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Mental Health Research Canada

In research, Mental Health Research Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,024 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,399
of 22,385 · #12,617 all time
Rank in Canada
#254
of 305
Research works
329
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Mental Health Research Canada

What is Mental Health Research Canada 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 #4,024 of 16,688 14.1%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mental Health Research 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 Mental Health Research Canada work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Mental Health Research Canada is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Psychology (19%), Neuroscience (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 45.7% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 37.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 28.4% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 18.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 23.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 15.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMental HealthResearch Canada83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences28%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3137.0%
    2. Health Professions78.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Psychology1618.6%
    2. Social Sciences67.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Neuroscience1315.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science10.7%
    2. Computer Science00.5%
    3. Engineering00.4%
    4. Mathematics00.4%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.61× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.23× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.92× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.11× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience9.61×13 works
  2. Psychology6.11×16 works
  3. Health Professions3.23×7 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.92×1 works
  5. Medicine1.92×31 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.15×5 works
  7. Social Sciences0.60×6 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×0 works
  9. Nursing0.47×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.33×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.23×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.15×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  20. Engineering0.03×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Mental Health Research Canada?

The most cited paper from Mental Health Research Canada is "The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update" (Jürgen T. Rehm, Gerhard E. Gmel, Gerrit Eduard Gmel et al., 2017), with 1,238 citations. Next come "Examining the associations between HIV-related stigma and health outcomes in people living with HIV/AIDS: a series of meta-analyses" (969) and "Proposed diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer’s disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders" (626).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update Jürgen T. Rehm, Gerhard E. Gmel, Gerrit Eduard Gmel et al. · Addiction Open access 20 Feb 2017 1,238
2 Examining the associations between HIV-related stigma and health outcomes in people living with HIV/AIDS: a series of meta-analyses Sergio Rueda, Sanjana Mitra, Shiyi Chen et al. · BMJ Open Open access Jul 2016 969
3 Proposed diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer’s disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders P Robert, Chiadi U. Onyike, Albert F.G. Leentjens et al. · European Psychiatry 8 Feb 2009 626
4 The Contribution of Early Traumatic Events to Schizophrenia in Some Patients: A Traumagenic Neurodevelopmental Model John Read, Bruce D. Perry, Andrew K. Moskowitz et al. · Psychiatry Dec 2001 595
5 The effect of a reduction in alcohol consumption on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis Michael Roerecke, Janusz A. Kaczorowski, Sheldon W. Tobe et al. · The Lancet Public Health ReviewOpen access Feb 2017 566
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Which keywords describe research at Mental Health Research Canada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology, Anxiety, Neurobiology, Psychiatric Disorders and Prevalence.

▲ 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. Depression10▲ 13×14 topics
  2. Mental Health9▲ 7.2×24 topics
  3. Epidemiology8▲ 2.3×35 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders6▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Anxiety4▲ 10×8 topics
  6. Neurobiology4▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 2.1×19 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.3×12 topics
  9. Prevalence3▲ 9.0×9 topics
  10. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 28×4 topics
  11. Mental Disorders3▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Genetics3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  13. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  15. Neuroinflammation2▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Psychological Distress2▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Resilience2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  18. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Stigma2▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Synaptic Plasticity2▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Neuroprotection2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  22. Well-being2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  23. Functional Connectivity2▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Neuroimaging2▲ 9.0×9 topics
  25. Stress2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  26. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Cognitive Therapy2▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Impulsivity2▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Alcohol Dependence2▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  31. Motivational Interviewing2▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Brain Development2▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Serotonin2▲ 52×2 topics
  35. Social Cognition2▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Childhood Trauma2▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Function2▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Treatment-Resistant Depression2▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Mental Health Research Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

Substance Abuse Treatmen…2Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …1Mental Health Treatment and Access: 1 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 1 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid…1Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…1Schizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…1Tryptophan and brain disorders: 1 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologySocial PsychologyCognitive NeurosciencePharmacology6 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  4. 4 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  5. 5 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  6. 6 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.0%domestic only65.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mental Health Research Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Mental Health Research Canada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Mental Health Research Canada0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mental Health Research Canada over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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