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Transport Canada

In research, Transport Canada stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,460 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,908
of 28,054 · #17,375 all time
Rank in Canada
#327
of 403
Research works
1k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Transport Canada 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
Physical SciencesDomain #11,460 of 12,888 12.5%72 #12705

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Transport Canada 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: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.37× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.83× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Transport Canada?

Ranked on the composite score, Todd Litman, Brian A. Jonah and Jeremiah Gertler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transport Canada.

  1. 1 Todd Litman · #65,794 worldwide 585 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Brian A. Jonah · #309,269 worldwide 103 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Jeremiah Gertler · #786,269 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 David M. Ludlum · #1,052,715 worldwide 18 citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Mike Mike · #1,133,844 worldwide 29 citations · 84 works
  6. 6 A B Clayton · #1,138,940 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Transport Canada

Which keywords describe research at Transport Canada?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Sustainability, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Logistics, Travel Behavior, Transportation, Environmental Impact and Driver Behavior.

▲ 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. Deep Learning10▲ 2.7×18 topics
  2. Sustainability9▲ 3.3×23 topics
  3. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.4×22 topics
  4. Intelligent Transportation Systems6▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Logistics5▲ 28×6 topics
  6. Travel Behavior5▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Transportation4▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Driver Behavior4▲ 49×2 topics
  9. Supply Chain4▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Neural Networks4▲ 2.4×7 topics
  11. Traffic Flow4▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Injury Severity4▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Service Quality4▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 3.1×2 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  16. Urban Traffic4▲ 28×3 topics
  17. Public Transport4▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Road Safety4▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Traffic Accidents4▲ 71×1 topic
  20. Urban Mobility4▲ 55×2 topics
  21. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 4.3×3 topics
  22. Defect Detection4▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Image Processing4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  24. User Satisfaction4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Congestion Pricing3▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Route Choice3▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Crack Detection3▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Pavement3▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Accessibility3▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Active Travel3▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Built Environment3▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Environmental Impacts3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  34. Efficiency3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Fuel Consumption3▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Short-Term Forecasting3▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Spatio-Temporal Data3▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Simulation2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  39. Eco-Driving2▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Vehicle Emissions2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Transport Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Transportation Planning and Optimization, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Traffic and Road Safety4Traffic and Road Safety: 4 fractional worksTransportation Planning …3Transportation Planning and Optimization: 3 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…3Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 3 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…3Urban Transport and Accessibility: 3 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…2Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 2 fractional worksTransport and Logistics Innovations: 2 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 2 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityTransportationCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and Construction3 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  2. 2 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 3 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 3 works
  5. 5 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 3 works
  6. 6 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.3%domestic only61.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Transport Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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