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Héma-Québec

In research, Héma-Québec stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,345 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,226 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,871
of 22,385 · #30,494 all time
Rank in Canada
#302
of 305
Research works
305
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Héma-Québec

What is Héma-Québec 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
Health SciencesDomain #12,345 of 16,688 5.4%175
MedicineField #11,226 of 14,558 5.4%171

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Héma-Québec 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 Héma-Québec work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Héma-Québec is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 53 fractional works · 65.9% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 63.0% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 14.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHéma-Québec81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5163.0%
    2. Health Professions11.8%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology89.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology34.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting67.6%
    2. Social Sciences22.6%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Engineering33.5%
    2. Environmental Science11.2%
    3. Computer Science10.7%
    4. Chemistry00.5%
    5. Materials Science00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.31× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.37× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.31×4 works
  2. Medicine3.28×51 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.37×6 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.79×8 works
  5. Nursing1.78×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.70×2 works
  7. Chemistry0.35×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.34×0 works
  9. Psychology0.32×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  11. Engineering0.24×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.20×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  16. Energy0.15×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Héma-Québec?

Ranked on the quality score, Josée Laganière, Annie Roy and Josée Perreault lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Héma-Québec.

  1. 1 Josée Laganière Canada · #775,927 worldwide 3k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Annie Roy Canada · #1,087,568 worldwide 2.7k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Josée Perreault Canada · #1,383,792 worldwide 1.9k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Renée Bazin Canada · #1,594,212 worldwide 4.3k citations · 160 works
  5. 5 Mathieu Drouin Canada · #1,742,408 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Antoine Lewin Canada · #1,868,170 worldwide 3k citations · 165 works
  7. 7 Éric Ducas Canada · #2,200,991 worldwide 866 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Marc Cloutier Canada · #2,332,245 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Marie‐Pierre Cayer Canada · #2,424,293 worldwide 2.6k citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Nathalie Dussault Canada · #2,662,346 worldwide 899 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Héma-Québec

What are the most cited papers from Héma-Québec?

The most cited paper from Héma-Québec is "Platelets release mitochondria serving as substrate for bactericidal group IIA-secreted phospholipase A2 to promote inflammation" (Luc H. Boudreau et al., 2014), with 708 citations. Next come "Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply and use of blood for transfusion" (337) and "Integrating physical and empirical landslide susceptibility models using generalized additive models" (310).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Platelets release mitochondria serving as substrate for bactericidal group IIA-secreted phospholipase A2 to promote inflammation Luc H. Boudreau et al. · Blood Open access Aug 2014 708
2 Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply and use of blood for transfusion Simon J. Stanworth, Helen V. New, Torunn Oveland Apelseth et al. · The Lancet Haematology Open access 3 Jul 2020 337
3 Integrating physical and empirical landslide susceptibility models using generalized additive models Jason N. Goetz, Richard H. Guthrie, Alexander Brenning · Geomorphology 11 Mar 2011 310
4 A New Memory CD27−IgG+ B Cell Population in Peripheral Blood Expressing VH Genes with Low Frequency of Somatic Mutation Jessie F. Fecteau, Geneviève Côté, Sonia Néron · The Journal of Immunology Sep 2006 304
5 Convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial Philippe Bégin et al. · Nature Medicine Open access629 authors 9 Sep 2021 275
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Héma-Québec?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anemia, Blood Transfusion, Risk Factors, Alloimmunization, Blood Groups, Blood Donation, Supply Chain Management and Critical Care.

▲ 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-now 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. Anemia12▲ 160×4 topics
  2. Blood Transfusion10▲ 291×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 2.3×34 topics
  4. Risk Factors7▲ 7.5×9 topics
  5. Alloimmunization6▲ 315×1 topic
  6. Blood Groups6▲ 315×1 topic
  7. Blood Donation6▲ 454×1 topic
  8. Supply Chain Management6▲ 8.3×1 topic
  9. Inflammation5▲ 3.1×21 topics
  10. Critical Care5▲ 25×3 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-25▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Hemorrhage5▲ 82×2 topics
  13. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 75×2 topics
  14. Pandemic4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  15. Red Blood Cell4▲ 278×1 topic
  16. Tranexamic Acid4▲ 278×1 topic
  17. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Transplantation4▲ 43×4 topics
  19. Vaccine4▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.5×12 topics
  21. Mesenchymal Stem Cells3▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Immune Response3▲ 6.8×11 topics
  23. Immunity3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. Coronavirus3▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Hematopoietic Stem Cells3▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Mutation3▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Viral Transmission3▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Erythropoiesis2▲ 51×2 topics
  29. antibody2▲ 31×1 topic
  30. spike protein2▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Immunomodulation2▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Thrombosis2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Stromal Cells2▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Health Risks2▲ 73×2 topics
  37. Differentiation2▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Living Kidney Donors2▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Multipotent2▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Regeneration2▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Héma-Québec publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood groups and transfusion, Blood donation and transfusion practices, Blood transfusion and management and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Blood groups and transfu…6Blood groups and transfusion: 6 fractional worksBlood donation and trans…6Blood donation and transfusion practices: 6 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell re…2Mesenchymal stem cell research: 2 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Trans…2Organ Donation and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional works
HematologyManagement of Technology and InnovationBiochemistryInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 6 works
  2. 2 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  3. 3 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 4 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 works
  9. 9 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 2 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Héma-Québec's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher 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 Héma-Québec as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Héma-Québec0.00030% in 20251990200020102020

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

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