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National Defence Medical Centre

In research, National Defence Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,921 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,972 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#29,915
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#645
of 896
Research works
281
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is National Defence Medical 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
Health SciencesDomain #13,921 of 20,462 6.6%192
MedicineField #16,972 of 17,978 5.7%178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Defence Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Defence Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Henryk Kafka and Minoru Kakihara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Defence Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Henryk Kafka Canada · #294,806 worldwide 256 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Minoru Kakihara Canada · #1,537,995 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Defence Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at National Defence Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radicalization, Terrorism, Globalization, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Complications, Treatment and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×18 topics
  2. Globalization3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  3. Radicalization3▲ 297×1 topic
  4. Terrorism3▲ 174×1 topic
  5. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.7×9 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  8. Complications2▲ 8.8×9 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 7.7×8 topics
  10. Inflammation1▲ 1.77×7 topics
  11. BRAF Mutation1▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Diagnosis1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  13. Migrations1▲ 429×1 topic
  14. Sahara1▲ 429×1 topic
  15. Bone Mineral Density1▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Parathyroid Hormone1▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Surgical Management1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  18. Anatomical Nomenclature1▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Endothelial Dysfunction1▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Eponyms1▲ 107×1 topic
  21. Fibrosis1▲ 15×1 topic
  22. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.71×8 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  24. Systemic Sclerosis1▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Urinary Incontinence1▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does National Defence Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence, African Studies and Geopolitics, Medical and Biological Sciences and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Terrorism, Counterterror…3Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 3 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 1 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 1 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBone health and osteopor…1Bone health and osteoporosis research: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAnthropologyAnatomyPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 1 works
  3. 3 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 1 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 1 works
  6. 6 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  7. 7 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 1 works
  10. 10 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.5%domestic only63.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Defence Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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