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Workers Compensation Board of Alberta

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World rank, all time
#35,656
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#773
of 896
Research works
199
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What does Workers Compensation Board of Alberta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 21.1 works3.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Workers Compensation Board of Alberta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Neurological Disorders, Autoantibodies, Treatment, Prenatal Diagnosis, Neuroprotection and Functional Recovery.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.7×20 topics
  2. Treatment2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  3. Immunotherapy2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders2▲ 9.8×7 topics
  5. Autoantibodies2▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 2.9×9 topics
  8. Functional Recovery1▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Neuroprotection1▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Motor Recovery1▲ 46×1 topic
  11. Neural Plasticity1▲ 21×1 topic
  12. Prognosis1▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Global Burden1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  15. Rehabilitation1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  16. Risk Factors1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  17. Depression1▲ 3.1×3 topics
  18. Neuromuscular Junction1▲ 69×2 topics

Which research topics does Workers Compensation Board of Alberta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…1Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and D…1Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 1 fractional worksAutoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Rela…0Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 0 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 0 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 0 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid…0Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 0 fractional works
RehabilitationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNeurologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  2. 2 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 0 works
  8. 8 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Workers Compensation Board of Alberta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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