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Fisheries and Oceans Canada

In research, Fisheries and Oceans Canada stands highest in Environmental Science (#504 of 3,551 worldwide), Ecology (#134 of 578 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,422 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 49.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,896
of 28,054 · #2,360 all time
Rank in Canada
#85
of 403
Research works
7.5k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
281k
37.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Fisheries and Oceans 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
Environmental ScienceField #504 of 3,551 22.0%519 #270
EcologySubfield #134 of 578 22.5%192 #221
Physical SciencesDomain #3,422 of 12,888 21.5%703 #1993
OceanographySubfield #67 of 156 21.3%96 #56
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #639 of 1,209 20.8%150 #412
Life SciencesDomain #4,127 of 7,800 17.8%106 #2162
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #287 of 535 19.0%139 #176
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #42 of 72 20.9%101 #113

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fisheries and Oceans 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. Environmental Science#270 #504
  2. Ecology#221 #134
  3. Physical Sciences#1,993 #3,422
  4. Oceanography#56 #67
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#412 #639
  6. Life Sciences#2,162 #4,127
  7. Global and Planetary Change#176 #287
  8. Nature and Landscape Conservation#113 #42
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 Fisheries and Oceans Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 49.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 100.6 works50×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 96.1 works40×
  3. EcologySubfield · 192.4 works29×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 139.5 works22×
  5. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 25.4 works16×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 519.5 works12×
  7. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 43.4 works12×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.25× its world share, 150 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.31× its world share, 520 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fisheries and Oceans Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert H. Devlin, C. S. Wong and Eddy C. Carmack lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

  1. 1 Robert H. Devlin Canada · #39,770 worldwide 492 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 C. S. Wong Canada · #46,488 worldwide 758 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Eddy C. Carmack Canada · #62,852 worldwide 416 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Robert L. Stephenson Canada · #64,121 worldwide 186 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Michael Foreman Canada · #65,953 worldwide 343 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Jake Rice Canada · #71,813 worldwide 320 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Robie W. Macdonald Canada · #87,898 worldwide 695 citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Christos Katopodis Canada · #90,277 worldwide 354 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Ian Bradbury Canada · #95,108 worldwide 232 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Edward M. Donaldson Canada · #111,872 worldwide 333 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Which keywords describe research at Fisheries and Oceans Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Invasive Species, Freshwater Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Trophic Cascades, Conservation Challenges and Flow Regulation.

▲ 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 Change371▲ 16×62 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability170▲ 225×2 topics
  3. Invasive Species126▲ 35×14 topics
  4. Freshwater Biodiversity91▲ 177×2 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation90▲ 48×5 topics
  6. Trophic Cascades89▲ 111×2 topics
  7. Conservation Challenges88▲ 217×1 topic
  8. Flow Regulation88▲ 217×1 topic
  9. Conservation82▲ 22×15 topics
  10. Ecosystem Management82▲ 162×1 topic
  11. Marine Fisheries82▲ 233×1 topic
  12. Population Dynamics75▲ 35×10 topics
  13. Aquaculture64▲ 29×8 topics
  14. Environmental Impact63▲ 4.4×29 topics
  15. Acoustic Communication61▲ 141×2 topics
  16. Predator-Prey Interactions54▲ 80×3 topics
  17. Anthropogenic Noise52▲ 214×1 topic
  18. Marine Mammals52▲ 214×1 topic
  19. Sustainability52▲ 2.5×29 topics
  20. Ocean Acidification50▲ 81×3 topics
  21. Food Security48▲ 10×8 topics
  22. Marine Environment48▲ 40×3 topics
  23. Biodiversity47▲ 7.5×20 topics
  24. Ocean Circulation47▲ 42×3 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services46▲ 14×7 topics
  26. Remote Sensing42▲ 4.0×20 topics
  27. Bivalve Molluscs38▲ 160×1 topic
  28. Oyster Reefs38▲ 160×1 topic
  29. Arctic35▲ 36×4 topics
  30. Marine Ecosystems33▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Benthic Communities31▲ 63×2 topics
  32. Marine Biodiversity31▲ 63×2 topics
  33. Conservation Genetics30▲ 96×2 topics
  34. DNA Barcoding29▲ 21×4 topics
  35. Biogeography29▲ 13×8 topics
  36. Decline26▲ 118×1 topic
  37. Sea Ice26▲ 118×1 topic
  38. Bleaching26▲ 93×1 topic
  39. Coral Reefs26▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Ecosystem Functioning26▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does Fisheries and Oceans Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Marine animal studies overview and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Fish Ecology and Managem…88Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 88 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…82Marine and fisheries research: 82 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 52 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 38 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 26 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…26Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 26 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 19 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 19 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 18 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 18 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 88 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 82 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 52 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 38 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 26 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 26 works
  7. 7 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 19 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 19 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 18 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 18 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fisheries and Oceans Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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