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International Development Research Centre

In research, International Development Research Centre stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,971 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,207 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,832 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,931
of 22,385 · #10,286 all time
Rank in Canada
#259
of 305
Research works
788
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
International Development Research Centre

What is International Development Research Centre 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,971 of 14,833 10.2%364
Social SciencesField #3,207 of 9,330 10.8%235
Physical SciencesDomain #12,832 of 17,446 8.7%245

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Development Research Centre 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 International Development Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at International Development Research Centre is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 40 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.4% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalDevelopment…80fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences50%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2530.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.7%
    3. Psychology45.3%
    4. Decision Sciences34.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting23.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    1. Medicine1012.0%
    2. Health Professions56.7%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    1. Engineering810.2%
    2. Computer Science23.0%
    3. Environmental Science22.8%
    4. Materials Science11.4%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences79.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
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: 1.89× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.97× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.53× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.49× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.67× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.97×1 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.49×4 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.67×5 works
  4. Health Professions2.53×5 works
  5. Social Sciences2.42×25 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.89×7 works
  7. Psychology1.74×4 works
  8. Nursing1.48×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×2 works
  10. Engineering0.68×8 works
  11. Medicine0.63×10 works
  12. Environmental Science0.57×2 works
  13. Materials Science0.41×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.39×2 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  16. Energy0.26×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.23×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Development Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Longshore Smith, Robert K. D. McLean and Bhim Adhikari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Development Research Centre.

  1. 1 Matthew Longshore Smith Canada · #152,291 worldwide 2.9k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Robert K. D. McLean Canada · #492,100 worldwide 584 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Bhim Adhikari Canada · #543,990 worldwide 2.2k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Arjan de Haan Canada · #799,968 worldwide 3.4k citations · 147 works
  5. 5 Chaitali Sinha Canada · #972,276 worldwide 890 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Bruce A. B. Currie-Alder Canada · #1,482,833 worldwide 405 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Charlotte MacAlister Canada · #1,816,763 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Ronnie Vernooy Canada · #1,864,184 worldwide 1.9k citations · 237 works
  9. 9 Marie‐Gloriose Ingabire Canada · #1,891,949 worldwide 292 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Martha Melesse Canada · #1,935,631 worldwide 147 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at International Development Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from International Development Research Centre?

The most cited paper from International Development Research Centre is "Our common future: report of the World Commission on Environment and Development" (Robert H. Cassen, 1987), with 3,234 citations. Next come "Biological nitrogen fixation by common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) increases with bio-char additions" (1,341) and "One Health: A new definition for a sustainable and healthy future" (940).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Our common future: report of the World Commission on Environment and Development Robert H. Cassen · International Affairs 1987 3,234
2 Biological nitrogen fixation by common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) increases with bio-char additions Marco Antonio Rondón, Johannes C. Lehmann, Juan Fernando Naranjo Ramirez et al. · Biology and Fertility of Soils 24 Nov 2006 1,341
3 One Health: A new definition for a sustainable and healthy future One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) et al. · PLoS Pathogens Open access 23 Jun 2022 940
4 The value of indigenous knowledge in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in the African Sahel Anthony Nyong, F. Adesina, Balgis Osman Elasha · Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 14 Jun 2007 829
5 Fate of soil‐applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration Julie Major, Johannes C. Lehmann, Marco Antonio Rondón et al. · Global Change Biology 3 Aug 2009 793
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Development Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Political Economy, Democracy, Governance, Corruption, Cross-National Study, Institutions and Vulnerability.

▲ 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. Economic Growth5▲ 7.4×11 topics
  2. Political Economy4▲ 21×6 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  4. Democracy4▲ 14×3 topics
  5. Epidemiology4▲ 1.20×18 topics
  6. Governance4▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Climate Change4▲ 1.64×20 topics
  8. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.8×11 topics
  9. Corruption3▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Cross-National Study3▲ 171×1 topic
  11. Institutions3▲ 48×1 topic
  12. Human Rights3▲ 3.6×10 topics
  13. Sustainability3▲ 1.50×14 topics
  14. Vulnerability3▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Research Methodology3▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Public Health2▲ 2.1×12 topics
  17. Publication Bias2▲ 62×2 topics
  18. Food Security2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  19. Water Management2▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Social Support2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  21. Agriculture2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  22. Community Health Workers2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Labor Market2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Adaptation2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  25. Global Governance2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  26. Gender Inequality2▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Social Networks2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  28. Ethical Issues1▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Evidence Synthesis1▲ 65×1 topic
  30. Infectious Diseases1▲ 5.4×6 topics
  31. Intersectionality1▲ 9.1×4 topics
  32. PRISMA Statement1▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Public-Private Partnerships1▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Quality Assessment1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Student Achievement1▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Data Use1▲ 165×1 topic
  37. Educational Improvement1▲ 165×1 topic
  38. Poverty Reduction1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Qualitative Data1▲ 302×1 topic
  40. Secondary Analysis1▲ 302×1 topic

Which research topics does International Development Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corruption and Economic Development, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Data Analysis and Archiving and Educational Assessment and Improvement.

Corruption and Economic …3Corruption and Economic Development: 3 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 1 fractional worksData Analysis and Archiving: 1 fractional worksEducational Assessment and Improvement: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…1Disaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 1 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 1 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…1Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyInformation Systems and ManagementEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  3. 3 Data Analysis and Archiving Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Educational Assessment and Improvement Information Systems and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 1 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  8. 8 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 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 available26.3%not open73.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Development Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 International Development Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%International Development Research Centre0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Development Research Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2024International Development Research Centre6.7% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.9% in 2018.

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