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Gouvernement du Québec

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World rank, all time
#26,475
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#537
of 718
Research works
134
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Gouvernement du Québec

Which fields of science does Gouvernement du Québec work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Gouvernement du Québec is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (11%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 64 fractional works · 47.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 12.9% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 11.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGouvernement duQuébec134fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences48%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4533.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities85.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.6%
    5. Psychology21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.5%
    1. Environmental Science1511.1%
    2. Engineering1410.7%
    3. Materials Science43.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.8%
    5. Computer Science21.9%
    6. Chemistry11.1%
    7. Mathematics11.1%
    8. Energy10.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine96.4%
    2. Health Professions64.6%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.34× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 5.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.34×4 works
  2. Nursing5.71×0 works
  3. Social Sciences3.08×5 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.34×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.90×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.70×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×0 works
  10. Psychology0.43×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works
  14. Medicine0.17×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  16. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gouvernement du Québec?

Ranked on the quality score, Mac Harvey McCrady, Meguru Nagamori and Claude Ryan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gouvernement du Québec.

  1. 1 Mac Harvey McCrady Canada · #1,369,929 worldwide 999 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Meguru Nagamori Canada · #1,793,209 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Claude Ryan Canada · #4,070,213 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Jacques Paquet Canada · #4,787,507 worldwide 229 citations · 78 works
All ranked researchers at Gouvernement du Québec

What are the most cited papers from Gouvernement du Québec?

The most cited paper from Gouvernement du Québec is "Development of the MESH modelling system for hydrological ensemble forecasting of the Laurentian Great Lakes at the regional scale" (Alain Pietroniro, Vincent Fortin, N. Kouwen et al., 2007), with 212 citations. Next come "Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in forests of northeastern North AmericaThis article is one of a selection of papers from NE Forests 2100: A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Forests of the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada." (192) and "Abrasion Resistance of Concrete" (131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development of the MESH modelling system for hydrological ensemble forecasting of the Laurentian Great Lakes at the regional scale Alain Pietroniro, Vincent Fortin, N. Kouwen et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences Open access 3 May 2007 212
2 Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in forests of northeastern North AmericaThis article is one of a selection of papers from NE Forests 2100: A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Forests of the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada. John L. Campbell, Lindsey E. Rustad, Elizabeth W. Boyer et al. · Canadian Journal of Forest Research Feb 2009 192
3 Abrasion Resistance of Concrete P Laplante, P.-C. Aı̈tcin, Daniel Vézina · Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Feb 1991 131
4 Multi‐trait genomic selection for weevil resistance, growth, and wood quality in Norway spruce Patrick R. N. Lenz, Simon Nadeau, Marie‐Josée Mottet et al. · Evolutionary Applications Open access 25 May 2019 130
5 Factors affecting the accuracy of genomic selection for growth and wood quality traits in an advanced-breeding population of black spruce (Picea mariana) Patrick R. N. Lenz, Jean Beaulieu, Shawn D. Mansfield et al. · BMC Genomics Open access 28 Apr 2017 129
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Which keywords describe research at Gouvernement du Québec?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Economic Development, Citizenship, Social Innovation, Solidarity Economy, History and Language.

▲ 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. Community Engagement15▲ 38×2 topics
  2. Territorial Governance15▲ 80×2 topics
  3. Economic Development11▲ 12×3 topics
  4. Citizenship11▲ 68×2 topics
  5. Social Innovation11▲ 66×1 topic
  6. Solidarity Economy11▲ 124×1 topic
  7. Climate Change10▲ 2.8×32 topics
  8. History7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  9. Language6▲ 21×2 topics
  10. Identity6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  11. Nationalism6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  12. Globalization6▲ 2.4×14 topics
  13. Cultural Identity6▲ 9.7×2 topics
  14. Immigration6▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Social Policy5▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Canada5▲ 141×1 topic
  17. Social Justice5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  18. minorities5▲ 141×1 topic
  19. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.1×2 topics
  20. Citizen Participation4▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Environmental Participation4▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Sustainability4▲ 1.68×14 topics
  23. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.1×13 topics
  24. Public Health4▲ 2.1×14 topics
  25. Metallurgy4▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Gender Studies3▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Religion2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  28. Professional Practices2▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Public Action2▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Databases2▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Thermochemical2▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Economic Integration2▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Metal Recovery2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Collaborative Governance2▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Documentary Practices2▲ 52×2 topics
  36. Public Management Reform2▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Islam2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  38. Social Change2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Border Security2▲ 62×1 topic
  40. North American Trade2▲ 259×1 topic

Which research topics does Gouvernement du Québec publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, Canadian Identity and History, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender and Social Sciences and Governance.

Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 1 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…1Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…0Social Sciences and Governance: 0 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 0 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 0 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…0Energy and Environment Impacts: 0 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 0 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsUrban Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 0 works
  5. 5 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 0 works
  6. 6 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gouvernement du Québec's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gouvernement du Québec as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000088% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Gouvernement du Québec0.000032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gouvernement du Québec over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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