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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

In research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,194 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,701 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,598
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#461
of 896
Research works
499
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,194 of 16,945 28.4%367
Social SciencesField #5,701 of 10,206 27.3%189

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 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: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.82× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.16× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Human Rights, Migration, Identity, Political Economy, Refugees, History and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Gender10▲ 31×12 topics
  2. Human Rights9▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Identity7▲ 17×17 topics
  4. Migration7▲ 37×10 topics
  5. Political Economy6▲ 42×6 topics
  6. Globalization6▲ 5.4×18 topics
  7. Refugees6▲ 83×6 topics
  8. History6▲ 15×14 topics
  9. Healthcare6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  10. Colonialism6▲ 20×14 topics
  11. Culture5▲ 18×11 topics
  12. International Relations5▲ 38×3 topics
  13. Economic Reform5▲ 862×2 topics
  14. Famine5▲ 1174×1 topic
  15. North Korea5▲ 1174×1 topic
  16. Politics4▲ 25×9 topics
  17. Literature3▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Social Movements3▲ 18×8 topics
  19. Society3▲ 28×5 topics
  20. Religion3▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Climate Change3▲ 1.85×12 topics
  22. Sustainability3▲ 2.0×9 topics
  23. Economic Development3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage3▲ 8.1×7 topics
  25. Education3▲ 2.6×10 topics
  26. Ethics2▲ 8.2×10 topics
  27. Youth2▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Decolonization2▲ 46×4 topics
  29. Memory2▲ 15×8 topics
  30. Nationalism2▲ 8.0×7 topics
  31. Cultural Studies2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  32. Gender Equality2▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Indonesia2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  34. Philosophy2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  35. Sociology2▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Corruption2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Decentralization2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Immigration2▲ 26×5 topics
  39. Social Justice2▲ 4.9×8 topics
  40. Political Islam2▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies, Asian Studies and History, Japanese History and Culture and Communism, Protests, Social Movements.

Korean Peninsula Histori…5Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies: 5 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 1 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Social Movements: 1 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 1 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesMusicPollution2 others

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

  1. 1 Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Music History and Culture Music 1 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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