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Digital Research Alliance of Canada

In research, Digital Research Alliance of Canada stands highest in Medicine (#3,194 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,965 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,613 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,195
of 28,054 · #7,884 all time
Rank in ??
#133
of 692
Research works
2.9k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Digital Research Alliance of 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
MedicineField #3,194 of 10,443 12.3%88 #4373
Health SciencesDomain #3,965 of 11,982 12.1%131 #4045
Physical SciencesDomain #7,613 of 12,888 11.6%118 #7425
Social SciencesDomain #6,654 of 10,521 11.9%136 #4661
Social SciencesField #5,610 of 6,365 11.9%63 #5887

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Digital Research Alliance of 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).

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. Medicine#4,373 #3,194
  2. Health Sciences#4,045 #3,965
  3. Physical Sciences#7,425 #7,613
  4. Social Sciences#4,661 #6,654
  5. Social Sciences#5,887 #5,610
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 Digital Research Alliance of Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.2 works4.7×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.23× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 88 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.05× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Digital Research Alliance of Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Sparrow, Andrew Newman and Sally Gee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

  1. 1 Paul Sparrow ?? · #54,748 worldwide 336 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Andrew Newman ?? · #804,895 worldwide 71 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Sally Gee ?? · #1,024,520 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Stefan Zagelmeyer ?? · #1,399,566 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Peter Wilson ?? · #1,467,869 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Digital Research Alliance of Canada

Which keywords describe research at Digital Research Alliance of Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Primary Care, Climate Change, Sustainability, Health Equity, Epidemiology, Social Determinants and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Climate Change25▲ 2.2×58 topics
  2. Epidemiology22▲ 1.33×80 topics
  3. Public Health22▲ 3.5×39 topics
  4. Sustainability20▲ 1.97×47 topics
  5. Globalization16▲ 1.89×43 topics
  6. Primary Care15▲ 9.1×12 topics
  7. Quality of Life15▲ 2.4×34 topics
  8. Mental Health14▲ 2.2×28 topics
  9. Healthcare11▲ 2.3×14 topics
  10. Health Equity9▲ 8.0×6 topics
  11. Social Justice9▲ 3.6×18 topics
  12. Innovation9▲ 1.96×22 topics
  13. Social Determinants8▲ 9.1×3 topics
  14. Community Health8▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Training8▲ 8.3×4 topics
  16. Nationalism7▲ 3.6×12 topics
  17. Economic Development7▲ 2.0×13 topics
  18. Advocacy7▲ 55×1 topic
  19. Pediatrics7▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Security7▲ 2.4×9 topics
  21. Identity6▲ 2.1×13 topics
  22. Religion6▲ 3.0×11 topics
  23. Community Engagement5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Health Disparities5▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Fertility Preservation5▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation5▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Smart Contracts5▲ 7.3×2 topics
  28. Policy5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Privacy5▲ 3.8×4 topics
  30. Quality Improvement5▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Decentralization5▲ 5.2×2 topics
  32. Population Dynamics5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  33. Blockchain4▲ 4.4×1 topic
  34. Cryptocurrencies4▲ 7.5×1 topic
  35. Digital Divide4▲ 4.0×4 topics
  36. Digital Repositories4▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Psychological Adjustment4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  38. Resettlement4▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Acculturation3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Stakeholder Engagement3▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Digital Research Alliance of Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Health, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Child and Adolescent Hea…7Child and Adolescent Health: 7 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 5 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…4Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…3Migration, Health and Trauma: 3 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 3 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 2 fractional worksSustainable Development …2Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 2 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInformation SystemsClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Digital Research Alliance of Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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