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SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH:THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH EMANATING FROM CANADA
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Canada: annual paper output in social sciences
60% increase over last 5 years
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Canada: publication trend in three social science fields
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Canada: relative citation impact, Environmental Studies
Canada is currently above the field average
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1.0 represents the world average citation rates in these fields.
Canada currently performs above
average in all three.
CANADA: RELATIVE IMPACT, 2004-2008
HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES NURSING REHABILITATION
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Top ten Canadian universities: citation impact (cites/paper) in Plant & Animal Science
INSTITUTION CITATION IMPACT PAPERS
1 UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA 5.65 1396
2 UNIV TORONTO 5.58 734
3 DALHOUSIE UNIV 5.12 439
4 QUEENS UNIV 4.93 300
5 UNIV CALGARY 4.67 390
6 MCGILL UNIV 4.60 503
7 UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO 4.40 253
8 UNIV QUEBEC 4.30 623
9 SIMON FRASER UNIV 3.96 502
10 UNIV VICTORIA 3.90 288
2004-2008; restricted to universities with at least 250 papers
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Top ten Canadian universities: citation impact (cites/paper) in Economics/Business
2004-2008; restricted to universities with at least 100 papers
INSTITUTIONCITATION IMPACT
PAPERS
1 UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO 3.60 259
2 UNIV ALBERTA 3.17 269
3 UNIV TORONTO 3.09 513
4 WILFRID LAURIER UNIV 2.95 117
5 UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA 2.85 406
6 MCGILL UNIV 2.75 215
7 UNIV MONTREAL 2.60 209
8 CONCORDIA UNIV 2.55 163
9 MCMASTER UNIV 2.50 175
10 SIMON FRASER UNIV 2.48 223
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Canada: world share of papers, top 10 fields
FIELD%WORLD
PAPERS
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY 7.48
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY 7.44
GEOSCIENCES 6.88
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR 6.51
SOCIAL SCIENCES GENERAL 6.06
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS 6.03
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE 6.00
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS 5.47
SPACE SCIENCE 5.28
MATHEMATICS 5.13