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Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

In research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,816 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,486 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 18.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,040
of 28,054 · #8,210 all time
Rank in Canada
#168
of 403
Research works
1.6k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,816 of 10,521 31.3%71 #4348
Health SciencesDomain #7,486 of 11,982 17.6%61 #5297

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre 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).

What does Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 18.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 26.2 works19×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 25.5 works13×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 37.9 works12×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.27× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.70× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Sue Howarth, John Bradford and Synthia Guimond lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.

  1. 1 Sue Howarth Canada · #192,222 worldwide 175 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 John Bradford Canada · #640,402 worldwide 65 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Synthia Guimond Canada · #652,284 worldwide 93 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Michael C. Seto Canada · #1,021,754 worldwide 64 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Alain Labelle Canada · #1,119,682 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

Which keywords describe research at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology, Mental Disorders, Prevalence, Anxiety and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Mental Health18▲ 6.3×27 topics
  2. Epidemiology17▲ 2.2×49 topics
  3. Depression16▲ 9.6×16 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders10▲ 9.1×11 topics
  5. Mental Disorders9▲ 41×3 topics
  6. Prevalence8▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Anxiety8▲ 9.1×9 topics
  8. Emotion Regulation8▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Functional Connectivity8▲ 30×3 topics
  10. Circadian Rhythms7▲ 37×2 topics
  11. Neurobiology6▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Psychological Impact6▲ 11×10 topics
  13. Cognitive Therapy6▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Resilience6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  15. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Psychometric Evaluation6▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis6▲ 5.3×7 topics
  18. Working Memory6▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Memory6▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Criminal Behavior6▲ 70×2 topics
  21. Default Mode Network6▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Resting-State fMRI6▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Neuronal Oscillations6▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Cortical Networks5▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Synchronization5▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Health Consequences5▲ 9.7×2 topics
  27. Emotion Recognition5▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Social Cognition5▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Synaptic Plasticity5▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Stress5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  31. Prefrontal Cortex5▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Psychopathology5▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Neurobiological Basis5▲ 73×2 topics
  34. Psychopathy5▲ 75×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy4▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Treatment Effectiveness4▲ 149×1 topic
  37. Violent Recidivism4▲ 149×1 topic
  38. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Motor Imagery4▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Neural Mechanisms4▲ 23×4 topics

Which research topics does Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Functional Brain Connect…6Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 6 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…5Neural dynamics and brain function: 5 fractional worksPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending: 4 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 4 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 4 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 4 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma3Child Abuse and Trauma: 3 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 3 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 3 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceClinical PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental health1 others

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

  1. 1 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  2. 2 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  3. 3 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Clinical Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  5. 5 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  6. 6 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  8. 8 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 3 works
  10. 10 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.6%domestic only56.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher 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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