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Natural Resources Canada

In research, Natural Resources Canada stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,345 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#680 of 3,551 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,891 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,300
of 28,054 · #1,634 all time
Rank in Canada
#44
of 403
Research works
6.3k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
191k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Natural Resources Canada known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,345 of 12,888 18.4%815 #1118
Environmental ScienceField #680 of 3,551 21.8%253 #413
EngineeringField #1,891 of 6,636 14.7%310 #1017
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #353 of 1,209 21.3%121 #344
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #794 of 1,351 13.2%103 #396
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #325 of 535 22.5%77 #228
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,403 of 3,409 18.4%65 #1269
Life SciencesDomain #6,600 of 7,800 19.3%85 #5488

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,118 #1,345
  2. Environmental Science#413 #680
  3. Engineering#1,017 #1,891
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#344 #353
  5. Mechanical Engineering#396 #794
  6. Global and Planetary Change#228 #325
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,269 #2,403
  8. Life Sciences#5,488 #6,600
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Natural Resources Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 27.0 works12×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 46.8 works11×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 36.8 works11×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 77.0 works11×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 23.4 works8.9×
← 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: 1.47× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.61× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.49× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.29× its world share, 121 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.33× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.22× its world share, 310 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.46× its world share, 253 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.52× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Natural Resources Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Brian Brisco, Edward Furimsky and J. E. Dutrizac lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Natural Resources Canada.

  1. 1 Brian Brisco · #77,825 worldwide 526 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Edward Furimsky · #91,678 worldwide 482 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 J. E. Dutrizac · #96,830 worldwide 350 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 R. Touzi · #97,055 worldwide 277 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Amir Hadadzadeh · #110,406 worldwide 288 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 R. A. F. Grieve · #123,316 worldwide 489 citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Babak Shalchi Amirkhiz · #129,923 worldwide 308 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 J. Kouba · #133,741 worldwide 208 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Shusen Wang · #145,916 worldwide 229 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Thierry Toutin · #149,445 worldwide 235 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Natural Resources Canada

Which keywords describe research at Natural Resources Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience, Invasive Species, Soil Properties, Biomass Estimation, Forest Fires and Wildfire Activity.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change169▲ 6.8×68 topics
  2. Remote Sensing96▲ 8.3×27 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience50▲ 37×5 topics
  4. Environmental Impact44▲ 2.8×33 topics
  5. Invasive Species41▲ 10×17 topics
  6. Machine Learning40▲ 1.30×29 topics
  7. Soil Properties38▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Renewable Energy38▲ 2.8×26 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties37▲ 4.0×24 topics
  10. Biomass Estimation36▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Forest Fires34▲ 83×1 topic
  12. Wildfire Activity34▲ 83×1 topic
  13. Energy Efficiency33▲ 3.7×14 topics
  14. Biodiversity30▲ 4.3×21 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation28▲ 8.2×8 topics
  16. Aboveground Biomass27▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Hydrology27▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Microstructure27▲ 5.5×15 topics
  19. Global Warming26▲ 6.9×11 topics
  20. Lithium-ion Batteries24▲ 5.9×3 topics
  21. Biological Invasions23▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Climate Change Impact23▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Global Change22▲ 8.9×7 topics
  24. Metal Recovery21▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Shale Gas21▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Biomass21▲ 20×5 topics
  27. Tectonics20▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Environmental Impacts19▲ 7.7×9 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements19▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Plate Tectonics18▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Biodegradation18▲ 20×5 topics
  32. Arctic18▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning18▲ 9.9×6 topics
  34. Paleoclimatology17▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Petroleum16▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Methane Emissions16▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Gasification16▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Renewable Fuels16▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Gas Permeability15▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Terrestrial Laser Scanning15▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Natural Resources Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Fire effects on ecosystems34Fire effects on ecosystems: 34 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 14 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 14 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 14 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 13 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 13 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…12Extraction and Separation Processes: 12 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 12 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 12 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodi…12Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 12 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyEnvironmental EngineeringMechanics of Materials5 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 34 works
  2. 2 Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEcology 14 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 14 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and managementNature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 13 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation ProcessesMechanical Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and AnalysisAnalytical Chemistry 12 works
  9. 9 Forest Management and PolicyGlobal and Planetary Change 12 works
  10. 10 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesInsect Science 12 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Natural Resources Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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