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Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec

In research, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,268 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,890 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,842
of 28,054 · #11,884 all time
Rank in Canada
#208
of 403
Research works
952
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,268 of 11,982 22.4%101 #4610
MedicineField #4,890 of 10,443 22.2%83 #4532

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut National de Santé Publique du 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 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: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.37× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.34× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.64× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec?

Ranked on the composite score, Gaston De Serres, Patrick Levallois and Nicole Boulianne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec.

  1. 1 Gaston De Serres Canada · #103,978 worldwide 196 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Patrick Levallois Canada · #450,858 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Nicole Boulianne Canada · #558,955 worldwide 47 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Louis Rochette Canada · #673,306 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Brigitte Lefebvre Canada · #978,669 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jean Longtin Canada · #1,077,318 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Pierre Dumas Canada · #1,106,302 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Alain LeBlanc Canada · #1,118,955 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Marc Simard Canada · #1,161,210 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Denis Hamel Canada · #1,449,895 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec

Which keywords describe research at Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Effects, Pandemic, Vaccine, SARS-CoV-2, Mortality and Infectious Diseases.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 5.1×74 topics
  2. Public Health19▲ 7.2×35 topics
  3. Pandemic11▲ 5.9×7 topics
  4. Health Effects11▲ 10×16 topics
  5. Vaccine10▲ 14×10 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-210▲ 17×6 topics
  7. COVID-199▲ 3.6×15 topics
  8. Mortality8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  9. Infectious Diseases8▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Climate Change8▲ 1.65×17 topics
  11. Mental Health8▲ 2.9×22 topics
  12. Social Media8▲ 3.0×9 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.7×15 topics
  14. Pathogenesis7▲ 7.7×16 topics
  15. Immune Response7▲ 6.8×10 topics
  16. Risk Factors7▲ 3.4×22 topics
  17. Risk Perception7▲ 14×4 topics
  18. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Immunity6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  21. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Health Behavior6▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Herd Immunity6▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Vulnerability6▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Primary Care5▲ 7.5×10 topics
  28. Global Warming5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Viral Transmission5▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Coronavirus4▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality4▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Mutation4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Human Health4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. antibody4▲ 22×1 topic
  35. spike protein4▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Heat Waves4▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Temperature4▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Environmental Exposure4▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Pregnancy4▲ 9.7×6 topics

Which research topics does Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…4Climate Change and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…3Air Quality and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional works
HealthInfectious DiseasesHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  10. 10 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 2 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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