collaborative Problem Solving Through Creativity in Problem Definition: Expanding the Pie Min Basadur, Pam Pringle, Gwen Speranzini et al. · Creativity and Innovation Management Mar 2000 132
4 Sharing power and knowledge: Professional and mental health consumer/survivor researchers working together in a participatory action research project. Joanna Ochocka, Rich Janzen, Geoffrey B. Nelson · Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2002 110
5 Immigrant Parenting: A New Framework of Understanding Joanna Ochocka, Rich Janzen · Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 16 Jun 2008 109
All 82 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Community Based Research?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Evidence-Based Practice, Community Empowerment, Patient Engagement, Health Promotion, Public Involvement, Recovery Model and Collaborative Partnerships.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Justice5▲ 23×6 topics
  2. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 56×4 topics
  3. Community Empowerment4▲ 29×3 topics
  4. Patient Engagement4▲ 96×3 topics
  5. Health Promotion3▲ 28×2 topics
  6. Public Involvement3▲ 377×1 topic
  7. Recovery Model3▲ 377×1 topic
  8. Collaborative Partnerships3▲ 380×1 topic
  9. Community Capacity Building3▲ 380×1 topic
  10. Behavior Change3▲ 72×3 topics
  11. Implementation Science3▲ 283×1 topic
  12. Qualitative Research3▲ 13×1 topic
  13. Mental Health2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  14. Concept Mapping2▲ 68×1 topic
  15. Sustainability2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  16. Theory-Based Evaluation2▲ 158×1 topic
  17. Community Engagement2▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Religion2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  19. Health1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  20. Public Health1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  21. Social Support1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  22. Development1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  23. Quality of Life1▲ 2.2×9 topics
  24. Community Development1▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Epidemiology1▼ 0.68×8 topics
  26. Mental Illness1▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Substance Abuse1▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Consumer Behavior1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  29. Faith-Based Organizations1▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Immigration1▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Social Services1▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre for Community Based Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Health Policy Implementation Science, Community Health and Development and Cell Image Analysis Techniques.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts0COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…0Health Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksCommunity Health and Dev…0Community Health and Development: 0 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Tech…0Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 0 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…0Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…0Migration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Her…0Museums and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…0Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsBiophysicsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  7. 7 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 0 works
  10. 10 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 0 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Community Based Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Centre for Community Based Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000037% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Centre for Community Based Research0.000015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre for Community Based Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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