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Ouranos

In research, Ouranos stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,862 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Sciences (Physical Sciences is 1.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#25,771
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#516
of 718
Research works
160
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
48.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Ouranos

What is Ouranos 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,862 of 17,446 14.6%133

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Ouranos is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (27%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 73.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 40.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 27.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 26.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 24.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOuranos36fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1440.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1026.9%
    3. Chemistry12.8%
    4. Computer Science12.2%
    5. Engineering11.7%
    1. Social Sciences411.5%
    2. Decision Sciences11.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    5. Psychology00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    1. Medicine24.4%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ouranos specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 1.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 26.6 works1.9×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.16× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.06× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.16×10 works
  2. Environmental Science8.06×14 works
  3. Chemistry1.76×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.61×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.91×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.28×1 works
  11. Medicine0.23×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  14. Psychology0.12×0 works
  15. Engineering0.11×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ouranos?

Ranked on the quality score, D. Caya, David Huard and S. Biner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ouranos.

  1. 1 D. Caya Canada · #350,496 worldwide 9k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 David Huard Canada · #517,778 worldwide 2.6k citations · 100 works
  3. 3 S. Biner Canada · #533,020 worldwide 2.4k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Juliette Lavoie Canada · #862,999 worldwide 305 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Martin Leduc Canada · #953,274 worldwide 1.6k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Travis Logan Canada · #1,203,693 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Diane Chaumont Canada · #1,204,000 worldwide 2.4k citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Gabriel Rondeau‐Genesse Canada · #1,451,220 worldwide 198 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 J. A. Velázquez Canada · #1,477,999 worldwide 823 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Marco Braun Canada · #1,808,050 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Ouranos

What are the most cited papers from Ouranos?

The most cited paper from Ouranos is "The Response of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover to a Changing Climate*" (Ross Duncan Brown, Philip W. Mote, 2008), with 655 citations. Next come "Finding appropriate bias correction methods in downscaling precipitation for hydrologic impact studies over North America" (536) and "Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover variability and change over 1922–2010 including an assessment of uncertainty" (533).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Response of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover to a Changing Climate* Ross Duncan Brown, Philip W. Mote · Journal of Climate 30 Oct 2008 655
2 Finding appropriate bias correction methods in downscaling precipitation for hydrologic impact studies over North America Jie Chen, Francois P. Brissette, Diane Chaumont et al. · Water Resources Research Open access 3 Jun 2013 536
3 Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover variability and change over 1922–2010 including an assessment of uncertainty Ross Duncan Brown, David A. Robinson · ˜The œcryosphere Open access 16 Mar 2011 533
4 The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program: Overview of Phase I Results Linda O. Mearns, R. W. Arritt, S. Biner et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 6 Mar 2012 492
5 Intercomparison of Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Eric Gilleland, David A. Ahijevych, Barbara G. Brown et al. · Weather and Forecasting 12 Jun 2009 475
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ouranos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Circulation, Extreme Events, Hydrological Cycle, Climate Modeling and Precipitation Extremes.

▲ 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. Climate Change16▲ 16×26 topics
  2. Global Warming9▲ 55×9 topics
  3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions6▲ 57×3 topics
  4. Extreme Events5▲ 162×2 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation5▲ 110×3 topics
  6. Hydrological Cycle5▲ 144×2 topics
  7. Climate Modeling5▲ 193×1 topic
  8. Precipitation Extremes5▲ 193×1 topic
  9. Remote Sensing4▲ 9.8×8 topics
  10. Data Assimilation4▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Convective Parameterization4▲ 187×1 topic
  12. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 105×1 topic
  13. Probabilistic Forecasting4▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Hydrology4▲ 77×3 topics
  15. Sea Level Rise3▲ 75×3 topics
  16. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 28×3 topics
  17. Glacier2▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Water Availability2▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Water Resources2▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Model Evaluation2▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Satellite Observations2▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Water Quality2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Emissions2▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Methane2▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Sediment Transport2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Global Hydrology2▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Uncertainty Assessment2▲ 65×1 topic
  28. Teacher Training1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  29. Curriculum Development1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  30. Drought1▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Evapotranspiration1▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Science Education1▲ 56×2 topics
  33. Community Engagement1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Didactic Models1▲ 79×1 topic
  35. Teaching Methodologies1▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Local Development1▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Mass Spectrometry1▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Proteomics1▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Territorial Governance1▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Tropical Cyclones1▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does Ouranos publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Cryospheric studies and observations and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Climate variability and …5Climate variability and models: 5 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…2Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …2Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksScience and Education Re…1Science and Education Research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceWater Science and TechnologyEducation1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  3. 3 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Science and Education Research Education 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 1 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ouranos's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Ouranos as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Ouranos0.00018% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Ouranos over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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