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Government of Nova Scotia

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Research works
55
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
891
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Government of Nova Scotia is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 3.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.15× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.61× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 8.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Government of Nova Scotia?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Data Integration, Remote Sensing, Viral Pathogenesis, Geochronology and Zircon.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 3.9×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.19×14 topics
  3. Tectonics3▲ 29×3 topics
  4. Plate Tectonics2▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  6. Machine Learning2▲ 1.82×3 topics
  7. Data Integration2▲ 15×4 topics
  8. Biodiversity2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  9. Geochronology2▲ 28×1 topic
  10. Viral Pathogenesis2▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Zircon2▲ 28×1 topic
  12. Ontology1▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Continental Margin1▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Crustal Structure1▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Expert Systems1▲ 20×1 topic
  16. Geodetic Measurements1▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Primary Care1▲ 5.4×6 topics
  18. Wavelet Analysis1▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.63×6 topics
  20. Identity1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  21. Quality Improvement1▲ 10.0×4 topics
  22. Social Media1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  23. Sustainability1▲ 1.22×7 topics
  24. Economic Growth1▲ 2.6×9 topics
  25. Economic Impact1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  26. Globalization1◆ 1.06×5 topics
  27. Habitat Selection1▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Holocene1▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Urban Development1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  30. African Swine Fever1▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Citizen Science1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Foot-and-Mouth Disease1▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Microbial Communities1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  35. Regional Development1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Subduction1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Sustainability Assessment1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Vaccine1▲ 4.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Government of Nova Scotia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.

Animal Disease Managemen…1Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…0Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 0 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…0Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…0Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 0 fractional worksShort Stories in Global Literature: 0 fractional worksNew Zealand Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceEcologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 0 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Short Stories in Global Literature Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 New Zealand Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Government of Nova Scotia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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