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Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory

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World rank, all time
#27,438
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#558
of 718
Research works
251
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
31.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory

Which fields of science does Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory work in?

In all years, 43% of research at Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory is in Life Sciences, 39% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Immunology and Microbiology (14%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 108 fractional works · 43.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEndocrinology: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 35 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMicrobiology: 24 fractional works · 9.5% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.3% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 98 fractional works · 38.9% of its workMedicine: 87 fractional works · 34.8% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 11.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSaskatchewanDisease Control…251fractional works, all years
Life Sciences43%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4518.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology3513.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences218.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics52.0%
    5. Neuroscience20.8%
    1. Medicine8734.8%
    2. Health Professions52.0%
    3. Veterinary41.6%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Environmental Science145.4%
    2. Engineering72.7%
    3. Chemistry62.4%
    4. Computer Science20.7%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Materials Science10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences72.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Psychology10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology13.10×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.75×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.48×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.32×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.89×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.77×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×0 works
  8. Medicine1.01×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.98×0 works
  10. Engineering0.94×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.88×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.44×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.27×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.22×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Hermy Lior, Paul N. Levett and Josée Hamel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory.

  1. 1 Hermy Lior Canada · #397,985 worldwide 11k citations · 155 works
  2. 2 Paul N. Levett Canada · #1,358,745 worldwide 15k citations · 196 works
  3. 3 Josée Hamel Canada · #2,160,706 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Yolande Larose Canada · #2,396,398 worldwide 838 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Ken Brandt Canada · #2,454,970 worldwide 901 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Bernard R. Brodeur Canada · #2,557,293 worldwide 2.1k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Gregory B. Horsman Canada · #3,869,453 worldwide 699 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 M Pauzé Canada · #4,122,552 worldwide 433 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Greg B. Horsman Canada · #4,976,387 worldwide 2.3k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Nick A. Antonishyn Canada · #5,109,346 worldwide 774 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory is "Leptospirosis in Humans" (David A. Haake, Paul N. Levett, 2014), with 988 citations. Next come "Global Surveillance for Antituberculosis-Drug Resistance, 1994–1997" (822) and "Human prostate cancer risk factors" (658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Leptospirosis in Humans David A. Haake, Paul N. Levett · Current topics in microbiology and immunology Book chapterOpen access 12 Nov 2014 988
2 Global Surveillance for Antituberculosis-Drug Resistance, 1994–1997 Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Mario Carlo Raviglione, Adalbert Laszlo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 1998 822
3 Human prostate cancer risk factors David G. Bostwick, HARRY B. BURKE, Daniel Djakiew et al. · Cancer Open access 2004 658
4 Ceftiofur Resistance inSalmonella entericaSerovar Heidelberg from Chicken Meat and Humans, Canada Lucie Dutil, Rebecca J. Irwin, Rita L. Finley et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access 29 Dec 2009 432
5 Rapid and specific detection of verotoxin genes in Escherichia coli by the polymerase chain reaction D. R. Pollard, Wendy M. Johnson, Hermy Lior et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access Mar 1990 374
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Vaccine Development, Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenicity, Clinical Management and Immunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 6.8×55 topics
  2. Pathogenesis29▲ 21×16 topics
  3. Vaccine25▲ 25×9 topics
  4. Vaccine Development18▲ 24×8 topics
  5. Antimicrobial Resistance17▲ 27×9 topics
  6. Pathogenicity16▲ 73×5 topics
  7. Clinical Management13▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Immunity13▲ 15×3 topics
  9. Infection13▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Bacterial Meningitis12▲ 182×1 topic
  11. Neisseria meningitidis12▲ 182×1 topic
  12. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 11×11 topics
  13. Sexually Transmitted Infections10▲ 73×2 topics
  14. Diagnosis10▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Immune Response10▲ 6.5×10 topics
  16. Virulence10▲ 54×4 topics
  17. HIV Transmission10▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Bacterial Vaginosis10▲ 127×1 topic
  19. Vaginal Microbiome10▲ 127×1 topic
  20. Genomics10▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Genomic Analysis9▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Public Health9▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Glycosylation9▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Virus8▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Microbiome7▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Virulence Factors7▲ 15×6 topics
  27. Foodborne Illness7▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Molecular Pathogenesis7▲ 56×2 topics
  29. Type III Secretion System7▲ 39×3 topics
  30. Escherichia coli6▲ 111×1 topic
  31. Shiga toxin6▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Metagenomics6▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Genome Sequencing6▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Host Immune Response6▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Therapeutic Antibodies6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Ecology5▲ 10.0×4 topics
  38. Campylobacter5▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Salmonella5▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Norovirus5▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vehicle emissions and performance, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Microbial infections and disease research and Smart Materials for Construction.

Vehicle emissions and pe…0Vehicle emissions and performance: 0 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …0Animal Virus Infections Studies: 0 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 0 fractional worksSmart Materials for Cons…0Smart Materials for Construction: 0 fractional worksClimate change and perma…0Climate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…0Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 0 fractional worksAstronomical and nuclear sciences: 0 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringAnimal Science and ZoologyMicrobiologyPollution5 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  3. 3 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 0 works
  4. 4 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 0 works
  5. 5 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  6. 6 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  7. 7 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Astronomical and nuclear sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000094% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory0.000015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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