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Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

In research, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute stands highest in Computer Science (#622 of 4,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,589 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,069
of 22,385 · #2,736 all time
Rank in Canada
#55
of 305
Research works
338
▲ 232% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.32×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

What is Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute 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
Computer ScienceField #622 of 4,417 18.5%84 #984
Physical SciencesDomain #1,589 of 10,670 19.0%123 #2320

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute 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 Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (37%), Neuroscience (11%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 148 fractional works · 54.7% of its workComputer Science: 100 fractional works · 36.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 61 fractional works · 22.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 20.1% of its workNeuroscience: 29 fractional works · 10.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 8.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 10.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMila - QuebecArtificial…270fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences13%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science10036.9%
    2. Engineering228.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy114.2%
    4. Environmental Science62.3%
    5. Materials Science31.2%
    6. Mathematics20.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience2910.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology228.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences166.0%
    2. Psychology93.5%
    3. Decision Sciences52.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Medicine2910.8%
    2. Health Professions31.1%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 22.9 works12×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 61.4 works9.4×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 29.5 works6.7×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.71× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.75× its world share, 100 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 29 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience6.71×30 works
  2. Computer Science4.75×100 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.07×5 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.90×11 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.52×22 works
  6. Psychology1.14×9 works
  7. Mathematics0.68×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.60×0 works
  9. Medicine0.56×29 works
  10. Engineering0.55×22 works
  11. Social Sciences0.47×16 works
  12. Environmental Science0.46×6 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.41×3 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.33×3 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×2 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×2 works
  24. Energy0.12×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Bonaventure F. P. Dossou, Cem Subakan and Prakhar Ganesh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute.

  1. 1 Bonaventure F. P. Dossou Canada · #672,073 worldwide 812 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Cem Subakan Canada · #946,501 worldwide 1.5k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Prakhar Ganesh Canada · #997,671 worldwide 246 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Aishwarya Agrawal Canada · #1,101,361 worldwide 6.9k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Mirco Ravanelli Canada · #1,548,452 worldwide 1.3k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Gabriel Tseng Canada · #1,837,102 worldwide 210 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Shravan Nayak Canada · #2,031,854 worldwide 60 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Colin Bredenberg Canada · #2,271,983 worldwide 790 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Mélisande Teng Canada · #2,301,764 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Md Rifat Arefin Canada · #2,475,190 worldwide 137 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

What are the most cited papers from Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute?

The most cited paper from Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute is "Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence" (Hanchen Wang et al., 2023), with 1,788 citations. Next come "Diffusion Models: A Comprehensive Survey of Methods and Applications" (1,565) and "Machine learning for combinatorial optimization: A methodological tour d'horizon" (1,453).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence Hanchen Wang et al. · Nature 2 Aug 2023 1,788
2 Diffusion Models: A Comprehensive Survey of Methods and Applications Ling Qiang Yang, Zhilong Zhang, Yang Song et al. · ACM Computing Surveys Open access 30 Sep 2023 1,565
3 Machine learning for combinatorial optimization: A methodological tour d'horizon Yoshua Bengio, Andrea Lodi, Antoine Prouvost · Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) Open access 2021 1,453
4 Visualizing structure and transitions in high-dimensional biological data Kevin R. Moon, David van Dijk, Zheng Wang et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access Dec 2019 1,203
5 Toward Causal Representation Learning Bernhard Schölkopf, Francesco Locatello, Stefan M. Bauer et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE Open access 26 Feb 2021 1,149
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Topic Modeling and Text Classification.

▲ 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. Deep Learning54▲ 5.8×60 topics
  2. Machine Learning48▲ 5.3×62 topics
  3. Neural Networks35▲ 8.4×27 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 4.2×20 topics
  5. Big Data15▲ 5.7×16 topics
  6. Information Retrieval11▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Topic Modeling11▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Text Classification10▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 5.0×11 topics
  10. Machine Translation10▲ 22×1 topic
  11. Surveillance10▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Word Representation10▲ 29×1 topic
  13. Healthcare8▲ 2.8×6 topics
  14. Precision Medicine8▲ 6.3×4 topics
  15. Representation Learning8▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Semi-Supervised Learning8▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders8▲ 5.0×8 topics
  18. Medical Imaging7▲ 5.0×6 topics
  19. Deep Neural Networks7▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Feature Extraction6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  21. Functional Connectivity6▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Unsupervised Learning6▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Corpus Linguistics6▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Neural Machine Translation6▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Statistical Machine Translation6▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Algorithmic Bias6▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Fairness6▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Default Mode Network5▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Resting-State fMRI5▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Transfer Learning5▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Time Series5▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Meta-Learning5▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Neuronal Oscillations5▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Synchronization5▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Cortical Networks5▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Gamma Rhythms5▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Health Equity5▲ 6.2×3 topics
  38. Reinforcement Learning4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Clinical Decision Support4▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Radiology4▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Topic Modeling10Topic Modeling: 10 fractional worksNatural Language Process…6Natural Language Processing Techniques: 6 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…6Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 6 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…5Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learn…4Multimodal Machine Learning Applications: 4 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Fe…4Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 4 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…4EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksExplainable Artificial I…3Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 3 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSafety ResearchCognitive NeuroscienceHealth Informatics1 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 6 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  7. 7 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  8. 8 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 3 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 available73.7%not open26.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.1%domestic only46.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 232% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute0.0012% in 20252020

Fractional works of Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute 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 counting10%20%30%Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute21.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 2021.

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What does Mila, the Quebec AI institute research?

In research, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute stands highest in Computer Science (#622 of 4,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,589 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 11.6× its share of world research).

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