Question 1

What is Health Canada known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Health Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,703 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#3,043 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,315 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 30.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Health Canada rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Health Canada ranks #4,813 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,552 all time), and #93 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Health Canada?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Richard T. Burnett, Éric Lavigne and David M. Stieb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Canada.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Health Canada?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Health Canada is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (9,055) and "Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (8,461).

Question 5

Which research topics does Health Canada publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Health Canada?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Public Health, Environmental Exposure, Mortality, Oxidative Stress, Toxicity, Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Disease.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Health Canada work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Health Canada is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Environmental Science (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Health Canada's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.