SCIENCE RESEARCH: ENVIRONMENTAL & SPACE SCIENCE RESEARCH EMANATING FROM CANADA

Canada: paper output trend in Environment/Ecology research

60% increase over last 5 years

9,854 papers in 2004-2008

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Canada: citation trend in Energy & Fuels and Environmental Engineering

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Canada: relative citation impact, Environmental Studies

Canada is currently above the field average citation rate

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1.0 represents the world average citation rates in these fields.Canada currently performs above average in these fields.

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Canada: Relative Citation Impact - 2004-2008

Top Canadian universities: Relative citation impact in Astronomy & Astrophysics

INSTITUTIONRELATIVE CITATION

IMPACT (CITATION RATE DIVIDED BY FIELD CITATION RATE)

PERCENT ABOVE/BELOW

WORLD CITATION RATE

PERCENT ABOVE/

BELOW G13 CITATION RATE

1 UNIV TORONTO 2.01 +101 +50.20

2 UNIV VICTORIA 1.82 +82 +36.04

3 UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA 1.66 +66 +24.10

6 UNIV WATERLOO 1.22 +22 -9.24

7 MCGILL UNIV 1.18 +18 -12.15

2004-2008; restricted to universities with at least 200 papers

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Percent share of Canada’s space science papers- Top 10 universities

INSTITUTION% SHARE OF

CANADA’S SPACE SCIENCE PAPERS

UNIV TORONTO 19 UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA 11

UNIV VICTORIA 10

UNIV MONTREAL 9

MCGILL UNIV 7

UNIV CALGARY 7 UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO 6

MCMASTER UNIV 6

YORK UNIV 4

UNIV WATERLOO 4

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