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In research, Library and Archives Canada stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,736 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 13.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,540
of 22,385 · #9,715 all time
Rank in Canada
#256
of 305
Research works
718
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Library and Archives Canada

What is Library and Archives Canada known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,736 of 9,585 7.4%64 #3747

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Library and Archives Canada 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 Library and Archives Canada work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Library and Archives Canada is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (38%), Social Sciences (33%), Medicine (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 79 fractional works · 78.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 38.3% of its workConservation: 10 fractional works · 9.7% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 18.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 11.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLibrary andArchives Canada100fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences79%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities3838.3%
    2. Social Sciences3333.1%
    3. Psychology43.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Computer Science65.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy21.7%
    4. Engineering11.3%
    5. Chemistry10.7%
    6. Environmental Science00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine66.5%
    2. Health Professions32.7%
    1. Neuroscience00.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Library and Archives Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 38.5 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 13.27× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities13.27×38 works
  2. Social Sciences2.62×33 works
  3. Psychology1.23×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.14×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.03×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.85×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.75×2 works
  8. Computer Science0.71×6 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.42×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×1 works
  13. Medicine0.34×6 works
  14. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  15. Engineering0.09×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Library and Archives Canada?

Ranked on the quality score, Donald Woods Winnicott, Nancy McMahon and Jonathan E. Greenwood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Library and Archives Canada.

  1. 1 Donald Woods Winnicott Canada · #165,130 worldwide 26k citations · 1,438 works
  2. 2 Nancy McMahon Canada · #1,683,075 worldwide 780 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Jonathan E. Greenwood Canada · #2,304,192 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 W. Kaye Lamb Canada · #2,314,339 worldwide 215 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Adam Shortt Canada · #2,665,638 worldwide 192 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Edward H. Dahl Canada · #2,755,956 worldwide 96 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Gustave Lanctot Canada · #2,912,695 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Michael Eamon Canada · #3,008,138 worldwide 55 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 David Gamble Canada · #3,207,057 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Peter DeLottinville Canada · #3,229,006 worldwide 105 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Library and Archives Canada

What are the most cited papers from Library and Archives Canada?

The most cited paper from Library and Archives Canada is "THE PROBABILITY RANKING PRINCIPLE IN IR" (Stephen E. Robertson, 1977), with 1,075 citations. Next come "Prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychological distress among populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (987) and "Archives, records, and power: The making of modern memory" (899).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE PROBABILITY RANKING PRINCIPLE IN IR Stephen E. Robertson · Journal of Documentation Apr 1977 1,075
2 Prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychological distress among populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis Jude Mary Cénat, Camille Blais-Rochette, Cyrille Kossigan Kokou‐Kpolou et al. · Psychiatry Research ReviewOpen access 26 Nov 2020 987
3 Archives, records, and power: The making of modern memory Joan M. Schwartz, Terry Cook · Archives and Museum Informatics Mar 2002 899
4 The Intersection between Food Insecurity and Diabetes: A Review Enza Gucciardi, Mandana Vahabi, Nicole Norris et al. · Current Nutrition Reports Open access Oct 2014 294
5 Archives, records, and power: From (postmodern) theory to (archival) performance Terry Cook, Joan M. Schwartz · Archives and Museum Informatics Sep 2002 235
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Library and Archives Canada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, History, Cultural Identity, Nationalism, Archives, Digital Preservation, Canada and Social Policy.

▲ 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. Identity13▲ 18×12 topics
  2. History11▲ 16×10 topics
  3. Cultural Identity10▲ 21×5 topics
  4. Nationalism10▲ 22×3 topics
  5. Archives10▲ 732×1 topic
  6. Digital Preservation10▲ 643×1 topic
  7. Canada8▲ 692×1 topic
  8. Gender8▲ 14×18 topics
  9. Social Policy8▲ 85×1 topic
  10. Colonialism7▲ 14×9 topics
  11. Social Justice6▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Community Engagement6▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Local Development6▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Territorial Governance6▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.2×3 topics
  16. Citizen Participation5▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Public Policy5▲ 10.0×2 topics
  18. Culture5▲ 8.9×9 topics
  19. Environmental Participation4▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Proximity and Innovation4▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Memory4▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  23. Politics4▲ 14×6 topics
  24. Gender Studies4▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Ethics3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  26. Cultural Studies3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  27. Memory Studies3▲ 48×3 topics
  28. Open Access3▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Ethnography3▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Rituals3▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Cultural History3▲ 23×5 topics
  32. Cultural Impact3▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Landscape Change3▲ 188×1 topic
  34. Megalithic Monuments3▲ 188×1 topic
  35. Social Change2▲ 20×6 topics
  36. Community2▲ 20×5 topics
  37. Early Modern Europe2▲ 99×2 topics
  38. Digital Communication2▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Early Modern Catholicism2▲ 467×1 topic
  40. Information Studies2▲ 112×1 topic

Which research topics does Library and Archives Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Canadian Identity and History, French Urban and Social Studies and Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies.

Digital and Traditional …10Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 10 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…8Canadian Identity and History: 8 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 3 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 2 fractional worksEarly Modern Women Writers: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 2 fractional worksOral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 1 fractional works
ConservationSociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 10 works
  2. 2 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  5. 5 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  6. 6 Early Modern Women Writers Religious studies 2 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  8. 8 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 2 works
  9. 9 Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis History 2 works
  10. 10 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Library and Archives Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Library and Archives Canada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Library and Archives Canada0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Library and Archives Canada 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.

still counting5%10%15%Library and Archives Canada11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2025.

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