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Vancouver Biotech (Canada)

In research, Vancouver Biotech (Canada) stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,323 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#16,297 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,748 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,664
of 28,054 · #14,924 all time
Rank in Canada
#342
of 403
Research works
499
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Vancouver Biotech (Canada) 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 #10,323 of 16,945 10.1%121
Health SciencesDomain #16,297 of 20,462 8.2%191
MedicineField #14,748 of 17,978 7.9%165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vancouver Biotech (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: 3.02× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.64× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 56 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vancouver Biotech (Canada)?

Ranked on the composite score, Heather Kent lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vancouver Biotech (Canada).

  1. 1 Heather Kent · #1,190,056 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Vancouver Biotech (Canada)

Which keywords describe research at Vancouver Biotech (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Gene Therapy, Radiotherapy, Radiosurgery, Prognosis and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.7×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy9▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations7▲ 18×7 topics
  4. Gene Therapy6▲ 36×3 topics
  5. Radiotherapy6▲ 17×5 topics
  6. Radiosurgery5▲ 69×3 topics
  7. Prognosis5▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Surgical Management5▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders5▲ 10.0×8 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors4▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Inflammation4▲ 2.2×8 topics
  12. Autoantibodies4▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Public Health4▲ 3.0×8 topics
  14. Treatment4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  15. Genomic Analysis4▲ 17×2 topics
  16. AAV3▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Histological Classification3▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Meningiomas3▲ 124×1 topic
  19. Vaccine3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  20. Viral Vectors3▲ 94×1 topic
  21. Diagnosis3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  22. Pathogenesis3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  23. Immune Response3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  24. Tumor Regression3▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Molecular Classification3▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Neuroprotection3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  27. Clinical Management2▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Glioblastoma2▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Temozolomide2▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Endovascular Treatment2▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Epilepsy2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Intravenous Immunoglobulin2▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Quality Assessment2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.6×1 topic
  36. Guideline Development2▲ 121×1 topic
  37. Neurofibromatosis2▲ 125×1 topic
  38. Tumor Suppressor2▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Antiepileptic Drugs2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Vancouver Biotech (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meningioma and schwannoma management, Virus-based gene therapy research, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Meningioma and schwannom…3Meningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy…3Virus-based gene therapy research: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…2Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 2 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Research and Trea…2Cancer Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …2Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 2 works
  8. 8 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vancouver Biotech (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher 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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