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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

In research, Royal Canadian Mounted Police stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,326 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,239
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#538
of 896
Research works
369
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Royal Canadian Mounted Police 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 #16,326 of 21,541 12.0%124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Canadian Mounted Police 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).

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: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

Ranked on the composite score, Nick Cartwright and John S. Harris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

  1. 1 Nick Cartwright Canada · #970,915 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 John S. Harris Canada · #1,065,876 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Which keywords describe research at Royal Canadian Mounted Police?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Law Enforcement, Social Identity, Police Legitimacy, Procedural Justice, Genomic Analysis, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution and Population History.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Law Enforcement2▲ 221×3 topics
  2. Social Identity2▲ 125×2 topics
  3. Police Legitimacy2▲ 918×1 topic
  4. Procedural Justice2▲ 918×1 topic
  5. Genomic Analysis2▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Ancient DNA2▲ 149×2 topics
  7. Human Evolution1▲ 330×1 topic
  8. Population History1▲ 511×1 topic
  9. Mental Health1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  10. Public Health1▲ 4.5×6 topics
  11. Globalization1▲ 2.5×3 topics
  12. Italian Renaissance1▲ 549×1 topic
  13. Renaissance Florence1▲ 549×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Canadian Mounted Police publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Policing Practices and Perceptions, Forensic and Genetic Research, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies and Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods.

Policing Practices and P…2Policing Practices and Perceptions: 2 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Research: 1 fractional worksRenaissance and Early Modern Studies: 1 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksMilitary and Defense Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma1Child Abuse and Trauma: 1 fractional worksSexual Assault and Victimization Studies: 1 fractional worksCanadian Policy and Governance: 0 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeneticsHistorySafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 1 works
  4. 4 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 1 works
  5. 5 Military and Defense Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies Gender Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Canadian Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 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 available8.5%not open91.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Canadian Mounted Police's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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