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Traffic Injury Research Foundation

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Research works
84
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
43.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Traffic Injury Research Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.84× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksMedicinePsychology: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Traffic Injury Research Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, H M Simpson, Ward Vanlaar and Robyn Robertson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Traffic Injury Research Foundation.

  1. 1 H M Simpson Canada · #1,215,388 worldwide 39 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ward Vanlaar Canada · #1,335,880 worldwide 14 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Robyn Robertson Canada · #1,342,434 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Traffic Injury Research Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Traffic Injury Research Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Risk Factors, Injury Severity, Road Safety, Traffic Accidents, Transportation, Physical Activity and Active Travel.

▲ 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. Driver Behavior25▲ 494×2 topics
  2. Risk Factors22▲ 25×2 topics
  3. Injury Severity21▲ 352×2 topics
  4. Road Safety21▲ 792×1 topic
  5. Traffic Accidents21▲ 694×1 topic
  6. Transportation7▲ 62×2 topics
  7. Active Travel7▲ 179×1 topic
  8. Built Environment7▲ 179×1 topic
  9. Physical Activity7▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Psychiatric Disorders7▲ 52×2 topics
  11. Self-Regulation7▲ 48×4 topics
  12. Older Adults6▲ 281×2 topics
  13. Health Outcomes6▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Quality of Life6▲ 4.9×3 topics
  15. Driving Cessation5▲ 756×1 topic
  16. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Mobility5▲ 263×1 topic
  18. Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 41×3 topics
  19. Cancer Risk5▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 79×2 topics
  21. Behavioral Interventions4▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Automation4▲ 86×1 topic
  23. Trust4▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Alcohol Dependence4▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Motivational Interviewing4▲ 112×1 topic
  26. Global Burden4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  27. Depression4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  28. Child Injury3▲ 135×1 topic
  29. Unintentional Injuries3▲ 135×1 topic
  30. Occupational Safety3▲ 52×2 topics
  31. Health Consequences3▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Drug Analysis3▲ 161×1 topic
  33. Forensic Toxicology3▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Agricultural Safety2▲ 253×1 topic
  35. Farm Injuries2▲ 253×1 topic
  36. Smoking Cessation2▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Tobacco Use2▲ 88×1 topic
  38. Mortality Risk2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Risk Perception2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Alcohol2▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Traffic Injury Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies.

Traffic and Road Safety2Traffic and Road Safety: 2 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in He…1Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksElectroconvulsive Therapy Studies: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksOlder Adults Driving Studies: 0 fractional worksTechnology Use by Older Adults: 0 fractional worksInnovation in Digital Healthcare Systems: 0 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthTransportationPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  2. 2 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  4. 4 Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  5. 5 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  6. 6 Older Adults Driving Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  7. 7 Technology Use by Older Adults Demography 0 works
  8. 8 Innovation in Digital Healthcare Systems Health Information Management 0 works
  9. 9 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 0 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Traffic Injury Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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