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Discovery Centre

In research, Discovery Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,992 of 14,347 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, 2022–2025
#7,753
of 28,054 · #10,096 all time
Rank in Canada
#131
of 403
Research works
434
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

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 #4,992 of 14,347 25.4%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 23.0 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: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.67× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.66× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.75× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.44× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Cancer Therapy, Cancer, Neurodegeneration, Transcriptional Regulation, Brain Development 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology7▲ 1.29×46 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 1.24×14 topics
  3. Cancer5▲ 2.9×32 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy5▲ 6.5×12 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 1.75×41 topics
  7. Drug Discovery5▲ 16×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress4▲ 1.87×25 topics
  9. Neurodegeneration3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  11. Brain Development3▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Glycosylation3▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Immunity3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  15. Innate Immunity3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  16. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 21×3 topics
  17. PET Imaging3▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Pharmacokinetics3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  19. Dendritic Spines2▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Neuroinflammation2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Anticancer Agents2▲ 10×8 topics
  23. Molecular Docking2▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Stress2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  26. Drug Target Identification2▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  28. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Virtual Screening2▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Genetic Variants2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Proteasome2▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Synaptic Plasticity2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Ubiquitin2▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Targeted Therapy2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  35. Antibody Engineering2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Bioimage Analysis2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Fc Receptors2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. High-Content Screening2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Signal Transduction2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Viral Infection2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Discovery Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Cell Image Analysis Techniques.

Computational Drug Disco…2Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…2Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 1 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…1Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 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 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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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