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Espace pour la vie

In research, Espace pour la vie stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,364 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 6.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,560
of 22,385 · #12,450 all time
Rank in Canada
#227
of 305
Research works
375
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Espace pour la vie

What is Espace pour la vie 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 #4,364 of 11,023 9.2%155

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Espace pour la vie 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 Espace pour la vie work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Espace pour la vie is in Life Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 36 fractional works · 41.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 33.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEspace pour lavie88fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences17%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2629.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology910.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1213.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy66.9%
    3. Engineering45.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.6%
    5. Computer Science21.9%
    6. Materials Science11.6%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Chemistry00.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences88.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities33.0%
    3. Psychology22.5%
    4. Decision Sciences11.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine66.5%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Espace pour la vie specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 26.1 works6.3×
← 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: 6.27× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.77× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.13× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.27×26 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.13×6 works
  3. Environmental Science2.77×12 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.88×9 works
  5. Veterinary1.80×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.66×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.30×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.05×3 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×1 works
  10. Psychology0.80×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.70×8 works
  12. Health Professions0.67×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.59×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.44×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.44×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  19. Engineering0.34×4 works
  20. Medicine0.34×6 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  22. Nursing0.26×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.25×2 works
  24. Energy0.14×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Espace pour la vie?

Ranked on the quality score, Maxim Larrivée, Marjolaine Giroux and André‐Philippe Drapeau Picard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Espace pour la vie.

  1. 1 Maxim Larrivée Canada · #1,247,508 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Marjolaine Giroux Canada · #3,450,446 worldwide 279 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 André‐Philippe Drapeau Picard Canada · #4,223,568 worldwide 87 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Jacques Prescott Canada · #4,722,472 worldwide 180 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Royce T. Cumming Canada · #5,206,984 worldwide 268 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Stéphane Le Tirant Canada · #5,850,678 worldwide 234 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Espace pour la vie

What are the most cited papers from Espace pour la vie?

The most cited paper from Espace pour la vie is "THE 2MASS REDSHIFT SURVEY—DESCRIPTION AND DATA RELEASE" (J. P. Huchra, Lucas M. Macri, Karen L. Masters et al., 2012), with 746 citations. Next come "Action Recognition from Arbitrary Views using 3D Exemplars" (450) and "A comparison of three image-object methods for the multiscale analysis of landscape structure" (394).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE 2MASS REDSHIFT SURVEY—DESCRIPTION AND DATA RELEASE J. P. Huchra, Lucas M. Macri, Karen L. Masters et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 14 Mar 2012 746
2 Action Recognition from Arbitrary Views using 3D Exemplars Daniel Weinland, Edmond Boyer, Rémi Ronfard Conference paperOpen access 2007 450
3 A comparison of three image-object methods for the multiscale analysis of landscape structure Geoffrey J. Hay, Thomas Blaschke, Danielle J. Marceau et al. · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 25 Mar 2003 394
4 Field performance and biomass production of 12 willow and poplar clones in short-rotation coppice in southern Quebec (Canada) Michel Labrecque, Traian Ion Teodorescu · Biomass and Bioenergy 8 Apr 2005 256
5 Microbial expression profiles in the rhizosphere of willows depend on soil contamination Étienne Yergeau, Sylvie Sanschagrin, Christine Maynard et al. · The ISME Journal Open access 26 Sep 2013 252
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Espace pour la vie?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Ecosystem Services, Plant-Animal Interactions and Pollinator Decline.

▲ 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. Biodiversity12▲ 18×16 topics
  2. Climate Change12▲ 5.0×36 topics
  3. Invasive Species11▲ 29×13 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 42×5 topics
  5. Global Change8▲ 33×4 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services6▲ 18×6 topics
  7. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 72×1 topic
  8. Pollinator Decline5▲ 72×1 topic
  9. Conservation5▲ 13×11 topics
  10. Biogeography4▲ 16×15 topics
  11. Phylogeny4▲ 25×12 topics
  12. Taxonomy4▲ 29×9 topics
  13. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 23×7 topics
  14. DNA Barcoding3▲ 20×6 topics
  15. Biological Invasions3▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Social Justice3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  17. Genomics3▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Phylogenetics3▲ 62×2 topics
  19. Symbiosis3▲ 34×3 topics
  20. Species Richness3▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Community Ecology2▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Community Engagement2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem2▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Functional Diversity2▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Territorial Governance2▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Evolution2▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Microbiota2▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Amber Fossils2▲ 247×1 topic
  29. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  30. Insect Evolution2▲ 247×1 topic
  31. Ants2▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Citizen Participation2▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Environmental Participation2▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Population Dynamics2▲ 9.7×10 topics
  35. Social Insects2▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Exoplanets2▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  39. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  40. Mycorrhizal Fungi2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Espace pour la vie publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fossil Insects in Amber and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Plant and animal studies5Plant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber2Fossil Insects in Amber: 2 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…2Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 2 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…1Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Resistance: 1 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationGeneticsSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Espace pour la vie's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Espace pour la vie as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Espace pour la vie0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Espace pour la vie over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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