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McGill Genome Centre

In research, McGill Genome Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,361 of 11,023 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,313 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,164 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,690
of 22,385 · #5,252 all time
Rank in Canada
#126
of 305
Research works
337
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
37.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
McGill Genome Centre

What is McGill Genome 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,361 of 11,023 16.3%163
Health SciencesDomain #2,313 of 16,688 16.8%138
MedicineField #2,164 of 14,558 16.7%132
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,024 of 5,801 17.2%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where McGill Genome 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 McGill Genome Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at McGill Genome Centre is in Life Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (40%), Medicine (33%), Neuroscience (7%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 62 fractional works · 54.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 40.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 24.2% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 8.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 34.9% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 33.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMcGill GenomeCentre113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences3%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4540.0%
    2. Neuroscience76.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology65.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine3833.5%
    2. Nursing10.8%
    3. Health Professions10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Environmental Science33.0%
    2. Engineering32.3%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Chemistry10.6%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology11.1%
    2. Social Sciences11.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does McGill Genome Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 27.4 works8.0×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 45.2 works7.5×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.50× its world share, 45 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.02× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.05× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.50×45 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.02×6 works
  3. Neuroscience4.05×7 works
  4. Medicine1.74×38 works
  5. Nursing1.56×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.61×3 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.48×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  11. Psychology0.34×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.26×1 works
  14. Engineering0.16×3 works
  15. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  22. Energy0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from McGill Genome Centre?

The most cited paper from McGill Genome Centre is "The Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Benchmark (BRATS)" (Bjoern H. Menze et al., 2014), with 6,843 citations. Next come "Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues" (4,762) and "Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program" (2,381).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Benchmark (BRATS) Bjoern H. Menze et al. · IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Open access 4 Dec 2014 6,843
2 Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues François Aguet et al. · Nature Open access250 authors 10 Oct 2017 4,762
3 Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program Daniel Taliun et al. · Nature Open access427 authors 10 Feb 2021 2,381
4 Localization of a Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene, BRCA2 , to Chromosome 13q12-13 Richard Wooster et al. · Science 30 Sep 1994 1,907
5 The common PPARγ Pro12Ala polymorphism is associated with decreased risk of type 2 diabetes David Altshuler, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Mia Klannemark et al. · Nature Genetics Sep 2000 1,780
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at McGill Genome Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Cancer, Biomarkers, Inflammation, Neurodegeneration, Genetic Variation, Oxidative Stress and Population Genetics.

▲ 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. Cancer9▲ 5.9×31 topics
  2. Gene Expression8▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 1.61×46 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 2.6×39 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  6. Biomarkers4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  7. Neurodegeneration4▲ 10×8 topics
  8. Genetic Variation4▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Metabolism3▲ 5.8×14 topics
  10. Immunity3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  11. Population Genetics3▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Innate Immunity3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  13. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 17×8 topics
  14. Brain Development3▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  16. RNA-Seq3▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Precision Medicine3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  18. Aging3▲ 4.4×12 topics
  19. Data Integration3▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Neuroinflammation2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  22. Cancer Progression2▲ 12×8 topics
  23. Genome-Wide Association2▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  25. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  26. Ethical Issues2▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Haplotype Mapping2▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Inflammatory Diseases2▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Mendelian Randomization2▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Metabolic Health2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  31. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  32. Cell-Free DNA2▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Epigenetics2▲ 41×3 topics
  34. Genetic Testing2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Genetic Variants2▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Metagenomic Analysis2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Short-Chain Fatty Acids2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Single-Cell2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Transcriptomics2▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does McGill Genome Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Gut microbiota and health, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and RNA modifications and cancer.

Genetic Associations and…2Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health2Gut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…2Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 1 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyCancer ResearchPhysiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has McGill Genome Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher 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 McGill Genome Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%McGill Genome Centre0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of McGill Genome Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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