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Research Canada

In research, Research Canada stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,482 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,183 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology (Rheumatology is 28.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,729
of 22,385 · #8,162 all time
Rank in Canada
#161
of 305
Research works
638
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
33.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Research Canada

What is Research Canada 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 #4,482 of 9,902 14.5%97 #3810
MedicineField #4,183 of 8,541 14.6%88 #3731

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Research Canada work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Research Canada is in Health Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Engineering (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 109 fractional works · 61.0% of its workMedicine: 99 fractional works · 55.3% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 15.8% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% 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 workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKResearch Canada179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences12%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9955.3%
    2. Health Professions94.8%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering126.5%
    2. Computer Science105.8%
    3. Environmental Science31.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.2%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences74.0%
    2. Psychology63.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.1%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Research Canada specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 28.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 23.0 works28×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 99 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.88×99 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.04×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.82×9 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.42×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.28×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×10 works
  7. Psychology1.06×6 works
  8. Nursing0.99×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.85×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.74×10 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.71×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.67×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  15. Engineering0.43×12 works
  16. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.31×7 works
  18. Environmental Science0.30×3 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.23×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Canada?

Ranked on the quality score, Na Lu, Shanon McQuitty and Luciana Moreira Sá de Souza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Canada.

  1. 1 Na Lu Canada · #178,600 worldwide 3.5k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Shanon McQuitty Canada · #1,248,738 worldwide 578 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Luciana Moreira Sá de Souza Canada · #1,329,560 worldwide 1k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Eileen Davidson Canada · #1,470,873 worldwide 395 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 L. Lu Canada · #1,608,415 worldwide 528 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Kelly English Canada · #1,708,918 worldwide 802 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Cheryl L. Koehn Canada · #1,985,857 worldwide 553 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 P. Brian Stewart Canada · #2,477,985 worldwide 766 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Leo Lu Canada · #2,706,216 worldwide 439 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Allen Krantz Canada · #3,110,480 worldwide 2.7k citations · 132 works
All ranked researchers at Research Canada

What are the most cited papers from Research Canada?

The most cited paper from Research Canada is "The Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)" (Don B. Johnson, Alfred Menezes, Scott A. Vanstone, 2001), with 2,252 citations. Next come "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019" (2,100) and "Toward a definition of competency-based education in medicine: a systematic review of published definitions" (789).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) Don B. Johnson, Alfred Menezes, Scott A. Vanstone · International Journal of Information Security Aug 2001 2,252
2 Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 Jonathan Kocarnik et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access601 authors 30 Dec 2021 2,100
3 Toward a definition of competency-based education in medicine: a systematic review of published definitions Jason R. Frank, Rani Mungroo, Yasmine Ahmad et al. · Medical Teacher Review 27 Jul 2010 789
4 Accuracy of Fitbit Devices: Systematic Review and Narrative Syntheses of Quantitative Data Lynne M. Feehan, Jasmina Geldman, Eric C. Sayre et al. · JMIR mhealth and uhealth ReviewOpen access 23 Jul 2018 689
5 Brain activity during visual versus kinesthetic imagery: An fMRI study Aymeric Guillot, Christian Collet, Vo An Nguyen et al. · Human Brain Mapping Open access 25 Sep 2008 588
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research Canada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Cardiovascular Risk, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cytokines, Biological Therapy, Epidemiology and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs.

▲ 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. Inflammation24▲ 6.4×39 topics
  2. Epidemiology17▲ 2.4×54 topics
  3. Autoantibodies16▲ 39×6 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Risk15▲ 27×6 topics
  5. Rheumatoid Arthritis10▲ 60×2 topics
  6. Cytokines10▲ 20×7 topics
  7. Biological Therapy10▲ 93×2 topics
  8. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs10▲ 105×1 topic
  9. Joint Inflammation10▲ 105×1 topic
  10. Treatment6▲ 2.9×20 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Primary Care6▲ 9.0×10 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  14. Quality of Life6▲ 2.3×15 topics
  15. Osteoarthritis6▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Regeneration6▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Cartilage5▲ 59×1 topic
  19. Chondrocyte5▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Hypertrophy5▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Mesenchymal Stem Cells5▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.1×13 topics
  24. Complications4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  25. Revision Surgery4▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Arthroplasty4▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Hypertension4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Outcomes4▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Hyperuricemia4▲ 88×2 topics
  32. Gout4▲ 112×1 topic
  33. Uric Acid4▲ 112×1 topic
  34. Anterior Cruciate Ligament3▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Injury Risk3▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus3▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Toll-like Receptors3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Ankylosing Spondylitis3▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Antiphospholipid Syndrome3▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Spondyloarthritis3▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Research Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…10Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 10 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…5Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksGout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid: 4 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…3Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 3 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional works
RheumatologySurgeryNephrologyEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 10 works
  2. 2 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 5 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid Nephrology 4 works
  5. 5 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 3 works
  7. 7 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 3 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 2 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Research Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Research Canada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Research Canada0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Research Canada 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%Research Canada10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2021.

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