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Discovery Centre

In research, Discovery Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,082 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 5.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,185
of 22,385 · #5,743 all time
Rank in Canada
#129
of 305
Research works
434
▲ 89% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
Discovery Centre

What is Discovery Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #2,082 of 11,023 12.0%165

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Discovery Centre 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 Discovery Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Discovery Centre is in Life Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 73 fractional works · 39.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 25.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 16.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 23.7% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 21.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 20.9% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKDiscovery Centre186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences16%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4825.6%
    2. Neuroscience126.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology84.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.0%
    1. Medicine4021.3%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Chemistry115.8%
    2. Computer Science84.5%
    3. Engineering63.3%
    4. Materials Science52.6%
    5. Environmental Science42.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    8. Energy10.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1910.1%
    2. Psychology41.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    4. Decision Sciences21.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Discovery Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 30.8 works5.5×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.80× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.27× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.89× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.70× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.80×48 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.27×8 works
  3. Neuroscience3.89×12 works
  4. Chemistry3.70×11 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.80×2 works
  6. Medicine1.11×40 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.10×2 works
  8. Nursing0.98×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.80×19 works
  10. Materials Science0.75×5 works
  11. Energy0.68×1 works
  12. Psychology0.62×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.59×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.58×8 works
  16. Dentistry0.56×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.47×2 works
  19. Environmental Science0.45×4 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×2 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.29×1 works
  24. Engineering0.22×6 works
  25. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Discovery Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Fairhead, Eleanor Williams and Sally Timmel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Discovery Centre.

  1. 1 M. Fairhead Canada · #267,630 worldwide 3.1k citations · 245 works
  2. 2 Eleanor Williams Canada · #334,534 worldwide 1k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Sally Timmel Canada · #2,369,647 worldwide 255 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Mfanelo Patrick Ntsobi Canada · #2,587,917 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Korvus Wang Canada · #2,769,654 worldwide 3 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Thomas Prevenslik Canada · #5,494,443 worldwide 243 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Discovery Centre

What are the most cited papers from Discovery Centre?

The most cited paper from Discovery Centre is "Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Clinically Relevant Populations: Lessons from Embryonic Development" (Charles E. Murry, Gordon M. Keller, 2008), with 1,750 citations. Next come "The Hippo Signaling Pathway Components Lats and Yap Pattern Tead4 Activity to Distinguish Mouse Trophectoderm from Inner Cell Mass" (1,098) and "3rd European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease 2016: Part 2: Surgical Management and Special Situations" (780).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Clinically Relevant Populations: Lessons from Embryonic Development Charles E. Murry, Gordon M. Keller · Cell Open access Feb 2008 1,750
2 The Hippo Signaling Pathway Components Lats and Yap Pattern Tead4 Activity to Distinguish Mouse Trophectoderm from Inner Cell Mass Noriyuki Nishioka, Ken‐ichi Inoue, Kenjiro Adachi et al. · Developmental Cell Open access Mar 2009 1,098
3 3rd European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease 2016: Part 2: Surgical Management and Special Situations Paolo Gionchetti, Axel U Dignass, Silvio Danese et al. · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis Open access 22 Sep 2016 780
4 Copy-number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions Edwin H. Cook, Stephen W. Scherer · Nature Oct 2008 680
5 Role of innate and adaptive immune mechanisms in cardiac injury and repair Slava Epelman, Peter P. Liu, Douglas L. Mann · Nature reviews. Immunology ReviewOpen access 23 Jan 2015 646
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Transcriptional Regulation, Innate Immunity, Cancer, Neurodegeneration and Glycosylation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8◆ 1.08×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning8▲ 1.29×15 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy7▲ 6.6×15 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 1.65×49 topics
  5. Cancer6▲ 2.5×36 topics
  6. Drug Discovery6▲ 15×11 topics
  7. Medicinal Chemistry6▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.74×29 topics
  9. Human Rights5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  10. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  11. Neurodegeneration4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  12. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Glycosylation4▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  16. Gene Expression3▲ 2.9×11 topics
  17. Molecular Docking3▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders3▲ 3.1×12 topics
  19. Brain Development3▲ 9.8×6 topics
  20. Immunity3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Therapeutic Antibodies3▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Drug Target Identification3▲ 17×1 topic
  24. Virtual Screening3▲ 17×1 topic
  25. PET Imaging3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  27. Dendritic Spines3▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Anticancer Agents2▲ 8.9×9 topics
  29. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Signal Transduction2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  32. Genetic Variants2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Bangladesh2▲ 58×2 topics
  34. Gene Regulation2▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Proteasome2▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Rule of Law2▲ 62×3 topics
  37. Ubiquitin2▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Antibody Engineering2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Fc Receptors2▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Public Opinion2▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Discovery Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Cell Image Analysis Techniques.

Computational Drug Disco…3Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 3 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…2Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 2 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 2 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…2Machine Learning in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 1 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  2. 2 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 2 works
  7. 7 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 1 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 available65.8%not open34.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.3%domestic only41.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 89% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

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 Discovery Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Discovery Centre0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Discovery Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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