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Veterans Affairs Canada

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Research works
104
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Veterans Affairs Canada

Not ranked overall: Veterans Affairs 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 Veterans Affairs Canada work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Veterans Affairs Canada is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Health Professions (21%), Psychology (17%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 48 fractional works · 46.3% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 24.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 21.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 14.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 28.1% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 16.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVeterans AffairsCanada104fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences28%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2524.5%
    2. Health Professions2221.1%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    1. Psychology1716.5%
    2. Social Sciences87.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1312.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.9%
    3. Neuroscience21.6%
    1. Environmental Science44.2%
    2. Engineering22.3%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Chemistry10.6%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
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: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 7.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.82× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.82×4 works
  2. Health Professions7.19×3 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.59×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.40×0 works
  5. Medicine1.33×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.25×0 works
  7. Mathematics0.90×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.83×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.57×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.17×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Veterans Affairs Canada?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandra Heber, James M. Thompson and Sanela Dursun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Veterans Affairs Canada.

  1. 1 Alexandra Heber Canada · #656,975 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 James M. Thompson Canada · #1,456,349 worldwide 3.8k citations · 173 works
  3. 3 Sanela Dursun Canada · #2,682,381 worldwide 357 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 David Pedlar Canada · #2,781,956 worldwide 1.8k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Jill Sweet Canada · #3,684,098 worldwide 517 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Linda D. VanTil Canada · #3,939,424 worldwide 739 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Mary Beth MacLean Canada · #4,012,747 worldwide 463 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Alain Poirier Canada · #5,328,209 worldwide 384 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Veterans Affairs Canada

What are the most cited papers from Veterans Affairs Canada?

The most cited paper from Veterans Affairs Canada is "A Comprehensive Care Management Program to Prevent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations" (Vincent S. Fan et al., 2012), with 342 citations. Next come "Exploring the links between posttraumatic stress disorder and social support: Processes and potential research avenues" (325) and "Butyrylcholinesterase as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease" (213).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comprehensive Care Management Program to Prevent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations Vincent S. Fan et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 15 May 2012 342
2 Exploring the links between posttraumatic stress disorder and social support: Processes and potential research avenues Stéphane Guay, Valérie Billette, André Marchand · Journal of Traumatic Stress 2006 325
3 Butyrylcholinesterase as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease Sultan Darvesh · Current Alzheimer Research 6 Apr 2016 213
4 Management of chronic pain associated with temporomandibular disorders: a clinical practice guideline Jason Walter Busse, Rodrigo Casassus, Alonso Carrasco‐Labra et al. · BMJ Open access 15 Dec 2023 143
5 Burden in Caregivers of Cognitively Impaired Older Adults Living in the Community: Methodological Issues and Determinants Michel Bédard, David Pedlar, Nancy J. Martin et al. · International Psychogeriatrics Open access Jul 2000 140
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Veterans Affairs Canada?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Trauma, Resilience, Cognitive Therapy, Psychometric Evaluation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Psychological Treatment.

▲ 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. Mental Health18▲ 15×18 topics
  2. Epidemiology18▲ 4.3×21 topics
  3. Trauma10▲ 50×4 topics
  4. Resilience9▲ 22×6 topics
  5. Cognitive Therapy8▲ 70×3 topics
  6. Psychometric Evaluation8▲ 111×2 topics
  7. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder7▲ 319×1 topic
  8. Psychological Treatment7▲ 319×1 topic
  9. Depression6▲ 7.8×10 topics
  10. Public Health6▲ 3.9×16 topics
  11. Global Burden5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  12. Health Outcomes5▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Psychological Factors4▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Primary Care4▲ 8.8×9 topics
  15. Health Disparities4▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Low Back Pain3▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Anxiety3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Chronic Pain3▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Clinical Trials3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  21. Disability3▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Measurement Properties3▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Emergency Responders3▲ 194×1 topic
  24. Firefighters3▲ 194×1 topic
  25. Health Policy3▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Precarious Employment3▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Suicide3▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Unemployment3▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Health Workforce3▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Quality Improvement3▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Rural Health3▲ 94×1 topic
  32. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Job Satisfaction2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  34. Mortality Risk2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Patient Care2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Immigrant2▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Interventions2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Refugee2▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Well-being2▲ 8.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Veterans Affairs Canada publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Child Abuse and Trauma and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…2Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 0 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…0Health, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 0 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 0 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 0 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPharmacologyGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomes Health 0 works
  8. 8 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  9. 9 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Veterans Affairs Canada's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% 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 Veterans Affairs Canada as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000081% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Veterans Affairs Canada0.000026% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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