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FPInnovations

In research, FPInnovations stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,152 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,543
of 22,385 · #8,298 all time
Rank in Canada
#239
of 305
Research works
527
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
FPInnovations

What is FPInnovations known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,152 of 10,670 5.9%65 #2468

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

In 2022-now, 76% of research at FPInnovations is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Materials Science (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 76.5% of its workEngineering: 51 fractional works · 49.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFPInnovations102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5149.6%
    2. Materials Science98.8%
    3. Environmental Science87.9%
    4. Computer Science44.4%
    5. Chemistry33.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering11.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology77.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.4%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine44.2%
    2. Veterinary10.7%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    5. Social Sciences00.4%
    6. Psychology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.95× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.31× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.52× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.80×1 works
  2. Engineering3.31×51 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.95×1 works
  4. Materials Science2.52×9 works
  5. Chemistry2.09×3 works
  6. Environmental Science1.60×8 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.32×7 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.14×6 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.76×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.56×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×1 works
  14. Energy0.40×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  17. Medicine0.22×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.19×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  22. Psychology0.06×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Health Professions0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at FPInnovations?

Ranked on the quality score, Wadood Y. Hamad, Jean Bouchard and Marjan Popovski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FPInnovations.

  1. 1 Wadood Y. Hamad Canada · #63,175 worldwide 13k citations · 195 works
  2. 2 Jean Bouchard Canada · #461,391 worldwide 4.8k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Marjan Popovski Canada · #633,487 worldwide 2.1k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Grégory Chauve Canada · #679,734 worldwide 2.5k citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Myriam Méthot Canada · #825,763 worldwide 1.7k citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Chuanwei Miao Canada · #1,040,990 worldwide 1.6k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Michael Paleologou Canada · #1,136,956 worldwide 1.7k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Stephanie Beck Canada · #1,185,340 worldwide 1.8k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Emma Cummins Canada · #1,299,816 worldwide 419 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Norayr Gurnagul Canada · #1,360,499 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at FPInnovations

What are the most cited papers from FPInnovations?

The most cited paper from FPInnovations is "Current characterization methods for cellulose nanomaterials" (Earl Johan Foster et al., 2018), with 1,036 citations. Next come "Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures" (971) and "Mechanical and barrier properties of nanocrystalline cellulose reinforced chitosan based nanocomposite films" (683).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Current characterization methods for cellulose nanomaterials Earl Johan Foster et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2018 1,036
2 Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures Kevin E. Shopsowitz, Qi Hao, Wadood Y. Hamad et al. · Nature Nov 2010 971
3 Mechanical and barrier properties of nanocrystalline cellulose reinforced chitosan based nanocomposite films Avik Khan, Ruhul Amin Khan, Stéphane Salmieri et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers Open access 18 Jul 2012 683
4 Cellulose reinforced polymer composites and nanocomposites: a critical review Chuanwei Miao, Wadood Y. Hamad · Cellulose 3 Aug 2013 636
5 Meta-analysis of greenhouse gas displacement factors of wood product substitution Roger Sathre, Jennifer O’Connor · Environmental Science & Policy Review 16 Jan 2010 537
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at FPInnovations?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, FTIR Analysis, Wood Chemistry, Forest Management, Environmental Impact, Recycling and Biomechanics.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties14▲ 13×7 topics
  2. Microstructure10▲ 19×4 topics
  3. FTIR Analysis9▲ 485×1 topic
  4. Wood Chemistry9▲ 485×1 topic
  5. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.7×8 topics
  6. Forest Management6▲ 88×3 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications4▲ 3.6×11 topics
  8. Recycling4▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Biomechanics4▲ 12×3 topics
  10. Vegetation4▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.8×11 topics
  12. Root Reinforcement4▲ 158×1 topic
  13. Slope Stability4▲ 141×1 topic
  14. Model Predictive Control3▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Electric Vehicles3▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Footbridges3▲ 85×1 topic
  17. Vibration Serviceability3▲ 85×1 topic
  18. Polymeric Materials3▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Catalytic Transformation3▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Lignin Valorization3▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Waste Management3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  22. Ionic Liquids3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  23. Biomass2▲ 21×4 topics
  24. Composite Materials2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Environmental Assessment2▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Marine Environment2▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Microplastics2▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Autonomous Vehicles2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  29. Cellulose Nanocrystals2▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. Nanocellulose2▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Machine Vision2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  34. Bioremediation2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Natural Fibers2▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Control Systems2▲ 9.0×1 topic
  37. Eco-Driving2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Enzymatic Decolorization2▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Fuel Consumption2▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Laccases2▲ 106×1 topic

Which research topics does FPInnovations publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wood Treatment and Properties, Tree Root and Stability Studies, Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis and Lignin and Wood Chemistry.

Wood Treatment and Prope…9Wood Treatment and Properties: 9 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …4Tree Root and Stability Studies: 4 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…3Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 3 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry: 3 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Resea…2Advanced Cellulose Research Studies: 2 fractional worksEnzyme-mediated dye degradation: 2 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksBamboo properties and applications: 2 fractional works
Building and ConstructionMechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 9 works
  2. 2 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 2 works
  7. 7 Enzyme-mediated dye degradation Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Bamboo properties and applications Plant Science 2 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has FPInnovations's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 FPInnovations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%FPInnovations0.00037% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%FPInnovations11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.6% in 2013.

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