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Public Health Agency of Canada

In research, Public Health Agency of Canada stands highest in Medicine (#3,305 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,942 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,796 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,593
of 28,054 · #4,176 all time
Rank in Canada
#95
of 403
Research works
2.8k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
31.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Public Health Agency of 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
MedicineField #3,305 of 10,443 21.2%267 #2197
Health SciencesDomain #3,942 of 11,982 20.7%304 #2427
Life SciencesDomain #2,796 of 7,800 15.5%125 #1931
EpidemiologySubfield #543 of 976 25.1%68 #653
Social SciencesDomain #6,116 of 10,521 25.3%90 #6882
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #247 of 345 17.6%78 #200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health Agency of 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. Medicine#2,197 #3,305
  2. Health Sciences#2,427 #3,942
  3. Life Sciences#1,931 #2,796
  4. Epidemiology#653 #543
  5. Social Sciences#6,882 #6,116
  6. Infectious Diseases#200 #247
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 Public Health Agency of Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 77.6 works20×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.26× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.66× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.47× its world share, 266 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Health Agency of Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Irene Martín, Richard J. Reid‐Smith and Heather Orpana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health Agency of Canada.

  1. 1 Irene Martín Canada · #91,212 worldwide 196 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Richard J. Reid‐Smith Canada · #151,251 worldwide 248 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Heather Orpana Canada · #157,962 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ying Jiang Canada · #173,680 worldwide 104 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Jun Wu Canada · #197,624 worldwide 169 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 David A. Boyd Canada · #197,973 worldwide 115 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Michael Drebot Canada · #279,729 worldwide 126 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Raymond S. W. Tsang Canada · #282,180 worldwide 63 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Kathryn Bernard Canada · #291,584 worldwide 82 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 John S. Spika Canada · #300,450 worldwide 110 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health Agency of Canada

Which keywords describe research at Public Health Agency of Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Pandemic, Immune Response, COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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. Epidemiology165▲ 7.4×89 topics
  2. Public Health70▲ 8.6×36 topics
  3. Pathogenesis59▲ 21×20 topics
  4. Vaccine58▲ 26×11 topics
  5. Pandemic50▲ 8.3×9 topics
  6. COVID-1946▲ 6.0×17 topics
  7. Immune Response44▲ 14×14 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-237▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Mental Health35▲ 4.3×27 topics
  10. Infectious Diseases27▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Vaccine Development26▲ 18×10 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance24▲ 11×12 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor22▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Immunity22▲ 9.5×7 topics
  15. Viral Transmission20▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Antimicrobial Resistance20▲ 18×9 topics
  17. Coronavirus19▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Healthcare Workers18▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Depression18▲ 3.6×13 topics
  20. antibody16▲ 27×1 topic
  21. spike protein16▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Risk Perception15▲ 10.0×5 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity15▲ 6.0×4 topics
  24. Psychological Impact15▲ 8.1×8 topics
  25. Genomics14▲ 8.7×6 topics
  26. Transmission14▲ 48×3 topics
  27. Psychological Distress14▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Virus14▲ 27×3 topics
  29. Antibodies14▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Infection14▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Viral Infections14▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Disease Burden13▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Host Immune Response13▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Health Behavior13▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Human Metapneumovirus13▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Respiratory Syncytial Virus13▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Viral Load13▲ 29×2 topics
  38. COVID-19 Vaccine13▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Herd Immunity12▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Outbreak12▲ 62×2 topics

Which research topics does Public Health Agency of Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Respiratory viral infections research, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …16SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 16 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…13Respiratory viral infections research: 13 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 12 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…12Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health12COVID-19 and Mental Health: 12 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 10 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…9COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 9 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 8 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 7 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyHealthClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 16 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 13 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 12 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 12 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 12 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 10 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 9 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 8 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 7 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 available73.9%not open26.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Public Health Agency of Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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