Question 1

What is Research Canada known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Research Canada rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Research Canada ranks #11,729 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#8,162 all time), and #161 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Research Canada?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Research Canada?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Research Canada publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Research Canada?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Research Canada work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Research Canada's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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