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Vemco (Canada)

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Research works
7
▼ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
509
71.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
60.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
62%
world 18%
Vemco (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Vemco (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Vemco (Canada) work in?

In all years, 78% of research at Vemco (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (65%), Social Sciences (8%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 77.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 64.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 23.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 12.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 7.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVemco (Canada)7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science564.7%
    2. Engineering17.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences04.6%
    4. Computer Science00.8%
    1. Social Sciences18.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.4%
    3. Psychology01.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences05.5%
    2. Neuroscience01.5%
    1. Medicine03.5%
    2. Health Professions01.1%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Vemco (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Vemco (Canada) is "Testing a new acoustic telemetry technique to quantify long-term, fine-scale movements of aquatic animals" (Mario Espinoza, Thomas J. Farrugia, Dale M. Webber et al., 2011), with 281 citations. Next come "Interpreting diel activity patterns from acoustic telemetry: the need for controls" (198) and "Evaluation of an acoustic telemetry transmitter designed to identify predation events" (112).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Testing a new acoustic telemetry technique to quantify long-term, fine-scale movements of aquatic animals Mario Espinoza, Thomas J. Farrugia, Dale M. Webber et al. · Fisheries Research 24 Jan 2011 281
2 Interpreting diel activity patterns from acoustic telemetry: the need for controls NL Payne, Bronwyn May Gillanders, DM Webber et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 7 Oct 2010 198
3 Evaluation of an acoustic telemetry transmitter designed to identify predation events Edmund A. Halfyard, Dale M. Webber, Joshua Del Papa et al. · Methods in Ecology and Evolution Open access 9 Jan 2017 112
4 Testing the VEMCO Positioning System: spatial distribution of the probability of location and the positioning error in a reservoir Romain Roy, Jérémy Béguin, Christine Argillier et al. · Animal Biotelemetry Open access 2014 100
5 Performance of remote acoustic receivers within a coral reef habitat: implications for array design Justin Q. Welsh, Rebecca J. Fox, Dale M. Webber et al. · Coral Reefs 28 Feb 2012 98
All 20 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Vemco (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Participatory Visual Research Methods, Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Gender Roles and Identity Studies and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy.

Participatory Visual Res…0Participatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional worksYouth Education and Soci…0Youth Education and Societal Dynamics: 0 fractional worksGender Roles and Identit…0Gender Roles and Identity Studies: 0 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …0LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 0 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …0Homelessness and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesSocial PsychologyGeneral Health Professions1 others

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

  1. 1 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  2. 2 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 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 available62.3%not open37.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.4%domestic only37.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vemco (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% lower 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 Vemco (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000067% in 2020.

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

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