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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

In research, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,687 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,035
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#577
of 896
Research works
395
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,687 of 21,541 14.6%243

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 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).

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: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.02× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.94× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Government of Newfoundland and Labrador?

Ranked on the composite score, Shane P. Mahoney and David Liverman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

  1. 1 Shane P. Mahoney Canada · #861,297 worldwide 97 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 David Liverman Canada · #1,602,677 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Which keywords describe research at Government of Newfoundland and Labrador?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Remote Sensing, Fisheries Sustainability and Compositional Data Analysis.

▲ 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 Change9▲ 6.3×22 topics
  2. Tectonics4▲ 73×3 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics4▲ 56×2 topics
  4. Geochronology4▲ 101×1 topic
  5. Zircon4▲ 101×1 topic
  6. Remote Sensing3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  7. Epidemiology3▲ 1.39×20 topics
  8. Machine Learning3▲ 1.70×4 topics
  9. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 66×1 topic
  11. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 66×1 topic
  12. Subduction2▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Invasive Species2▲ 9.3×9 topics
  14. Earthquakes2▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Plate Boundaries2▲ 69×1 topic
  16. Ecological Knowledge2▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Food Security2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  18. Microbial Communities2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  19. Trophic Cascades2▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Arctic Indigenous Peoples2▲ 186×1 topic
  21. Traditional Knowledge2▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Conservation2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  23. Osteoarthritis2▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Population Dynamics1▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Arctic1▲ 22×4 topics
  27. Bioleaching1▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Cartilage1▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Chondrocyte1▲ 53×1 topic
  30. Conservation Challenges1▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Freshwater Biodiversity1▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Metal Recovery1▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Archaeology1▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Community Engagement1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem Management1▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Marine Fisheries1▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Holocene1▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Paleoproductivity1▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Paleoredox1▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Sea Level1▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Government of Newfoundland and Labrador publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Geological and Geochemic…4Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …2earthquake and tectonic studies: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…2Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…1Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceGeneral Health ProfessionsNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 1 works
  7. 7 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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