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Transport Canada

In research, Transport Canada stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,013 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,059
of 22,385 · #8,139 all time
Rank in Canada
#184
of 305
Research works
1k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Transport Canada

What is Transport Canada known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,013 of 10,670 6.2%72 #5318

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Transport Canada work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Transport Canada is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Social Sciences (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 80 fractional works · 62.3% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 47.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 10.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 15.2% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTransport Canada128fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences27%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6147.7%
    2. Computer Science65.0%
    3. Environmental Science65.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    5. Materials Science21.2%
    6. Energy10.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2015.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting75.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.7%
    4. Decision Sciences21.8%
    5. Psychology21.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    1. Medicine75.2%
    2. Health Professions32.7%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.18× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.18×61 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.84×2 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.71×7 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.20×20 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×2 works
  7. Health Professions1.02×3 works
  8. Environmental Science1.00×6 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.82×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.64×6 works
  11. Veterinary0.64×0 works
  12. Energy0.60×1 works
  13. Psychology0.46×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×2 works
  15. Nursing0.36×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.34×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  18. Medicine0.27×7 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.27×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.21×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Transport Canada?

Ranked on the quality score, Todd Alexander Litman, Brian A. Jonah and Joanne L. Harbluk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transport Canada.

  1. 1 Todd Alexander Litman Canada · #622,363 worldwide 11k citations · 313 works
  2. 2 Brian A. Jonah Canada · #647,510 worldwide 3.2k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Joanne L. Harbluk Canada · #1,290,618 worldwide 2.3k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Nancy E. Dawson Canada · #1,945,403 worldwide 463 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Ian Y. Noy Canada · #2,271,754 worldwide 650 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Michael J. Wills Canada · #2,477,958 worldwide 223 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Barry W. E. Bragg Canada · #2,963,707 worldwide 575 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Suzanne J. Tylko Canada · #3,268,156 worldwide 984 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Eric R. Braithwaite Canada · #3,364,972 worldwide 322 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Paul H. Boase Canada · #3,729,596 worldwide 454 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Transport Canada

What are the most cited papers from Transport Canada?

The most cited paper from Transport Canada is "A review of dynamic vehicle routing problems" (Victor Pillac, Michel Gendreau, Christelle Guéret et al., 2012), with 1,257 citations. Next come "Sensation seeking and risky driving: a review and synthesis of the literature" (809) and "Situation Awareness, Mental Workload, and Trust in Automation: Viable, Empirically Supported Cognitive Engineering Constructs" (697).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review of dynamic vehicle routing problems Victor Pillac, Michel Gendreau, Christelle Guéret et al. · European Journal of Operational Research Open access 30 Aug 2012 1,257
2 Sensation seeking and risky driving: a review and synthesis of the literature Brian A. Jonah · Accident Analysis & Prevention Sep 1997 809
3 Situation Awareness, Mental Workload, and Trust in Automation: Viable, Empirically Supported Cognitive Engineering Constructs Raja Parasuraman, Thomas B. Sheridan, Christopher D. Wickens · Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Jun 2008 697
4 Issues in sustainable transportation Todd Alexander Litman, David Burwell · International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2006 668
5 An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problems arising in city logistics Vera C. Hemmelmayr, Jean‐François Cordeau, Teodor Gabriel Crainic · Computers & Operations Research Open access 27 Apr 2012 530
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Transport Canada?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Transportation, Sustainability, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Travel Behavior, Deep Learning, Logistics, Supply Chain 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-now 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▲ 2.4×18 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 3.0×25 topics
  3. Environmental Impact7▲ 3.2×24 topics
  4. Transportation6▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Intelligent Transportation Systems6▲ 31×4 topics
  6. Travel Behavior6▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Logistics6▲ 29×7 topics
  8. Supply Chain5▲ 19×6 topics
  9. Driver Behavior5▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Injury Severity5▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Spatial Analysis5▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors4▲ 3.0×2 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  14. Traffic Flow4▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Accessibility4▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Active Travel4▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Built Environment4▲ 47×1 topic
  18. Road Safety4▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Service Quality4▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Traffic Accidents4▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Public Transport4▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Urban Mobility4▲ 56×2 topics
  23. User Satisfaction4▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Congestion Pricing4▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Route Choice4▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Urban Traffic4▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Defect Detection4▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Environmental Impacts4▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Image Processing4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  30. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 3.9×3 topics
  31. Crack Detection4▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Pavement4▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  34. Efficiency3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Simulation3▲ 8.2×6 topics
  36. Fuel Consumption3▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Short-Term Forecasting3▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Spatio-Temporal Data3▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Eco-Driving2▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Vehicle Emissions2▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Transport Canada publish most on?

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

Urban Transport and Acce…4Urban Transport and Accessibility: 4 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety4Traffic and Road Safety: 4 fractional worksTransportation Planning …4Transportation Planning and Optimization: 4 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…4Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 4 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…2Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 2 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 2 fractional worksTransport and Logistics Innovations: 2 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 2 fractional works
TransportationSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and Construction2 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 4 works
  2. 2 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  3. 3 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 4 works
  4. 4 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 4 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 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 2 works
  9. 9 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 2 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Transport Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Transport Canada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Transport Canada0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Transport Canada over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Transport Canada9.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.8% in 2013.

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