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Public Safety Canada

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World rank, all time
#28,522
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#620
of 896
Research works
152
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
76.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.55× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.66× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Safety Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Karl Hanson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Safety Canada.

  1. 1 R. Karl Hanson Canada · #26,744 worldwide 818 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Public Safety Canada

Which keywords describe research at Public Safety Canada?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Criminal Behavior, Risk Assessment, Youth Offenders, Mental Disorders, Psychopathy, Violent Recidivism, Criminal Justice and Prison System.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Criminal Behavior33▲ 457×2 topics
  2. Risk Assessment20▲ 22×6 topics
  3. Youth Offenders19▲ 303×2 topics
  4. Mental Disorders19▲ 128×2 topics
  5. Psychopathy19▲ 363×1 topic
  6. Violent Recidivism19▲ 630×1 topic
  7. Criminal Justice18▲ 78×3 topics
  8. Prison System18▲ 223×2 topics
  9. Racial Disparities18▲ 251×2 topics
  10. Social Inequality18▲ 56×2 topics
  11. Incarceration Effects18▲ 398×1 topic
  12. Mass Incarceration18▲ 398×1 topic
  13. Developmental Trajectories15▲ 74×2 topics
  14. Neighborhood Effects15▲ 98×2 topics
  15. Youth Violence15▲ 222×3 topics
  16. Delinquency15▲ 228×2 topics
  17. Crime14▲ 327×1 topic
  18. Social Structure14▲ 219×1 topic
  19. Risk Perception7▲ 23×4 topics
  20. Public Health6▲ 3.0×15 topics
  21. Trust5▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Accident Prevention5▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Safety Culture5▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Psychological Impact5▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Occupational Safety4▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Mental Health4▲ 2.5×11 topics
  27. Bayesian Networks4▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Safety Climate4▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Workplace Safety4▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Fault Tree Analysis4▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Quantitative Risk Assessment4▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Driver Behavior4▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Law Enforcement4▲ 56×2 topics
  34. Mental Workload3▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Human Factors3▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Automation3▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Driver Distraction3▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Nuclear Fuel3▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Radiation Protection3▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Violence3▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Public Safety Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Policing Practices and Perceptions and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending.

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksPolicing Practices and P…1Policing Practices and Perceptions: 1 fractional worksPsychopathy, Forensic Ps…1Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending: 1 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and …0Occupational Health and Safety Research: 0 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 0 fractional worksRisk Perception and Management: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPolitical Science and International RelationsClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  3. 3 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 0 works
  8. 8 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available20.1%not open79.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Public Safety Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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