Research Studies About Vancouver - Key Findings

What research studies Vancouver?

Papers about Vancouver as a subject — its agriculture, health, environment and society — regardless of where the authors sit.

Summary

Research about Vancouver looks directly at identity and harm. Canadian identity and history leads with 55 papers, followed by HIV, drug use and sexual risk at 32. Work also examines opioid treatment, genomics, fungi, plant disease and orthopaedic implants.

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Research outlook for Vancouver

What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.

Opportunities the research points to

Children's Health · 132Women's Health · 118Machine Learning · 114Healthcare · 114Mental Health · 101Climate Change · 78Deep Learning · 72Neuroscience · 69Sustainability · 60COVID-19 · 57Men's Health · 57Artificial Intelligence · 56

Concerns the research raises

Healthcare · 162Women's Health · 154Children's Health · 127COVID-19 · 127Climate Change · 121Research · 104Mental Health · 103Education · 74Public Health · 58Patients' Health · 53Artificial Intelligence · 43Sustainability · 37

counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work

Topics

Topic	Works
Canadian Identity and History	55
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk	32
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions	20
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies	20
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions	19
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases	19
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment	14
Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty	13
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies	11
Sex work and related issues	11
Urban Green Space and Health	11
Homelessness and Social Issues	11
Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes	10
Genetic diversity and population structure	10
Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis	10
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy	9
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research	9
Urban Transport and Accessibility	8
Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights	8
Australian History and Society	8

By year

Orientation (where Prism-tagged)

Descriptive

253

91Problem Identifying

54Promising

25Comparative

20Critical

19Breakthrough

15Cautionary

Most-cited

Paper	Year	Cited	Doi
Pinkerton, Evelyn, ed. <i>Co‐operative Management of Local Fisheries: New Directions for Improved Management…	1990	419	doi
Urban heat island dynamics in Montreal and Vancouver	1975	266	doi
Indoor Sources of Poly- and Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCS) in Vancouver, Canada: Implications for Human…	2011	241	doi
Unsafe injection practices in a cohort of injection drug users in Vancouver: could safer injecting rooms help?	2001	230	—
Evaluation of a fentanyl drug checking service for clients of a supervised injection facility, Vancouver…	2018	213	doi
Public injection settings in Vancouver: Physical environment, social context and risk	2007	213	doi
Vancouver's Chinatown: racial discourse in Canada, 1875-1980	1992	199	doi
The fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island is characterized by enhanced intracellular parasitism driven by…	2009	192	doi
Uranium deposition in saanich inlet sediments, vancouver island	1989	186	doi
In search of a Healing Place: Aboriginal women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside	2003	172	doi
Social determinants predict needle‐sharing behaviour among injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada	1997	166	doi
Stereotypes and Ambivalence: The construction of domestic workers in Vancouver, British Columbia	1997	156	doi
Flexible citizens? Transnationalism and citizenship amongst economic immigrants in Vancouver	2003	153	doi
Environmental and economic aspects of production and utilization of RDF as alternative fuel in cement plants…	2013	151	doi
Locking Compression Plate Fixation of Vancouver Type-B1 Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures	2007	151	doi

papers whose title or entities mention Vancouver (any author location) · partial sample · distinct from research done at the city's institutions

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