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Ontario Brain Institute

In research, Ontario Brain Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,161 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,317 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Neuroscience (Neurology is 23.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,133
of 22,385 · #4,452 all time
Rank in Canada
#120
of 305
Research works
728
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
38.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Ontario Brain Institute

What is Ontario Brain 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,161 of 9,902 17.4%93 #1874
MedicineField #2,317 of 8,541 17.7%87 #2053

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ontario Brain 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 Ontario Brain Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Ontario Brain Institute is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Neuroscience (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 106 fractional works · 50.7% of its workMedicine: 100 fractional works · 47.7% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 28.2% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 20.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOntario BrainInstitute209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences51%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. Medicine10047.7%
    2. Health Professions62.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience4320.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology146.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology136.1%
    2. Social Sciences83.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Engineering63.0%
    2. Computer Science52.5%
    3. Environmental Science31.6%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ontario Brain Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 23.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 28.7 works24×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 43.2 works13×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.74× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.48× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience12.74×43 works
  2. Medicine2.48×100 works
  3. Psychology2.02×13 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×14 works
  5. Health Professions1.08×6 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  10. Nursing0.33×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.32×5 works
  12. Environmental Science0.32×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.29×8 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  17. Engineering0.20×6 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  24. Energy0.04×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ontario Brain Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Francis Jeanson, Brendan Behan and Oren Gozlan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ontario Brain Institute.

  1. 1 Francis Jeanson Canada · #1,785,980 worldwide 712 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Brendan Behan Canada · #2,223,742 worldwide 549 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Oren Gozlan Canada · #2,390,078 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 A.S. Bassett Canada · #5,434,055 worldwide 219 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Ontario Brain Institute

What are the most cited papers from Ontario Brain Institute?

The most cited paper from Ontario Brain Institute is "The prevalence of Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis" (Tamara M. Pringsheim, Nathalie Jetté, Alexandra D. Frolkis et al., 2014), with 2,214 citations. Next come "Uneven Pattern of Dopamine Loss in the Striatum of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease" (1,973) and "Mechanisms of stress in the brain" (1,437).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The prevalence of Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis Tamara M. Pringsheim, Nathalie Jetté, Alexandra D. Frolkis et al. · Movement Disorders Review 28 Jun 2014 2,214
2 Uneven Pattern of Dopamine Loss in the Striatum of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease Stephen J. Kish, Kathleen S. Shannak, Oleh Hornykiewicz · New England Journal of Medicine 7 Apr 1988 1,973
3 Mechanisms of stress in the brain Bruce S. McEwen, Nicole P. Bowles, Jason D. Gray et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access 25 Sep 2015 1,437
4 Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic Catherine A. Lebel, Anna MacKinnon, Mercedes Bagshawe et al. · Journal of Affective Disorders Open access Aug 2020 1,058
5 Multiple dopamine D4 receptor variants in the human population Hubert H.M. Van Tol, Caren M. Wu, Hong‐Chang Guan et al. · Nature Jul 1992 969
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ontario Brain Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Neuroimaging, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Epilepsy and Neuroinflammation.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders26▲ 22×17 topics
  2. Parkinson's Disease22▲ 42×8 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration20▲ 32×9 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress19▲ 5.4×22 topics
  5. Epidemiology16▲ 1.95×40 topics
  6. Neuroimaging14▲ 25×10 topics
  7. Mitochondrial Dysfunction13▲ 22×7 topics
  8. Epilepsy13▲ 55×4 topics
  9. Neuroinflammation13▲ 21×6 topics
  10. Deep Brain Stimulation12▲ 79×3 topics
  11. Basal Ganglia11▲ 93×2 topics
  12. Neuromodulation10▲ 78×2 topics
  13. Treatment-Resistant Depression10▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Diagnostic Criteria10▲ 21×7 topics
  15. Dystonia10▲ 117×1 topic
  16. Subthalamic Nucleus10▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Aging10▲ 8.4×10 topics
  18. Biomarkers9▲ 6.3×9 topics
  19. Dopaminergic Neurons9▲ 67×2 topics
  20. Genetics9▲ 6.1×12 topics
  21. Alzheimer's Disease9▲ 15×8 topics
  22. Functional Connectivity9▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Genetic Risk Factors9▲ 79×1 topic
  24. a-Synuclein9▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Cognitive Training8▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Cognitive Decline8▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Dementia8▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Caregiver Burden8▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Mild Cognitive Impairment8▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Vascular Risk Factors8▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Neurobiology7▲ 13×9 topics
  32. Brain Development7▲ 19×6 topics
  33. Neural Plasticity6▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Amyloid Hypothesis5▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Tau Pathology5▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Default Mode Network5▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Resting-State fMRI5▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Recovery5▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Neuropathology4▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Encephalopathy4▲ 31×3 topics

Which research topics does Ontario Brain Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neurological disorders and treatments, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Neurological disorders and treatments: 10 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 9 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…8Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 8 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…5Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 5 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 4 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic St…3Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 3 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional works
NeurologyPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 10 works
  2. 2 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 9 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ontario Brain Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Ontario Brain Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ontario Brain Institute0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ontario Brain 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ontario Brain Institute9.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2019.

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