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Environment and Climate Change Canada

In research, Environment and Climate Change Canada stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#83 of 1,209 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#948 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#441 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry — Atmospheric Science is 38.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,557
of 28,054 · #768 all time
Rank in Canada
#34
of 403
Research works
9.7k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
390k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Environment and Climate Change 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
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #83 of 1,209 23.6%210 #58
Physical SciencesDomain #948 of 12,888 19.6%862 #538
Environmental ScienceField #441 of 3,551 18.6%560 #114
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #57 of 301 24.7%171 #41
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #190 of 535 22.7%142 #78
EcologySubfield #314 of 578 16.8%131 #214
Life SciencesDomain #5,296 of 7,800 22.5%83 #3301
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield #210 of 273 19.8%89 #13

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Environment and Climate Change 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. Earth and Planetary Sciences#58 #83
  2. Physical Sciences#538 #948
  3. Environmental Science#114 #441
  4. Atmospheric Science#41 #57
  5. Global and Planetary Change#78 #190
  6. Ecology#214 #314
  7. Life Sciences#3,301 #5,296
  8. Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis#13 #210
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 Environment and Climate Change Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 38.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 171.1 works39×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 142.0 works19×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 37.6 works17×
  4. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 88.9 works17×
  5. EcologySubfield · 130.6 works17×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 209.9 works13×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.32× its world share, 210 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.22× its world share, 560 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Terry F. Bidleman, Xuebin Zhang and Nathan P. Gillett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environment and Climate Change Canada.

  1. 1 Terry F. Bidleman Canada · #20,749 worldwide 519 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Xuebin Zhang Canada · #30,305 worldwide 866 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Nathan P. Gillett Canada · #39,064 worldwide 396 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Vivek K. Arora Canada · #41,596 worldwide 479 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Daqing Yang Canada · #53,868 worldwide 282 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Derek C. G. Muir Canada · #56,777 worldwide 848 citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Stephen Howell Canada · #59,318 worldwide 768 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 W. H. Schroeder Canada · #82,750 worldwide 494 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Liisa M. Jantunen Canada · #87,994 worldwide 181 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Sunling Gong Canada · #92,368 worldwide 700 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada

Which keywords describe research at Environment and Climate Change Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ocean Circulation, Water Quality, Global Warming, Health Effects, Hydrological Cycle and Bioaccumulation.

▲ 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 Change348▲ 13×72 topics
  2. Remote Sensing113▲ 9.1×28 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation81▲ 62×3 topics
  4. Water Quality80▲ 20×12 topics
  5. Global Warming78▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Environmental Impact62▲ 3.6×36 topics
  7. Health Effects57▲ 9.4×17 topics
  8. Hydrological Cycle56▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Bioaccumulation55▲ 61×3 topics
  10. Arctic55▲ 48×4 topics
  11. Hydrology54▲ 43×4 topics
  12. Satellite Observations51▲ 53×3 topics
  13. Emissions50▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions50▲ 18×7 topics
  15. Habitat Selection49▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Population Dynamics48▲ 19×10 topics
  17. Data Assimilation48▲ 31×4 topics
  18. Extreme Events48▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Air Quality48▲ 26×5 topics
  20. Invasive Species47▲ 11×16 topics
  21. Climate Modeling46▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Precipitation Extremes46▲ 64×1 topic
  23. Toxicity44▲ 10×16 topics
  24. Biodiversity42▲ 5.6×26 topics
  25. Shale Gas40▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Boundary Layer38▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Hydrological Modeling38▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Hydraulic Fracturing36▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Natural Gas36▲ 38×3 topics
  30. Carbon Dioxide36▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Conservation36▲ 8.3×15 topics
  32. Ensemble Kalman Filter36▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Atmospheric36▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Methane36▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Probabilistic Forecasting35▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Convective Parameterization35▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Mesoscale Modeling35▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Environmental Exposure35▲ 33×3 topics
  39. Global Distribution34▲ 53×3 topics
  40. Model Evaluation33▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Environment and Climate Change Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Climate variability and …46Climate variability and models: 46 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…36Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 36 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…35Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 35 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…33Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 33 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 28 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 28 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…28Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 28 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 24 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 21 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…21Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 21 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceEcologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 46 works
  2. 2 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 36 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 35 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 33 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 28 works
  6. 6 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 28 works
  7. 7 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 28 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 24 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 21 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 21 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Environment and Climate Change Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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