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Occupational Cancer Research Centre

In research, Occupational Cancer Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#6,132 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,669 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,625
of 28,054 · #6,532 all time
Rank in Canada
#191
of 403
Research works
1.2k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
38.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Occupational Cancer Research Centre 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
MedicineField #6,132 of 10,443 19.7%84 #4636
Health SciencesDomain #7,669 of 11,982 19.8%92 #5560

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Occupational Cancer Research 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.04× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.09× its world share, 13 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.73× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Occupational Cancer Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Peggy L. Olive, Ralph E. Durand and Paul A. Demers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Occupational Cancer Research Centre.

  1. 1 Peggy L. Olive Canada · #22,205 worldwide 633 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Ralph E. Durand Canada · #130,905 worldwide 216 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Paul A. Demers Canada · #195,511 worldwide 251 citations · 88 works
  4. 4 Jeavana Sritharan Canada · #1,625,759 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Occupational Cancer Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Occupational Cancer Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Neuroinflammation, Parkinson's Disease and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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. Neurodegeneration15▲ 32×9 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress14▲ 5.5×25 topics
  3. Immunotherapy10▲ 9.0×14 topics
  4. Epidemiology8▲ 1.35×53 topics
  5. Radiation Therapy8▲ 39×3 topics
  6. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Cancer8▲ 3.5×30 topics
  8. Neuroinflammation7▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Parkinson's Disease7▲ 18×8 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders7▲ 7.4×15 topics
  11. Neuroimaging6▲ 13×11 topics
  12. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.1×18 topics
  13. Health Effects6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  14. BAP1 mutations6▲ 207×1 topic
  15. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma6▲ 207×1 topic
  16. Biomarkers5▲ 4.8×13 topics
  17. Radiotherapy5▲ 8.6×11 topics
  18. Genetics5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Dopaminergic Neurons4▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Amyloid Hypothesis4▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Tau Pathology4▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Therapeutic Strategies4▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Aging4▲ 4.8×13 topics
  25. Protein Aggregation4▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Genetic Risk Factors4▲ 49×1 topic
  27. a-Synuclein4▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Neurodegenerative Diseases4▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Screening3▲ 22×3 topics
  32. FUS/TLS3▲ 94×1 topic
  33. TDP-433▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  36. Targeted Therapy3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Genetic Variants3▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Prostate Cancer3▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Brain Development3▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Molecular Basis3▲ 228×1 topic

Which research topics does Occupational Cancer Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research.

Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 6 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…4Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Scle…3Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 3 fractional worksPrion Diseases and Protein Misfolding: 3 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…2Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyNeurologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  4. 4 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 3 works
  5. 5 Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 2 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Occupational Cancer Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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