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Fraser Institute

In research, Fraser Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,692 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,213
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#581
of 718
Research works
180
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Fraser Institute

What is Fraser Institute 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
Social SciencesDomain #11,692 of 14,833 7.0%125

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

In all years, 70% of research at Fraser Institute is in Social Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (25%), Medicine (8%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 125 fractional works · 69.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 36.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 45 fractional works · 25.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 19.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 8.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFraser Institute180fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences70%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Social Sciences6636.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4525.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting95.1%
    4. Psychology42.1%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Medicine158.4%
    2. Health Professions95.0%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering63.4%
    2. Energy52.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy41.9%
    4. Environmental Science31.9%
    5. Computer Science21.1%
    6. Materials Science10.4%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12.13× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.13×3 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.08×0 works
  3. Social Sciences1.93×3 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.43×0 works
  5. Medicine1.33×3 works
  6. Computer Science0.79×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.72×0 works
  8. Psychology0.62×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.21×0 works
  12. Engineering0.19×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fraser Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Fred McMahon, Harold F. Batho and Ron Nash lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraser Institute.

  1. 1 Fred McMahon Canada · #2,337,637 worldwide 378 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Harold F. Batho Canada · #2,413,784 worldwide 367 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Ron Nash Canada · #2,785,088 worldwide 31 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Nigel S. B. Rawson Canada · #3,197,586 worldwide 2.3k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Niels Veldhuis Canada · #3,482,893 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jason Clemens Canada · #3,827,563 worldwide 149 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Milagros Palacios Canada · #3,905,885 worldwide 65 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Brett J. Skinner Canada · #4,747,119 worldwide 135 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Brian Ashcroft Canada · #7,288,646 worldwide 0 citations · 122 works
All ranked researchers at Fraser Institute

What are the most cited papers from Fraser Institute?

The most cited paper from Fraser Institute is "Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development" (Pia R Britto, Stephen J Lye, Kerrie Proulx et al., 2016), with 1,608 citations. Next come "Economic Freedom of the World: 2022 Annual Report" (777) and "Exploring Privilege in the Digital Divide: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice" (361).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development Pia R Britto, Stephen J Lye, Kerrie Proulx et al. · The Lancet Open access 8 Oct 2016 1,608
2 Economic Freedom of the World: 2022 Annual Report JAMES D. GWARTNEY, Robert F. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2023 777
3 Exploring Privilege in the Digital Divide: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice Mei Lan Fang, Sarah L. Canham, Lupin Battersby et al. · The Gerontologist Open access 30 Mar 2018 361
4 Exploring the promises of intersectionality for advancing women's health research Olena Hankivsky, Colleen J. Reid, Renee Cormier et al. · International Journal for Equity in Health Open access 2010 351
5 Early childhood development: the foundation of sustainable development Bernadette M. E. G. Daelmans, Gary L. Darmstadt, Joan Lombardi et al. · The Lancet 8 Oct 2016 350
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Which keywords describe research at Fraser Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Border Security, North American Trade, Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Political Economy, Primary Care and Taxation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization36▲ 11×16 topics
  2. Border Security24▲ 660×1 topic
  3. North American Trade24▲ 2781×1 topic
  4. Economic Growth22▲ 16×15 topics
  5. Fiscal Policy12▲ 31×6 topics
  6. Political Economy11▲ 24×6 topics
  7. Primary Care8▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Taxation7▲ 40×4 topics
  9. Income Inequality7▲ 26×6 topics
  10. Income Tax6▲ 37×2 topics
  11. Infrastructure6▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Regulation6▲ 5.7×8 topics
  13. Social Policy6▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Transport Infrastructure6▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Pharmaceutical Industry6▲ 77×2 topics
  16. Regional Development6▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Labor Market6▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Economic Development5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  19. Government Expenditure5▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Public Investment5▲ 46×1 topic
  21. Health Care Utilization5▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Market Size5▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Economic Evaluation5▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Health Care Spending5▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Insurance Markets5▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Corruption4▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Cost-effectiveness Analysis4▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Governance4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Health Utility Measures4▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Immigration4▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Neoliberalism4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  32. Property Rights4▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Monetary Policy4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  34. Public Opinion4▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Behavioral Economics4▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Global Governance4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  37. Institutions4▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Drug Development Costs4▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Generic Drugs4▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Health Outcomes3▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Fraser Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corruption and Economic Development, Fiscal Policies and Political Economy, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Corruption and Economic …1Corruption and Economic Development: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policies and Poli…1Fiscal Policies and Political Economy: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksTechnology Use by Older Adults: 0 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…0Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 0 fractional worksOccupational and Professional Licensing Regulation: 0 fractional worksTopological and Geometric Data Analysis: 0 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 0 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsDemographyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policies and Political Economy Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Technology Use by Older Adults Demography 0 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Topological and Geometric Data Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  9. 9 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 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 available64.2%not open35.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fraser Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Fraser Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Fraser Institute0.000043% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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